James F. Kisela
Chairman and CEO
Jim Kisela has been the human resources management field for over thirty years,
serving as the senior human resources officer for large organizations in a variety
of industries including Terra International, the Campbell Soup Company, the Vanguard
Group, and QVC, Inc.
His extensive domestic and international experience includes HR strategic planning,
executive compensation programs, diversity programs, HR technology initiatives,
the creation of management succession, development and training systems, as well
as work/life programs such as on-site childcare centers
Workforce diversity has been an important focus as he developed programs to facilitate
increased diversity in organizations. For over 15 years he has been on the board
of INROADS Philadelphia, creating opportunities of minority college students to
work as interns.
As an entrepreneur he has started a career transitions consulting firm, then a company
that produced an award-winning work/life balance CD-ROM product, and now consults
with large organizations on how to reduce their employee benefits costs.
He is quoted in Reengineering Performance Management: Breakthroughs in Achieving
Strategy through People by Tracey B. Weiss and Franklin Hartle (1997. Boca
Raton, FL: St. Lucie Press) concerning the use of competency models in performance
management and is the author of a chapter on work/life benefits in The Compensation
Handbook (McGraw-Hill, 2000).
Jim earned an MBA at the University of Chicago, majoring in Finance and Human Resource
Management.
James F. McCann
Vice President, Business Development-Sales-Marketing
Jim McCann has over 25 years experience in Human Resources, concentrating in the
areas of work-life, EAP, wellness and management training. He was a founding director
of CareLinc, the nation's first data based work-life referral company, eventually
providing resource and referral services to over a million employees and their families,
including Fortune 500 companies such as EDS, Nabisco, Vanguard and Dell.
After selling the company, he was a co-developer of the Work-Life Toolkit® ,
an award winning software program which provided human resource professionals with
a suite of tools to assess a wide variety of work-life initiatives and measure their
effectiveness and return-on-investment.
From 2002 to 2007, Jim worked at the University of Pennsylvania in the Department
of Psychiatry, first developing their behavioral health provider network , then
implementing the sales and marketing of the university's EAP and innovative management
training services.
From 2008 to 2010, he was Director of Sales and Marketing for Horizon Health EAP
Services, working with consultants, brokers and prospects to offer cost-effective
EAP and wellness services in the Northeast market.
Jim earned his Bachelor of Sciences Degree in Management Marketing from St. Joseph's
University in Philadelphia and a Masters in Social Work from Pennsylvania State
University.
Paul Anthony
Consultant
Paul is a consultant who specializes in compensation, benefits, and HRIS systems. He develops strategies, writes plans, and manages implementation programs.
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Employee Benefits Consultants
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Don Barbuto.
President of Barbuto and Associates
Don is one of the best strategic employee benefits consultants for small and medium
sized organizations. His website is http://www.barbutoandassociates.com/
Bill Riester
Account Management and Operations
Bill is an experienced Employee Benefits Consultant, having worked for the Prudential
Insurance Company for many years, and then with an independent consulting firm.
His responsilbities have included the benefits account management for Fortune 100 companies
as well as universities, natioanl affinity organizations and public entities, including
states, counties and municipalities.
Bill's primary focus at Work Life Productions is the effective and successful implementation
of One Care Street, as well as ongoing account management.
You can contact Bill at bill.riester@worklifepro.com.
Harry Jamison
Harry has spent his entire career in secondary education as an administrator and consultant.
Laird Warner
Laird has had a career in secondary education as a Superintendent and now a consultant,
Julie A. Meek
Julie was the founder and CEO of The Haelan™ Group, a predictive modeling
and health coaching company for 13 years. Under her tenure, Haelan achieved best-in-class
healthcare cost control for their employer clients and significantly changed the
health management industry by introducing powerful predictive modeling and coaching
methods to the spectrum of health management services. Haelan was the first entrant
and successful graduate of the Indiana University Emerging Technology Center, bringing
60 new jobs to central Indiana and winning numerous awards for growth, innovation
and entrepreneurial spirit.
In late 2006 CareGuide, a full spectrum health management company purchased The
Haelan™ Group. Julie continues to provide consulting services to CareGuide,
WorkLife Productions, Inc and other clients nationwide, contributing her expertise
in population health management, outcomes measurement, health-related portal development
and behavioral science.
She is Visiting Clinical Associate Professor at Indiana University School of Nursing
and earned her doctorate in behavioral science and research with Highest Distinction
from Indiana University. Julie speaks and publishes nationally on the topics of
entrepreneurship, health management and predictive modeling.
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