Debbie Balli, CRP, GMS
President, Global Relocation Services
SIRVA Relocation
Debbie Balli became president of SIRVA’s global relocation services in May 2008 following her role as senior vice president of operations, which she assumed in mid-2007. She originally joined SIRVA in 1996 and has served the organization in various leadership roles, including general manager and business unit director. She possesses more than 15 years of relocation and real estate experience, covering relocation policy development, total program management, customer training, orientation and team building.
In addition to being a licensed real estate agent, Debbie holds the Employee Relocation Council’s (ERC) Certified Relocation Professional (CRP) and Global Mobility Specialist (GMS) designations and is an active member of the Minnesota Employee Relocation Council (MERC).
David Barlow, SCRP, GMS
Senior Vice President, Client Support Services
SIRVA Relocation
David Barlow, SCRP, GMS, is the senior vice president of client support services for SIRVA Relocation and SIRVA’s senior consultant. He joined SIRVA Relocation in March of 2000 after retiring with over 33 years of human resources assignments, including global relocation with Chevron Corp. in San Francisco. David has held many key HR positions including compensation, benefits design, and job evaluation, and has led numerous HR staffs.
David is a Senior Certified Relocation Professional (SCRP) and holds the Global Mobility Specialist (GMS) title. David received his bachelor’s degree in economics and an MBA from the University of Utah.
Lynn M. Bragg
Chief Executive Officer
Worldwide ERCŪ
On November 21, 2008, Lynn M. Bragg was named the new chief executive officer of Worldwide ERCŪ, the workforce mobility association.
Bragg has 20 years' experience in non-profit, government and corporate sectors. She began her career with the Potomac Electric Power Company in Washington, DC in corporate affairs. From 1981-1991, she worked on Capitol Hill as legislative director to U.S. Senator Malcolm Wallop (R-WY), providing counsel and developing expertise in trade, tax, and energy, as well as managing a large legislative staff.
From there, she moved on to a position in government affairs at the Edison Electric Institute, where she was responsible for developing coalitions on critical industry issues, including deregulation and renewable energy.
Bragg received a nine-year Presidential appointment by President Clinton to a Republican seat on the United States International Trade Commission (USITC). During this time, from 1994-2003, she served as Chairman and Vice Chairman, and managed the 350-personnel, $50 million agency during one of the most productive periods since its inception. This appointment earned her the title, "The Honorable Lynn Bragg." While there, she oversaw the redesign, enhancement and expanded accessibility of the USITC's electronic data program which provides international trade statistics to U.S. industry and the general public. She developed comprehensive knowledge of agricultural commodities and the U.S. industrial base including the steel, technology, capital goods, pharmaceutical and chemical industries. She also participated in a wide range of emerging international trade issues including bi-lateral and regional trade agreements, such as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
From 2003-2008, she was President of the Chocolate Manufacturers Association. She also served on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Manufacturers Council of Manufacturing Associations and on the Board of the World Cocoa Foundation, an industry foundation that promotes sustainable agricultural programs in cocoa growing regions throughout the world. She has conducted business extensively in Europe, and her work has taken her to Canada, Mexico, Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Ghana.
Marcus Buckingham
Best-Selling Author, Expert on Outstanding Leadership and Management Practices
In a world where efficiency and competency rule the workplace, where do personal strengths fit in? It's a complex question, one that intrigued Cambridge-educated Marcus Buckingham so greatly, he set out to answer it by challenging years of social theory and utilizing his nearly two decades of research experience as a Sr. Researcher at Gallup Organization to break through the preconceptions about achievements and get to the core of what drives success.
The result of his persistence, and arguably the definitive answer to the strengths question can be found in Buckingham's four best-selling books First, Break All the Rules (coauthored with Curt Coffman, Simon & Schuster, 1999); Now, Discover Your Strengths (coauthored with Donald O. Clifton, The Free Press, 2001); The One Thing You Need to Know (The Free Press, 2005) and Go Put Your Strengths To Work (The Free Press, 2007). The author gives important insights to maximizing strengths, understanding the crucial differences between leadership and management, and fulfilling the quest for long-lasting personal success. In his most recent book, Buckingham offers ways to apply your strengths for maximum success at work.
What would happen if men and women spent more than 75% of each day on the job using their strongest skills and engaged in their favorite tasks, basically doing exactly what they wanted to do?
