The HR Leader’s Role in Driving Workforce Optimization

Dave Ulrich is Professor of Business Administration at the University of Michigan where he is on the core faculty of the Michigan Executive Program, Co-Director of Michigan's Human Resource Executive Program, and Advanced Human Resource Executive Program. His teaching and research addresses the question: how to create an organization that adds value to employees, customers, and investors? He studies how organizations change fast, build capabilities, learn, remove boundaries, and leverage human resource activities. He has helped generate multiple award winning national data bases on organizations that assess alignment between strategies, human resource practices and HR competencies. He was the Editor Human Resource Management Journal (1990-1999), serves on the editorial board of 4 other Journals, is on the Board of Directors for Herman Miller, is a Fellow in the National Academy of Human Resources; and co-founder of the Michigan Human Resource Partnership. Honors include #1 ranking as Management Educator by BusinessWeek Magazine, George Petitpas Memorial Award from World Federation of Personnel Management for lifetime contributions to the human resource profession, and listed by Forbes as one of the "world's top five" business coaches. He has consulted and done research with over half of the Fortune 200. David Ulrich is author and editor of several books, including: Human Resource Champions: The Next Agenda for Adding Value and Delivering Results; Tomorrow's HR Management: 48 Thought Leaders Call for Change; Results-Based Leadership; Organizational Capability: Competing From the Inside Out

Since joining COMSYS in 2004, Mr. McGonegal has served as Senior Director, MSP Operations. In this role, Mr. McGonegal is responsible for the successful delivery and operations of COMSYS' managed service provider programs. His experience encompasses the strategic direction, business planning, marketing, sales, contract negotiation, process assessment, design, development, implementation, training, and support of these programs.Prior to joining COMSYS, Mr. McGonegal spent 9 years with Spherion in a variety of roles. In 2000, Mr. McGonegal was a founding employee of Enthusian Corporation, a joint venture between Spherion and Accenture that was one of the first VMS Technology providers. Additional positions held at Spheiron include National Practice Manager, VMS, Implementation Manager, Regional Marketing Manager and Operations Manager for Spherion Technology's Business Solutions group in the Mid-Atlantic Region.Before joining Spherion, Mr. McGonegal spent five years as a Project Manager and Business Analyst for market research and consulting firm Harlan Brown & Company. Responsibilities included project planning, management and delivery of proprietary market analysis projects ranging from acquisition and new market entry to competitive and customer analysis for Fortune 1000 firms.Mr. McGonegal holds a Masters in Business Administration from The George Washington University, and holds both a Batchelor of Arts in History and a Batchelor of Arts in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia.