SPEAKERS

Dave Ulrich is the Rensis Likert Professor at the Ross School of Business, University of Michigan and a partner at the RBL Group (http://www.rbl.net) a consulting firm focused on helping organizations and leaders deliver value. He has published over 200 articles and book chapters and over 30 books. He edited Human Resource Management 1990-1999, served on editorial board of 4 Journal and on the Board of Directors for Herman Miller (16 years), has spoken to large audiences in 90 countries; performed workshops for over half of the Fortune 200; coached successful business leaders, and is a Distinguished Fellow in the National Academy of Human Resources. He is known for continually learning, turning complex ideas into simple solutions, and creating real value to those he works with in three fields.

Organization. With co-authors, he has influenced thinking about modern organizations (Reinventing the Organization) by empirically showing how organization delivers 4 times business results over talent (Victory Through Organization), defined organizations as bundles of capabilities (Organization Capability) and worked to delineate capabilities of talent management (Why of Work; Talent Accelerator), culture change (GE Workout), learning (Learning Organization Capability), and collaboration (Boundaryless Organization).

Leadership. With colleagues, he has also articulated the basics of effective leadership (Leadership Code and Results Based Leadership), connected leadership with customers (Leadership Brand), shown how leadership delivers market value (Why the Bottom Line Isn’t), shapes investor expectations with an ability to measure leadership (Leadership Capital Index), and synthesized ways to ensure that leadership aspirations turn into actions (Leadership Sustainability).

Human Resources. He and his colleagues have shaped the HR profession and he has been called the “father of modern HR” and “HR thought leader of the decade” by focusing on HR outcomes, governance, competencies, and practices (HR Champions; HR Value Added; HR Transformation; HR Competencies; HR Outside In). He spearheaded a “gift” book on the future of HR (The Rise of HR) distributed to over 1,500,000 HR professionals), in which 70 thought leaders freely shared their insights.

Professor of Strategy & Entrepreneurship and Deputy Dean of Executive Education at London Business School. Renowned author and one of the world's most influential management thinkers

Julian Birkinshaw is Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship and Deputy Dean at the London Business School. He is a Fellow of: the British Academy, the Academy of Social Sciences, the Advanced Institute of Management Research (UK), and the Academy of International Business. He has been awarded Honorary Doctorate degrees by the Stockholm School of Economics (2009) and Copenhagen Business School (2018).

Professor Birkinshaw’s main area of expertise is in the strategy and organisation of large corporations, and specifically such issues as innovation, corporate entrepreneurship, strategic agility and headquarters-subsidiary relationships. He has written fourteen books, including Fast/Forward, Becoming a Better Boss, Reinventing Management, and Giant Steps in Management, and over ninety articles in such journals as Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, Strategic Management Journal and Academy of Management Journal.

Ranked by Thinkers50 as one of the most influential management thinkers in the world, Professor Birkinshaw is regularly quoted in international media outlets, including CNN, BBC, The Economist, the Wall Street Journal, the Huffington Post, Bloomberg Business Week and The Times; and speaks regularly at business conferences across the world.

Michael Lee is General Manager of Business Solutions Group at Qisda. Under his leadership, several M&A in business solutions area have been done in recent years to accelerate the integration of ICT and OT, to become the best strategic partner for customers’growth. He is also positioned as chairman of Sysage, Aewin, Ace Pillar, and vice chairman of Partner Tech.

Michael Lee received the Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from National Taiwan University. His research interests include databases, data mining, mobile computing, flat panel display and multimedia networking. He has published 20+ papers and got 150+ patents in his research areas.

Shan-chi Liu is the President of Cathay Life Insurance, Liu has been with Cathay Financial Group for 32 years, and has a rich experience of managing financial investment and business operation. In recent years, he committed to leading the biggest agency upgrade program in more than 50 years since the company had been founded, and became one of the most crucial accelerators of Cathay Life’s digital transformation.
Liu once said, “Every employee is acknowledged as one of the most important assets in an enterprise. We are not only partners at work, but also important members in life.” This is because of his benevolence and caring charisma, he’s able to genuinely develop organization talents, and builds a working environment with warmth.