According to Marcus Buckingham (who spent years interviewing thousands of employees at every career stage and who is widely considered one of the world's leading authorities on employee productivity and the practices of leading and managing), companies that focus on cultivating employees' strengths rather than simply improving their weaknesses stand to dramatically increase efficiency while allowing for maximum personal growth and success.
If such a theory sounds revolutionary, that's because it is. Marcus Buckingham calls it the “strengths revolution.”
As he addresses more than 250,000 people around the globe each year, Buckingham touts this strengths revolution as the key to finding the most effective route to personal success and the missing link to the efficiency, competency, and success for which many companies constantly strive.
To kick-start the strengths revolution, Buckingham and Gallup developed the StrengthsFinder exam (StrengthsFinder.com), which identifies signature themes that help employees quantify their personal strengths in the workplace and at home. Since the StrengthsFinder debuted in 2001, more than 1 million people have discovered their strengths with this useful and important tool.
In his role as author, independent consultant and speaker, Marcus Buckingham has been the subject of in-depth profiles in The New York Times, FORTUNE, Fast Company, Harvard Business Review, USA Today and the Wall Street Journal and is routinely lauded by such corporations as Toyota, Coca-Cola, Master Foods, Wells Fargo, Yahoo and Disney as an invaluable resource in informing, challenging, mentoring and inspiring people to find their strengths and obtain and sustain long-lasting personal success.
As director of policy consulting for SIRVA Relocation, Jill works with current and potential clients to ensure that all relocation policies are constructed to fit the needs of each account. She is accountable for driving our client’s cost containment and risk management needs, through policy reviews, benchmarking and overall policy management.
Jill joined SIRVA in 1993, and since that time has held numerous positions in client support, staff management and client reporting. She had led numerous initiatives to streamline SIRVA’s operational processes, while also spear-heading projects to develop client cost savings strategies and a policy database.
Jill has achieved the Employee Relocation Council’s designation as a Certified Relocation Professional (CRP) and Global Mobility Specialist (GMS).
Kathryn Cassidy
Vice President & General Manager, Global Assignment Services
SIRVA Relocation
As general manager for SIRVA’s Global Assignment Services practice, Kathryn is responsible for overseeing SIRVA’s multiple assignment management operations around the world. She is accountable for driving consistent quality service delivery while ensuring compliance and prudent financial management of SIRVA’s clients’ global mobility programs.
Kathryn is a graduate of Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland where she received her degree in business administration and marketing. She started her career in international assignment management in 1990 in the United Kingdom. Since then she has worked for large third-party relocation companies managing operations and client services in Europe, Asia and the Americas. Throughout her career, Kathryn has been responsible for managing regional and global implementations on behalf of many FORTUNE 500 companies. Experienced in managing complex outsourcing engagements Kathryn brings a wealth of experience to her role. A U.K. citizen based in the company’s headquarters in Chicago, Kathryn joined the SIRVA team in 2005.
Jon Gilbertson
Vice President, Risk & Quality
SIRVA Relocation
Jon Gilbertson is vice president, risk and quality for SIRVA Relocation. Jon is responsible for the leadership of the risk and quality teams, and the day-to-day risk management and problem solving for both traditional and fixed-fee programs. As vice president, risk and quality he is the gatekeeper of risk management, process exceptions and inventory approvals. He also oversees quality projects, six sigma initiatives, and the management of survey information. Jon is responsible for process execution, which involves tracking and monitoring process performance such as list price reductions and inventory sale approvals.
Jon joined SIRVA in April of 2004 after spending three years with the Home & Hardware division of Fortune Brands as a senior specialist, Logistics Services. While at Fortune Brands, Jon served as a liaison between the finance and logistics departments, managed a $70 million budget, designed quantitative models for logistics decisions and implemented process improvements throughout the organization. Jon also spent nine years with UPS in several centers in various parts of the United States.
Jon has an MBA in finance from the University of Portland, a BBA in economics and a BBA in business administration from Saint Norbert College, and an associates degree in logistics from Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. He has completed numerous Six Sigma projects in several diverse industries including transportation, manufacturing and service, and is a certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt.
Avrom Goldberg
Managing Director of Asia-Pacific & the Middle East
SIRVA Relocation
Avrom Goldberg is managing director of Asia-Pacific and the Middle East for SIRVA Relocation.
