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Dr. Jeff Elias, Ph.D., President, Compensation, HCM & Compliance Expert

Jeff has over 25 years’ experience in Compensation Management (including Board, Executive, Sales, Incentive, Deferred Compensation, Stock Option/grant packages, Phantom Stock Schemes) and all areas of Human Capital Management and mandated Compliance programs in the US and Canada..
Jeff has held management and executive positions at Consulting, HR, & Staffing firms including: Sr. VP HR & Compensation/Payroll at: Remedy Staffing, Westaff, and Accenture (Savista); Sr. VP HR, Oracle (Quovera) and VP of Global Compensation at Adecco.
Jeff is an adjunct professor in the Human Resources and Organizational Development Master’s Degree Program, at the University of San Francisco, mainly teaching Graduate Statistics. He holds a Ph.D. in Human Resources from The Ohio State University, as well as an M.Ed. from John Carroll University and a B.A. from The University of Cincinnati. He is a Six Sigma Master Black Belt.

Karen. Clarke, MBA, CHRP, HCM Vice President

Karin has over 25 years of experience in performing people management and executive roles in Technology, Financial and Service Firms. Her career focuses on on-boarding, full life cycle recruiting, performance management, professional/personal development, and employee engagement.
She keenly understands the experience, background, temperament, and drive that these individuals need to be successful as she has personally held many of these roles. Karin was SVP, Operations TRS Staffing (Oil & Gas, Canada/USA), VP, HR, Chase Bank, Regional VP, Marketing & HR at Blue Crew Technology, VP Operations, Westaff, and VP Franchise Sales and Operations at Remedy.
Her proven method of understanding exactly the talent you need and with her tremendous network of professionals, Karin has some of the best marketing, recruiting and sales methodologies and metrics used to accelerate business. This allows her to identify and engage the top talent tailored to your specific business needs, markets, and geographies in a timely and cost-effective manner.

Sally Field MBA, CHRP, CBM, VP, HCM

Sally holds an MBA with honors from Aurora University and a BA degree in Political Science from Eastern Illinois University. She is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) and a Certified Business Manager (CBM) as well as licensed Minnesota educator. She was an adjunct faculty member at the University of Wisconsin at River Falls and St. Catherine University in St. Paul, MN. She develops training workshops and coaching sessions customized to fit the client’s specific developmental needs.
Sally is an experienced, certified facilitator in utilizing the Myers Briggs Type Indicator, AchieveGlobal (formerly Zenger-Miller), Mobius Coaching Model, and Accelements Adult Learning. Sally is a former Board member of the St. Croix Valley Employers’ Association (Program Chair), International Alliance for Learning, WI State SHRM Council, and Minnesota Women in Community and Technical Colleges, as well as a member of the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) Sally also served for 15 years as the Collegiate Chapter Adviser for the Gamma Phi chapter of Sigma Sigma located at UWRF.

Christopher David, MBA, MS - VP, HR Technology

Christopher is an exceptional Technology Professional. He is highly experienced with HR software development, solution architecture, and product management. Including SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle HCM Cloud, Workday, Dayforce, ADP and several HR platforms.
Christopher supports setting strategy and leading teams to develop, support, enforce and integrate best practices and technology standards. He develops project communications plan in accordance with communication and knowledge. He assists our clients in the execution of an application development program through the implementation and discipline of standards, policies, and practices. Chris manages the activities of the client’s team members engaged in managing and monitoring projects, including developing project plans, resource assignments, progress tracking, and quality assurance.
Christopher has an MS, Computer Science degree from The Ohio State University and an MBA from the Wharton School of Business. He has 15 years of IT experience in information, data management, technology/computer-related fields and social media. He is adept at Salesforce and Salesforce Financial services platforms. He was a Director, Special Projects at Oracle, and Director of IT Development at Quovera.

Dr. Bruce Growick Ph.D., VP, Compliance, Professor Emeritus, The Ohio State University

Dr. Bruce Growick is a Retired Professor of Rehabilitation Services at The Ohio State University where he taught courses, advised students, and conducted research in workers’ safety, disability determination and vocational rehabilitation for over 30 years. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and Columbia University, and has published widely in the field of rehabilitation, especially in the area of rehabilitating injured workers.
During a two-year leave of absence from The Ohio State University (1989-1990), Dr. Growick was Director of the Rehabilitation Division of the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation. He has also been a Presidential Appointee under President Bush to the U.S. Access Board (2002-2006). Dr. Growick is a former editor of the Journal of Forensic Vocational Analysis, the official publication of the American Board of Vocational Experts.
He is also a Past President of the International Association of Rehabilitation Professionals and is currently a vocational expert for various federal and state agencies, including local courts. Dr. Growick has several publications in the area of rehabilitation and workers' compensation and is a member of the American Psychological Association and the National Council on Rehabilitation Education.

Corey A. Purkat, MS, VP HCM - Financial Planning, AIF® Certified Financial Planner

Corey, with an undergraduate degree in Finance (Winona State University) and a Master’s degree in Financial Planning (Oklahoma State University), Corey is Accredited Investment Fiduciary (AIF ®), he puts client interest ahead of his own.
In over eight years of experience working with 401(k), 403(b), 457 plans, RRSP, DPSP, TFSA and other types of various deferment/retirement plans, Some of the goals Corey has helped our clients business with: increases in recruiting top talent, increase efficiencies, reduce health and extended health insurance costs and monitor/track fiduciary responsibilities that are inherently risky.
Corey is also an active member in the Financial Planner’s Association - Minnesota Chapter serving as a committee member on NexGen which is a group dedicated to promoting the practice of financial planning to the new generation of financial planners.

Mat Turaani, Director, Global Total Rewards

Mat is an accomplished Global Total Rewards Consultant in full-scale compensation management, from developing job descriptions, evaluations, market benchmarking, compensation structure, and internal/external equity. Also, he is an expert level Equity Administrator. for Private Firms, and Pre-IPO firms.. His segment focus is Oil & Gas, SaaS, Technology, and Healthcare firms.
He is has expert experience as an Interim Executive/Consultant in Equity Administration, Executive and BOD Compensation, Variable Compensation Design . He is adept at developing, analyzing, creating Equity schemes for Privately Held firms including ESPP, ESOP, ISO/NSO Stock, Phantom Stock, stock grants, SARs, RSUs.
Performs equity valuations including Equity Value, Cap Table, DCF and IRR Analysis. Also, perform Equity-related filings and audits for the SEC and the CSA, including 10Ks, 409A Valuations, DFH 14 Proxy Statements, and SEC, S-1 Registrations for pre-IPO positions
He develops job descriptions, comprehensively evaluates positions with a point-factor system, HAY Charts, Mercer’s IPE, Aon/Radford, and custom evaluation matrices, conduct market benchmarking, creates salary structures with bands, ranges and steps, . He utilizes several National Salary Surveys (HAY, Mercer, Radford, Hays) and ECG's own robust proprietary salary survey which results in 3 survey comparables, which is a true "market benchmarking exercise" (clients' positions are equivalent to the market data positions).
Mat is experienced in ADP, PeopleSoft, SAP Success Factors, Oracle HCM Cloud, Workday, PAVE, Shareworks (Morgan Stanley), Carta, Astrella, several BI Analysis Tools and "big data" analysis platforms..
Mat has a BA Degree in Accounting, Hashemite University and a Canadian Business Diploma (2 year) from University of Victoria.
Black Belt, Six Sigma

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