Chris McChesney is currently the Global Practice Leader of Execution for ranklinCovey. He is the featured presenter of FranklinCovey’s 4 Disciplines of Execution (4DX), one of Amazon’s top 10 best selling business audios. Chris has been the primary developer of 4DX methodology for more than a decade. He has participated in numerous client-requested case-study videos, is featured in FranklinCovey’s 4DX overview videos, and is one of FranklinCovey’s most in-demand speakers worldwide.

In his role developing FranklinCovey’s Execution Methodology throughout the last decade, Chris has led change efforts that have become many of FranklinCovey’s most noted Case Studies. This includes working directly with Georgia Governor Sonny Purdue and the president of Marriott for the Americas. He has also worked with Shaw Industries, Kroger Supermarkets, Coca-Cola, Comcast, Home Depot, Frito-Lay, Lockheed Martin, Gaylord Entertainment and Northrop Grumman.

Chris has driven change efforts that have resulted in:

• 50% increase in guest satisfaction within 9 months (One of the largest convention hotel chains in the U.S.)

• 60% reduction in reoccurrence of child maltreatment (Statewide Health & Human Services Agency)

• 50% reduction in Six Sigma project completion time (global manufacturer)

Chris has been with FranklinCovey for more than 20 years. He began working for Stephen R. Covey in 1991 as his publicist. Since then, Chris has become a Consultant, Managing Director and General Manager within the organization. He has spent his professional years dedicated to helping organizations achieve results through improved implementation of strategy.

Andy is Senior Executive VP of Taipei Fubon Commercial Bank and Chairman at EasyCard Corp & LINE Pay. He brings over 20 years’ experience in the banking and financial services sectors.

Andy has 15-year experience in Institutional Banking and Retail Banking business. In addition, he was the Deputy Director of Digital Banking and responsible for digital transformation and innovation. Andy is currently the Chief Product Officer.

Andy holds a master in Finance of CUNY.

Bill Treasurer is the founder of Giant Leap Consulting, a courage-building company, and the author of the international bestseller, Courage Goes to Work. Bill’s courage-building workshops have been taught to thousands of executives in twelve countries on five continents.

For over two decades, Bill has worked with leaders from such renowned organizations as NASA, Saks Fifth Avenue, The Home Depot, UBS Bank, Spanx, eBay, and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Bill was recently named a Top 100 HR Influencer for 2020 by Engagedly.com.

Bill is the author of five books, including the international bestseller, Courage Goes to Work.

His newest book is The Leadership Killer: Reclaiming Humility in an Age of Arrogance, which he wrote with Captain John Havlik, former Navy SEAL.

Prior to founding Giant Leap Consulting, Bill served as an executive in Accenture’s change management and human performance practice, eventually becoming the $35 billion company’s first full-time internal executive coach.

Bill attended West Virginia University on a full athletic scholarship and earned his Master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay.

James has over 20 years of notable experience in HR business partnering, recruitment, talent management & development and business process re-engineering. He joined DBS Bank in 2012, where he was the Executive Director leading the Talent Acquisition Group, responsible for developing, implementing and driving recruitment strategies to meet DBS' talent needs. James has led HR digital projects at a group level such as JIM (Jobs Intelligence Maestro), an AI-enabled recruiting bot, to assist with more accurate candidate screening and increased recruitment efficiency. He is currently the Head of Human Resources at DBS Bank, Taiwan. James holds a Master Degree in Business (Information Technology) from Curtin University of Technology, Australia and a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration from National University of Singapore.