A graduate of the University of Cape Town in South Africa, Avrom has over 22 years experience in the global mobility industry. He has lived and worked in South Africa, Netherlands, Belgium, the United Kingdom and Hong Kong where he is currently based. His work in the industry has taken him to over 40 countries.
Avrom is a past chairman of the Worldwide Employee Relocation Council (ERC) Global Advisory Council, as well a past chairman of its international Symposium Planning Committee, and its Greater China Committee. He currently serves as the liaison between the ERC’s Global Advisory Council and its APAC Committee. In 2002, Avrom received Worldwide ERC’s highest honor, the President’s Award for exceptional leadership and contributions to the relocation community.
Avrom has been a featured speaker at events organized by a wide variety of organizations on four continents, among them: the Economist Intelligence Unit, the International Herald Tribune, the National Foreign Trade Council, the Hong Kong Institute of Human Resource Management, Asia Business Forum, ORC, ECA, KeyMedia, CCH, IBC, the Australian Relocation Network and the Worldwide ERC.
Rick Hoover, CRP
Director, Client Services
SIRVA Relocation
Rick began his career with SIRVA as a loan counselor in March of 1999 and was promoted to his current position as director, client services in April of 2003.
In this position, Rick manages a diverse portfolio of clients and delivers significant dollar savings and service improvements to all his clients. He expertly leads a team of relocation professionals and works collaboratively with the vice president, operations and manager, client services to ensure overall client satisfaction, quality, and retention. In addition to these responsibilities, Rick is truly committed to continuous improvement. To demonstrate this dedication, he has partnered with SIRVA senior leadership members in order to develop benchmarking initiatives focused on improving business practices and, as a result, increasing SIRVA Mortgage’s quality service levels.
Prior to his tenure with SIRVA Mortgage, Rick worked as a loan officer and credit manager for a major financial institution.
Rick received a bachelor’s degree in business administration/finance from The University of Akron and is a recipient of the Certified Relocation Professional (CRP) designation accredited by the Worldwide ERC.
Lorraine Jennings
Manager, Consulting Services
Asia-Pacific & the Middle East
SIRVA Relocation
Lorraine Jennings is regional manager of consulting services based in Melbourne and forms part of SIRVA’s Global Consulting Team. She supports the strategic deliverables for International HR Advisory through thought leadership and client-driven consulting in international human resources across Asia-Pacific and Middle East. Lorraine also currently leads a number of SIRVA’s major research projects aimed at creating policy snapshot tools for corporate HR practitioners in a number of emerging locations. In addition, Lorraine is responsible for leadership over cross-cultural and intercultural management programs and the continued development of these offerings.
Lorraine has over 15 years of experience in global human resources having worked in senior HR roles with multinational organizations, including BP-Amoco, Boeing, Deloitte, Western Mining, TRUenergy. She was instrumental in modeling change management initiatives through the implementation of sustainable, cost-effective, integrated and outsourced global mobility models for a number of large corporations. Additionally, Lorraine was responsible for leading HR Initiatives, including competency/skills matrix framework for business and technical professionals, facilitating 360-degree feedback, succession planning and career/personal development.
Lorraine’s expertise extends to global mobility benchmarking and policy development, employment benefits, HR audits/due diligence, driving service excellence through practical and systematic business improvement across various outsourcing solutions. In this capacity, she has served clients such as AXA, BHP Billiton, Citigroup, Foster’s Brewing Group, Gartner, Orica, Shell, Telecom NZ, Transfield Services, and TRUenergy.
Lorraine has a business degree with a major in HR and a post-graduate in HR Management. She has lived and worked in the Asia-Pacific region and can speak a number of Asian languages. She is a member of the Australian Human Resources Institute.
Marcia C. Kistner
Human Resources Manager
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Marcia Kistner is a Human Resources Manager at Enterprise Rent-A-Car. Her background is in the area of an HR Generalist, and she holds the certification of SPHR (Senior Professional in Human Resources) from the Society of Human Resources.
The focus of her role at Enterprise is managing the company’s U. S. and international relocation programs and the immigration process for Enterprise Worldwide.
She has been active in the St. Louis Employee Relocation Council since 2001, and served as a board member for four years and president for one of those years. She has also been a participant and planning committee member with the Mid-West ERC Conference for three years.
Paul Klemme, CRP
President
SIRVA Mortgage
Paul has been with SIRVA Mortgage since 1994, and currently serves as president, SIRVA Mortgage. His lending career began with Norwest Financial in 1988, and includes a three-year term as the assistant vice president of sales for Nationwide Mortgage. During his career, Paul has held the positions of loan counselor, director of operations and executive vice president.
