What's your workforce reduction IQ? Redefining talent strategies in uncertain times

Ms. Romulus is a Director within PricewaterhouseCoopers' Advisory Services global People & Change network located at our Tysons Corner office in the Washington DC Metro area. She focuses on helping clients achieve targeted, sustainable performance improvement through the alignment of strategy and organizational capability.Seasoned as a Global HR and Operations Executive, she has significant experience in designing and delivering Talent Management including succession planning, performance management, organization design, leadership development and knowledge management. She has supported corporate culture initiatives with practical field-focused HR tools. Ms. Romulus led global organizations at Fortune 50 and Fortune 100 companies during times of rapid change and transition. She has facilitated large-scale business transformation initiatives aligning the corporate strategy and vision to drive organizational change and business results.Ms. Romulus is a former VP, Training, Organization Development & Diversity for Ahold, one of the world's largest retail organizations. As Head of learning and organization development, her global team collaborated with senior leadership to establish the strategic direction for enterprise-wide talent management processes, systems, and tools focused on developing the key talent pipeline. She worked closely with the C-suite globally to design and deliver strategic cross-Operating Company learning and developmental activities to enable current and future executive leadership to effectively drive results.Ms. Romulus works with clients in a variety of industries, but has particularly significant experience within the IT and Retail & Consumer Products industries.Ms. Romulus received her MBA from The Johns Hopkins University and her BSBA in MIS from Old Dominion University. She is a graduate of the Advanced Human Resource Executive Program at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business, Harvard's concentrated executive education program - Leadership in Professional Services Firms, and holds a Master Certificate in Project Management from George Washington University.Ms. Romulus is certified as a change management consultant through ODR. She is also certified and experienced in providing 360o executive assessments and Myers Briggs analysis.

Mark is a Director within PricewaterhouseCoopers' global People & Change practice located in our Dallas office. He has 20 years of experience working with large and mid-sized organizations in both organizational and HR transformation initiatives. He focuses on helping clients achieve targeted, sustainable performance improvement through the alignment of strategy, organizational capability and strategic talent management.Seasoned as both an HR executive and a consultant, he has spent a decade working in industry and a decade as a consultant, with significant experience in designing and delivering talent management, organizational design, and HR effectiveness solutions including leadership development, succession planning, performance management, and organizational effectiveness. He is an experienced transformation director, including overseeing strategy deployment, culture change, M&A integration and HR transformation initiatives. He has extensive experience in the assessment and linkage of organizational culture and performance.Additionally, Mark is a subject matter expert on transformational leadership, employee engagement and developing organizational character. Mark led the Human Resource function for one of the largest law firms in the US. He has participated in large-scale transformation initiatives with clients from the Fortune 50 to start-up entities. He has worked in and delivered services to a variety of sectors including health care, telecom, aerospace, mining, automotive, manufacturing, and professional services. Mark has worked with clients in Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, the UK, Canada, and the United States.