Kenn Ross is the Managing Director of Asia at Minerva. Originally from the United States, he has lived in Asia for more than 25 years, where he is well-known for his knowledge of higher education issues, education innovation, and China-America cross-border education. In addition to Minerva, Ross is also Founder of the International Foundation for the Promotion of Academic Soft Skills (IFPASS), a US-based nonprofit that provides non-cognitive skills-based and experiential education in China. He regularly speaks at global education events such as TEDx and is also a frequent commenter on Chinese television, where he speaks on topics related to Chinese and international education. Ross’ 2015 book Academic Soft Skills (留学软实力) is considered by many in China as a definitive guide to preparation for global study.

Prior to Minerva, Ross held executive positions in Fortune 30 and mid-sized multinational companies in the clean energy, technology, and consulting industries. Ross earned his B.A. from Middlebury College and M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Mr. Zhang is the vice president of Yonyou, chair professor and graduate school supervisor at Peking University.

Served in Oracle China and SAP China. Mr. Zhang is the first batch of practitioner of HR SaaS in China and also a distinguished for many well-known corporate universities.

Leading Yonyou DHR department since 2018. In 2019, Mr. Zhang closed a single DHR contract which is more than 30 Million RMB value and was award as one of the four“Cool Vender” in HCM field by Gartner.

Mindy Yeh is Vice President, Asia, for DDI. She’s responsible for market and product strategy development, and integration of ASEAN and Greater China, covering markets of mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, and Philippines.

Since Mindy assumed her role to lead DDI Greater China team in 2013, her significant success to integrate and synergize leaders and teams of China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan elevated the total business performance in Greater China. Mindy created many key milestones in leadership for DDI Greater China during recent years. She initiated various empowerment programs to release potentials among young talents, encouraged innovation in product development for digital era, and advocated the culture change covering leader mindset and organization structure to pursue a new and agile DDI.

Mindy is famous in Greater China as an opinion leader and an active speaker in leadership and digital transformation on leading forums and conferences, such as ATD China Summit, China Human Capital Forum, and China Enterprise Training & Development Annual Conference by Training Magazine, and so on.

Ping-Huang Liao, a pioneer of adventure education-experiential learning in Chinese community, who has introduced adventure education (experiential learning) to Taiwan from the Project Adventure in the United States since 1997.

He personally led more than a thousand training projects for hundreds of enterprises, non-profit organizations, government agencies in the United States, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and other countries in the Southeast Asia. Tens of thousands of managers have participated in the course.

Amanda is an experienced Human Resources business leader who brings calm pragmatism and a creative mindset to the development and execution of innovative people strategy.

With broad experience working with leaders, teams and individuals to unlock potential, Amanda's experience in HR business partnering, Talent Development and Organizational culture change has enabled leaders and teams to grow their talent and achieve their business outcomes.

Based in Australia, Amanda has worked in the United Kingdom, Europe and across Asia at multinational companies Adobe, Commvault, and Verizon and iconic Australian organizations Perpetual and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

Mr. Robert (Bob) Gibbs is the Associate Administrator for the Mission Support Directorate (MSD) at NASA Headquarters in Washington. Gibbs joined NASA as the assistant administrator for the Office of Human Capital Management and NASA’s chief human capital officer in May 2017. In this role, Gibbs had stewardship responsibility for NASA's workforce and for carrying out responsibilities in accordance with the Chief Human Capital Officers Act of 2002. His responsibilities included: setting the agency's workforce development strategy; assessing workforce characteristics and future needs based on the agency's mission and strategic plan; aligning the agency's human resources policies and programs with organizational mission, strategic goals, and performance outcomes; and, serving as a member of the Office of Personnel Management-led Chief Human Capital Officers Council.

A retired naval officer, he holds a Bachelor of Arts in business management from the University of Washington and a Doctor of Jurisprudence from George Mason University. He is a member of the Maryland and American bar associations. Gibbs is the recipient of numerous military awards and citations.

