Steve Cadigan was LinkedIn’s first Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) and is a highly sought-after talent advisor to leaders and organizations worldwide.

Steve speaks regularly at conferences and major universities worldwide and is regularly retained by Silicon Valley’s top VCs for his talent and expertise. Steve is frequently asked to appear on TV and is a regular guest on Bloomberg West and CNBC.

Before launching his own firm, Steve worked as an HR executive for over 25 years at a wide range of top-tier companies, including ESPRIT, Allianz, Cisco Systems, and Electronic Arts, and was capped by serving as the first CHRO for LinkedIn from 2009 through 2012. His cultural work at LinkedIn led Stanford to build a case study for their business school.

Today, Steve serves on the Boards of Directors of three companies and on the Advisory Boards of several others. He holds a BA in History from Wesleyan and an MA in HROD from the University of San Francisco.

Mark Slippy is a Human Resource Executive with 20+ years of experience operating primarily in Technology (Internet, Enterprise, Mobile), with early stage or start up companies – all high growth. Most recently, Mark was the Vice President of Human Resources at TubeMogul ($TUBE, AdTech) and Monitise (mobile banking). Mark is an expert builder of all facets of Human Resource capabilities including Talent Acquisition and Management, Organization Development, Culture and HR Management.

David Riemer led the ad agency J. Walter Thompson in San Francisco, held senior marketing roles at two start-ups and was VP Marketing at Yahoo! (during their heyday).

David now runs Box Out Industries where he works with entrepreneurs, product managers and marketers to develop and convey their product stories.

He also started Spiral Staircase Productions to collaborate with artists and is currently developing two original musicals. David teaches at Berkeley-Haas Business School and works with several accelerators throughout the Bay Area.

Craig is the author of the Amazon best-selling book HiringHumans. He’s been detailed in the Wall Street Journal, NPR, The Economist, and Entrepreneur for his innovative approach to talent attraction, HR technology, and talent management.

Rich Klein is a talented entrepreneur, digital technology recruiter, and enterprise sales person. Prior to joining LinkedIn, Rich served as Executive Vice President of Jobplex, a DHR International Company and as Co-Founder and President at Breakthrough Search Partners, building sales and operations teams for online technology companies nationwide. Rich holds a Bachelors of Science degree in Health Promotion from Bowling Green State University. He resides in Geneva, IL with his wife and three children.

Dr. Don Moore is the Lorraine Tyson Mitchell Chair in Leadership and Communication at UC Berkeley Haas. He received his PhD in Organization Behavior from Northwestern University. His research interests include overconfidence—including when people think they are better than they actually are, when people think they are better than others, and when they are too sure they know the truth. He is only occasionally overconfident.

Dr. Moore is the author or editor of three books including Perfectly Confident. His research has appeared in popular press outlets and academic journals, including the New Yorker, Business Week, USA Today, the Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio, the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Experimental Economics,and Psychological Review.