While with SIRVA Mortgage, Paul has played a crucial role in the development of the mortgage division's process, procedures, products and service delivery and has energized the company's team-based agenda with an emphasis on continuous personnel development and growth.
Paul obtained his bachelor's of business administration with a degree in finance from the University of Toledo. He has achieved the Employee Relocation Council’s designation as a Certified Relocation Professional (CRP) and is a licensed mortgage banker.
Patricia (Pat) Lillo, GMS
Global Client Services Director, Global Assignment Services
SIRVA Relocation
Pat joined SIRVA in June of 2008 in the role of client service director. Pat has accountability for operational interface, account management, cost performance and quality for all of her clients’ relocations. In addition, she ensures compliance with client policy and programs, provides client reporting, and makes proactive recommendations for policy, cost and service improvements.
Pat has over 25 years of experience as a successful global human resources and mobility management leader. Pat held several human resources management positions with a multinational FORTUNE 50 company for 21 years as well as four years as vice president of global operations for a large relocation company. Pat was responsible for managing a large population of expatriate and foreign national employees, setting international human resources and compensation policies for both military and commercial programs as well as managing several vendor relationships. Prior to joining SIRVA Pat had been consulting in the HR/global mobility field. Pat has extensive experience in program development, project management, international compensation, international assignment management and global mobility/relocation programs.
Through these positions Pat has gained extensive international experience, including travel to Europe, Asia and the Middle East. She also studied abroad at the University of Patras in Greece.
Pat has been involved in several industry groups specializing in international human resources and expatriate administration including the National Foreign Trade Council’s Expatriate Management Committee, the Foreign Benefits Group and SHRM Global. She attained certification in international assignment management in 2003 from the Society for Human Resources Management and completed the global leadership certificate program at Thunderbird, the Garvin School of International Management in May 2004.
Pat holds an MS in management with concentration in international business from Rensselaer Polytechnic University (RPI) and a professional certificate in human resources from the University of New Haven. Pat was awarded her GMS designation in November 2008.
Wes Lucas
President and Chief Executive Officer
SIRVA, Inc.
Wes Lucas was named SIRVA’s chief executive officer and board member in July 2008. A seasoned executive with experience in a variety of C-suite roles at global FORTUNE 500 corporations as well as small private companies, Wes is widely known for his ability to drive company growth through the development of enhanced execution capabilities and delivery of superior customer value.
From 2001 to 2006, Wes served as chairman, chief executive officer and president of Sun Chemical, the world’s largest producer of printing inks and pigments with 300 operating plants and approximately $4 billion in annual sales. Prior to this, he served as co-chairman of Kodak Polychrome, a joint venture between Kodak and the world’s largest provider of imaging equipment and materials for commercial media. Previous significant leadership roles also include serving as chief executive officer and president of Quebecor World, a $6 billion printing services company; president of Sytrenics Nova Chemicals, a leader in plastics and materials; vice president of AlliedSignal, a multi-billion-dollar industrial company; and as a management consultant with McKinsey & Company.
Wes holds a master’s degree in business administration from Harvard Business School, and a Bachelor of Science in finance and accounting from the University of California, Berkeley.
Andrew Zbigniew Miziniak
President & CEO
Hansa One Corporation
Born in Poland, educated in France, Germany and the United States, Andrew is a well known resource in the cultural and language training fields.
Andrew is President and CEO of Hansa One Corporation, a training and development firm based in Princeton, N.J., specializing in global intercultural and language training. As a former executive with leading training and development firms, and having worked around the globe acquiring five languages, Andrew has developed a unique cultural perspective that provides deep insight for corporations working globally.
Andrew is also a top-rated intercultural trainer working directly with many FORTUNE 500 companies to deliver strategies that maximize company objectives and minimize costly cultural mistakes. Andrew’s team has managed the delivery of over 750,000 career hours of training.
In addition to his intercultural career, Andrew is also an expert in the art of photography, a musician of several instruments, an avid amateur astronomer and lecturer at the local astronomy club, a traveler to over 40 countries, and an avid reader.
Jessica Regenold, CRP
Vice President, Global Operations, U.S. Global Assignment Services
SIRVA Relocation
Jessica functions in a client service director role that has been designed expressly for clients whose volume and book of business warrant a single account manager coordinating their corporate relocation program and service delivery. In this position, Jessica has accountability for operational interface, account management, cost performance and quality for all of her clients’ relocations. In addition, she ensures compliance with client policy and programs, provides client reporting, and makes proactive recommendations for policy, cost, and service improvements.
Jessica’s career includes experience as an operations manager, relocation counselor, international account manager, and several years of domestic property management. Her portfolio has included the management of domestic and international programs for several FORTUNE 500 accounts in the retail, biotech, manufacturing, and entertainment industries. Additionally, she provided program and consulting support for clients and other third party relocation services organizations.
Jessica earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Colorado in sociology and cultural anthropology, with an emphasis in the study of Globalization. She holds the Worldwide ERC Certified Relocation Professional (CRP) designation and has 11 years of relocation related experience that includes both international and domestic program administration. In 2006 Jessica earned SIRVA global assignment management services award for most valuable player.
Brian Richards, CRP
Vice President, Client Technologies
SIRVA Relocation
As Vice President of Client Technologies at SIRVA, Brian Richards manages a team who partners with customers to create technology solutions. The client technologies group acts as a technical advocate among SIRVA, its clients, and their respective technology departments, and offers IT enhancements as a result of the dialogue among those stakeholders. Brian is also responsible for SIRVA's global customer relationship management (CRM) application and strategy.
As a Certified Relocation Professional (CRP), Brian understands how to deliver technology solutions to relocation customers that support the best practices in the relocation industry from a U.S. domestic and global perspective.
Brian’s previous roles at SIRVA include director of client technologies and business analyst. In those capacities, Brian has personally managed over 200 customer implementations for several client-facing websites. Brian has also managed the change control, requirements gathering, and specification design for several client-facing websites.
Earlier in his career, Brian was a senior consultant at an e-business consulting firm where he designed and developed several multi-tier web applications using Microsoft technology.
Marci Rossell
Former Chief Economist for CNBC
Marci Rossell electrifies audiences nationwide, speaking on the nexus of economics, politics, culture and the media. Her animated style was honed when she served as the popular, lively Chief Economist for CNBC in the months immediately following September 11th. She takes complex economic issues, often dull in the button-down business press, and makes them relevant to people's lives, families and careers.
Prior to her career in broadcast journalism, Marci served as Corporate Economist and Investment Spokesperson for OppenheimerFunds, one of the nation's largest mutual fund companies. Before moving to Wall Street, she was an expert witness for Deloitte and Touche in court cases involving economic issues. Marci began her career as an economist with the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
Marci earned a PhD in Economics from Southern Methodist University, where she was named one of the Young Alumni of the Year in 2002. She brings a world of experience--from Main Street to Wall Street--when discussing the U.S. economy, international events and movements in capital markets. Her creative, thought-provoking commentary will ring in the audience members' ears well after she leaves the stage.
Hank Roth
Senior Counsel
SIRVA Relocation
Hank Roth served as outside counsel to Cooperative Resource Services, Inc. (now SIRVA Relocation, LLC) from 1988 to 1995 when he joined them as general counsel and senior vice president of human development. Hank was an integral part of the team that developed the array of fixed-fee relocation products that put SIRVA on the map as one of the fastest growing relocation companies in America. He continues to be part of the fixed-fee product development team and specializes in training and managing the SIRVA fixed-fee contract process. Hank is a member of the ERC Public Policy Committee and serves as an adjunct professor at Capital University, instructing students in business law and employment law.
Lewis N. Sears
Founder
Lantern Associates, LLC
Lew has spent over thirty years in the field of leadership and organization effectiveness. His experience spans aerospace, chemicals, financial services and automotive industries. He has worked for GE, Honeywell, Citigroup, and TRW in a variety of senior leadership positions in human resources as well as served as an internal management consultant for GE’s executive management staff. Lew’s global experiences include consulting projects and managing acquisitions in South America, Europe, and Asia as well as leading global human resource functions across multi-business sectors.
Lew is the founder of Lantern Associates, a management and human resources consulting firm. His practice focuses on executive coaching, organization change, and performance enhancement. Lew is also an adjunct professor at a local university and a frequent speaker at regional and national professional meetings on leadership development, succession planning, organization change, and managing the human dimension of business.