Executive with more than 20 years of corporate and regional HR management experience in Asia (Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, India, China, Taiwan, Korea, Hong Kong, Australia). Successful track record in change management and implementation for organization transformation with HR processes to meet disruptive business trends and future proof the workforce.

Active in international learning community as past President of STADA 2007 to 2016.

Recognized as one of the 100 TOP GLOBAL HR LEADERS at the 2018 World HRD Congress for excellence in HR innovation and learning community leadership in Asia region.

For over 25 years, Beth Davies has delivered cutting-edge talent management and learning solutions as an employee of Tesla, Microsoft, Apple, and Gap, and as a consultant for clients from startups to Fortune 500 companies. She has acquired expertise in culture-focused onboarding, leadership development, sales and product training, manufacturing training, compliance programs, media-enabled learning, and new learning technologies.

Currently, Beth serves as an advisor to EdTech startups, hosts the Career Curves podcast, and teaches in the Talent Development & Human Resources master’s program at IE University. Recognized as an industry expert, she’s also been a featured speaker at conferences in the US, Singapore, Austria, Mexico, Colombia, and the United Arab Emirates.

Beth earned a bachelor’s degree at Indiana University and a law degree from Stanford University. In 2016, IU named her a Luminary as a distinguished Alumna, an honor bestowed on just 12 people before her.

Christine has always been recognized as a strong partner to the business through her various roles in the HR filed. She has deep knowledge and experience in HR Business Partnering, Talent Acquisition, Learning and Development as well as Organization Change and Development.

Currently she is heading up the Talent Operations China and APAC at The LEGO Group. Though her team are mainly based in China and Singapore, they are actually providing full support on TA and L&D to more than 10 countries in the region, for example, Japan, Korea, China, Singapore, India and Australia.

Prior to joining the LEGO Group, She had other leadership roles at the Danone Group, working with people from multi-culture and multi-function in both Headquarter and Business Unit.

Her revolutionary thinking and business-oriented mindset shaped her with own style and gained her credibility amongst organization.

Native Chinese, she speaks fluently English and French.

Hedy received her MBA from the University of Hull in the UK and her Doctorate Degree in Business Administration from Macquarie University in Australia. She joined Microsoft in 2003, bringing with her years of solid marketing experiences in the technology industry in Asia Pacific and North America. Under her leadership, Hedy lead her team to triple-digit growth success in Microsoft’s cloud business in the Greater China Region. She also worked closely with small and medium size businesses to enable their digital transformation.

Now, in her current role as the Chief of Marketing and Operations of Microsoft Taiwan, Hedy is leading her team to create more tangible AI impact in the Taiwanese industries, companies and organizations. As a Microsoft executive who has experienced the leadership of all three of the Microsoft CEOs, Hedy lived the journey of Microsoft's own digital and culture transformation. She is often invited to speak at forums to discuss Microsoft's digital transformation, and its strategy to empower every person and every organizations on the planet to achieve more.

Danielle is a Learning and Development leader who loves helping people fulfill their potential using assessment, facilitation, experiential programs and coaching. She has a commercial attitude and pragmatic style with a desire to find the best people-focused solution for business issues.

In her role at Adobe, she is responsible for leading the global enterprise talent development team which creates and delivers programs for all employee personas from individuals through to senior leaders.

Key areas of learning are around change, EQ, strategic leadership and enabling leaders to be successful in the 21,000 strong Adobe matrix. Her team designs, facilitates and creates learning paths to enable development to stick and make a true business impact.

Her journey began in recruitment then moved to consulting with Hay Group Korn Ferry in both London and San Francisco before moving in-house to the Adobe team to help develop the best talent possible.

Mei-Jung Chen is a Managing Director and Partner based in the Taipei office of the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). With 9 years of consultancy experience, her industry experience spans across high tech (semiconductor, consumer electronics, telco and etc.) value chain, and its adjacency. With her in-depth knowledge in consumer insight driven marketing, she also serves clients in consumer good and retail in Greater China region.

