The High Quality of Contract Talent

Kelly Coleman serves as Manager of Staffing Processes for The Home Depot, where his responsibilities include talent acquisition policy oversight, background check program management, and contingent workforce program management. He is heavily involved with supplier contract negotiation and management, process development and governance, and policy and procedure compliance. He led a successful contingent workforce initiative by consolidating the number of non-IT vendors from 160+ down to 8 primary vendors. The results of this effort streamlined internal processes, mitigated risk, and brought substantial cost savings to the company. He also led a cross-functional project team tasked to select and implement a Vendor Management System for governance and visibility of the entire contingent labor process. Prior to joining The Home Depot, Kelly's experience includes recruiting management and national account management in the contingent labor industry. His experience as both client and supplier offer him unique first-hand knowledge of "needs" and "pains" within the contingent labor industry.

Master Burnett is the Managing Director of Dr. John Sullivan. Mr. Burnett directs the global advisory services of thought leader Dr. John Sullivan. In this capacity he is responsible for assisting organizations implementing tools or strategies proposed by Dr. John Sullivan and managing ongoing initiatives aimed at identifying best practice firms and approaches. Prior to joining Dr. John Sullivan, Mr. Burnett served as the Director of Client Services and Corporate Marketing for the Silicon Talent Corporation, an aggressive boutique staffing firm headquartered in the Silicon Valley, providing early stage high-technology ventures with staffing and HR advisory services. He also serves as an adjunct faculty member at San Francisco State University. His expertise covers such topics as the implementation of technology, staffing and recruiting systems, organizational effectiveness coaching, and process engineering.