He began his career on GE’s financial management and employee relations management programs. Lew alternated between generalist HR positions working for operating executives and specialized roles in leadership and organization development in GE’s Power, Aerospace, Aircraft Engine, and Corporate Staff organizations. He joined TRW to become head of human resource development for the company and later led their HR function for their automotive sector. He joined Honeywell as head of human resources for their Engineered Materials Sector and, after several years, left to lead the global implementation of a new strategy and organization at Citibank [Citigroup].
Lew’s broad background has focused on improving leadership and organization effectiveness…helping organizations prioritize and address key business issues through the effective management of the human dimension of business. Lew is a graduate of Williams College and has an MBA in management from Xavier University. He has authored numerous articles for human resource journals including Michigan and Northwestern as well as been a speaker for Linkage, the Conference Board, Quality and Productivity Council, HRPS, and ASTD. He teaches courses in the MBA curriculum on strategic human resources and the human dimension of business.
Mike Smith
Vice President Sales & Account Management
SIRVA Moving Services
In Mike’s current position, as vice president sales and account management, he has played an instrumental role in securing and retaining a number of key multi-national accounts, Mike is the internal voice of the customer inside SIRVA Moving Services.
Mike joined the Allied system in 1993 as managing director of the Allied Pickfords operation in the Czech Republic. In 1996, he was appointed as head of European coordination for NFC International in Belgium and, in that role, was responsible for the management and direction of strategic projects and the development and implementation of new products and locations. He joined Allied International in the United States in 1998 as manager of global pricing and procurement, responsible for overseeing a team that negotiated global ocean, air, overland freight and customs agent contracts. Two years later, he assumed the role of manager of U.S. operations, responsible for the development and management of Allied International’s logistics and freight forwarding operation.
Mike received a Bachelor of Science with honors in metallurgy and material science from the University of Manchester. He is certified for professional competence in road transport and completed the NFC management development program.
Nick Stevovich, CRP
Senior Vice President, General Manager
SIRVA Relocation
Nick has developed new business relationships with relocation clients in the FORTUNE 1000 segment using a variety of services from full outsourcing to single product purchase. His exceptional leadership skills, developed over a 12 year career with SIRVA, have made his service center one of the most consistently top-ranked performers within the SIRVA family. As the senior executive in SIRVA’s Cleveland service center, Nick has operations responsibility for all of SIRVA’s Relocations Cleveland-based accounts.
Nick is a graduate of Ohio State University with a degree in economics and an emphasis in mathematics. Nick has also earned the Certified Relocation Professional (CRP) designation from Worldwide ERCŪ
Jamie brings a significant level of relocation and mortgage experience to the SIRVA Relocation team. He began his career with SIRVA as a loan counselor in January of 2001 and was promoted to his current position as director, client services in April of 2005.
In this position, Jamie manages a diverse portfolio of clients and delivers significant dollar savings and service improvements to all his clients. Jamie also expertly leads a team of relocation professionals and works collaboratively with the vice president, operations and manager, client services to ensure overall client satisfaction, quality, and retention. In addition to these responsibilities, Jamie is truly committed to continuous improvement. To demonstrate this dedication, he has partnered with SIRVA senior leadership members in order to develop benchmarking initiatives focused on improving business practices and, as a result, increasing SIRVA Relocation’s quality service levels.
Prior to his tenure with SIRVA Relocation, Jamie worked as a loan officer and credit manager for a major financial institution.
Jamie received a bachelor’s degree in sports management from Ohio University and is a recipient of the Certified Relocation Professional (CRP) and Global Mobility Specialist (GMS) designations accredited by the Worldwide ERCŪ.
Julian Yates is the vice president of global client services for SIRVA Relocation, based in Westmont, Illinois. Under this title he manages both the client services team for the Americas and SIRVA Relocation’s global consulting practice. Julian provides strategic leadership to our global services delivery team and leads a team of subject-matter experts to deliver best practice policy analysis, benchmarking and policy development. In addition, he provides consulting support to clients in various areas of global mobility, leads thought-leadership projects such as the production and review of global surveys and studies, and participates in industry conferences.
Julian has over 25 years of global mobility and human resources experience having held assignments in the United States, Europe and Asia, both in a client and service provider role. A U.S. citizen, Julian originally hails from the United Kingdom and has traveled extensively on business to most regions of the world.
Julian holds a business degree with a minor in human resources, and is also a Chartered Member of the U.K. Institute of Personnel and Development (CMIPD).