She is an expert in innovation growth strategy and new business development, including digital ventures. In recent years she has been driving several large scale transformation for global leading high tech players, particularly in revenue growth topics on portfolio optimization, GTM and channel execution excellence.

Prior to BCG, Mei-Jung has served as a management consultant in a leading consulting firm. She also served as head of Product Marketing Director in global leading IT company, responsible for new product portfolio strategy, roadmap planning, product definition, and emerging market business development.

She holds an MBA from INSEAD, MS in Electronic Engineering from UT Austin, and BS in Electronic Engineering from National Taiwan University.

Ms. Sherry Lin holds the dual MA degree of National Taiwan University (EMBA) and National Central University (HRM). With more than 30 years of experiences in high-tech industry, Ms. Sherry Lin used to work in Applied Material, TI-Acer Semiconductor and served as CHRO for AUO Group and Delta Electronic Group, covering the semiconductor, optoelectronics and green technology industry. In her professional career, Ms. Sherry Lin has been continuously dedicated to talent development, which including led her HR team to win the Best Employer Award in Asia and facilitated the National HRD Innovation Award to develop future talent.

Sarinra is the seasoned executive with diverse background from FMCG, retail, banking, and hi-tech telecommunication with 29 years of working experiences. Her strong business acumen coupled with her passion for people has made her stellar in HR. Not only understand the business and spotting talent but able to translate business strategy into talent strategy that motivate the people and drive business growth. At True Corporation where there are over 25,000 employees, Sarinra has over 8 years of extensive experience in HR transformation with solid practices, such as data-driven future workforce planning, HR digitization, and employee experience transformation, that has led True HR to achieve Top Employer Award in 2 consecutive years as well as HR Asia Best Company to Work For Award in 2020.

Wayne is currently the Head of KPMG digital transformation Service Team (Taiwan), who specializes in end to end Digital Strategy Design, Customer Experience (CX) management and optimization, modern technology implementation and Advanced Analytic Data Modeling. In addition, Wayne is with comprehensive experience in Business Process Regineering, Enterprise wide Strategy Planning and Key Performance Indicator (KPI) design. Prior to joining KPMG, Wayne was the leader of the Business Analytic Center at a domestic telecom giant, Chunghwa Telecom. He also ever worked for Amway Taiwan as Head of Strategic Planning Department. Moreover, Wayne is the lecturer of digital transformation and innovation related topics in several universities of Taiwan.

Megan Torrance is CEO and founder of TorranceLearning, which helps organizations connect learning strategy to design, development, data and ultimately performance. Megan has over 25 years of experience in learning design, deployment and consulting. Megan and the TorranceLearning team are passionate about sharing what works in learning so they devote considerable time to teaching and sharing about Agile project management for learning experience design and the xAPI. TorranceLearning hosts the xAPI Learning Cohort, a free, virtual 12-week learning-by-doing opportunity where teams form on the fly and create proof-of-concept xAPI projects.

Megan is the author of Agile for Instructional Designers, The Quick Guide to LLAMA, and two ATD TD at Work publications: Agile and LLAMA® for ISD Project Management and Making Sense of xAPI. She is a frequent speaker at conferences nationwide. TorranceLearning projects have won several Brandon Hall Group awards, the 2014 xAPI Hyperdrive contest at DevLearn, and back-to-back Learning Guild DemoFest Best-In-Show awards in 2016/2017 with xAPI projects. TorranceLearning is a 2018 Michigan 50 Companies to Watch.In 2019, the Learning Guild named Megan as a Guild Master for her contributions to professional development in the workplace L&D industry.

A graduate of Cornell University with a degree in Communication and an MBA, and an eCornell Facilitator in the Women's Leadership curriculum, Megan lives and works near Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Pia-Maria is the author of Agile People - A Radical Approach for HR and Managers (That Leads to Motivated Employees), and the founder of Agile People. Agile People is a global network of people who work to improve workplaces by helping HR and leaders to attain an agile mindset for the future of work by using agile tools, methods, values, and principles. Pia-Maria specializes in helping companies move towards a culture of increased agility through Agile HR, Agile leadership and Motivation. Her main focus is to contribute to creating organizations where people perform better and feel engaged. Her main drive is to see the movement from one state to another in a company, contributing by making that change successful both from a financial and human perspective.

Special focus areas: Agile People (Agile HR AND Agile Leadership), Agile Culture Journeys, Management 3.0, Performance development, Employee engagement & motivation (Reiss Motivation Profile), workshop facilitation, event moderation, and professional speaking.

Check out my articles on Linkedin. Check out agilepeople.com for more about Agile People and our training.

Sung Chi-Chen has worked in Taiwan FamilyMart Co., Ltd. for more than 20 years and is currently the Human Resource Department Manager, with many years of experience in human resources development, labor dispute management, salary system planning and recruitment.

He graduated from the Institute of Business Management of Ming Chuan University and is currently studying at the Institute of Science and Technology Applications and Human Resources Development of Taiwan Normal University.

As the co-founder and executive director of the board of Advantech, Chaney Ho is in charge of the company’s global sales and marketing strategies. He is also leading the company in its new branding mission toward “Enabling an Intelligent Planet.” As a result of his leadership, Advantech has received recognition through the years from the prestigious brand-consulting firm Interbrand as one of the Top 5 Taiwan Global Brands in 2018. After that, Chaney devotes himself on talent nurturing. He hopes to continue to guide newer employees, sharing insights gained from thirty years of experience. He also makes speeches in EMBA programs and university courses to bring business management knowledge and experience to the campus, where he hopes his senior management experience can become a role model for future campus course design.

Chester is the Head of Learning of the MTR Corporation. He is responsible for providing strategic support on professional & leadership development, enhancing corporate culture & knowledge management, as well as instilling a customer-centric culture for service delivery. Chester holds an MBA and a Doctorate in Education. He currently serves as the Fellow & Council member of the Hong Kong Institute of Human Resource Management & Co-Chairperson of the Institute's Learning & Development.

Prior to joining MTR, Chester assumed various senior L&D positions in a number of major local and multinational companies (included hospitality, retail, health care industry) in the Asia Pacific region.

A number of his cultural change and personal effectiveness programs have been duly recognized by winning global and local HR awards, in particular the Association for Talent Development “BEST” Awards (1st ranking in Asia and 2nd worldwide), the “Global HR Excellence Awards”, the “Gold Prizes of the USA Brandon Hall Excellence in Learning Technology Awards”. To promote the Qualification Framework in the HRM sector, he is currently appointed as a member of the HKSAR Cross-Industry Training Advisory Committee.

Weng Jing Kai (Jerry), the B2B Business Director at Hahow, oversees the company's corporate business operations, including the market strategy for and execution of Hahow for Business. With Jerry's solid background in commerce and business development, and the team's experience in self-directed adult education and e-learning data analytics, Hahow for Business is your top solution for talent development.

Robert Kang has been a president with SunNet for over 19 years with extensive experience driving explosive growth in e-learning and human resource development.

Robert is a member and sponsor of Chinese Human Resource Management Association (CHRMA). He also was the co-chair of Taiwan e-Learning & Digital Archives Industry Alliance. He served as a counseling member of industrial executing office for the National Science and Technology Program for e-Learning during 2003-2010. Besides, he was elected as Chairman of Chinese Learning Industry Consortium Taiwan, 2010-2011.

He is a sought-after speaker on human resource development and e-Learning, and has served as the class host of ATD Asia Pacific Conference in the year of 2017 and 2018.

He is passionate, dedicated and interested in research including assessing e-Learning performance, online synchronous teaching, mobile learning applications and Talent Management