Kenexa Expands Leadership Team
January 18 2011 - 8:00AM
Marketwired
Kenexa (NASDAQ: KNXA), a global provider of business solutions for
human resources, today announced executive promotions and new hires
that will support the organization's strategic direction and client
delivery services.
Eric Lochner has been named to the newly created position of
president, Global Talent Management. Lochner joined Kenexa in 2006
and, most recently, served as the company's Chief Marketing
Officer. From 2007-2009, he was managing director of Kenexa's
European, Middle Eastern and African operations. Earlier in his
career, he led marketing for CareerBuilder.com and held marketing
positions at Headhunter.net, Kuczamarski & Associates and
InterCall. He holds an MBA from Northwestern's Kellogg Graduate
School of Management and a B.A. degree from John Carroll
University.
Assuming the position of chief marketing officer is Tim Geisert.
Throughout his career, he has specialized in helping organizations
define their internal cultures, maximize recruitment efforts and
create effective sourcing strategies. Earlier in his career at
Kenexa, Geisert served in the critical role of vice president of
Employment Branding and Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO)
business development. Before joining Kenexa in 2007 he held
executive positions at Bailey Lauerman and The Martin Agency,
supporting a wide range of global Fortune 100 organizations. He
holds a degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where he
has taught communications research and strategy courses as an
adjunct professor.
New to Kenexa is Jon Zvolanek as head of operations for Kenexa's
Survey business. Prior to joining Kenexa, Zvolanek was the senior
vice president of Operations at National Research Corporation
(NRC). He started his career with that company as director of
Operations in 2000 and as department head managed all data
collection activities, including the printing and mailing of more
than 12 million surveys. In addition to his experience in print and
mail, he has an extensive background in phone and Web data
collection methodologies. He received his B.A. in Business
Administration from Doane College.
Dr. Courtney McCashland has joined Kenexa as president of the
Global Assessment Division. Previously, she was the founder and CEO
of TalentMine®, LLC, a global, performance-based talent assessment
and development company. Prior to founding TalentMine, she served
as a senior executive for the Gallup Organization, where she led
Gallup's early research on employee engagement. McCashland has also
worked with Marcus Buckingham to present the research findings that
are contained in his management best seller, "First Break All the
Rules," to develop the Strengths Engagement Track (SET) featured in
"Go Put Your Strengths to Work" and to design the StandOut
Strengths Assessment to publish in Buckingham's new release in
October of 2011. She holds a bachelor's degree in Marketing and
Journalism and a master's degree in Qualitative and Quantitative
Research from University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She graduated summa
cum laude with a Doctorate in Organizational Leadership from the
University of Southern California.
Kenexa CEO, Rudy Karsan, commented, "The appointment of Eric and
Tim into their new roles and the addition of Jon and Courtney to
our survey and assessments teams further strengthens Kenexa by
putting the right people in the right jobs. We're looking forward
to their contributions to our company's continued growth,
operational efficiencies and ability to generate higher levels of
client satisfaction."
About Kenexa Kenexa® provides business
solutions for human resources. We help global organizations
multiply business success by identifying the best individuals for
every job and fostering optimal work environments for every
organization. For more than 20 years, Kenexa has studied human
behavior and team dynamics in the workplace, and has developed the
software solutions, business processes and expert consulting that
help organizations impact positive business outcomes through HR.
Kenexa is the only company that offers a comprehensive suite of
unified products and services that support the entire employee
lifecycle from pre-hire to exit. Additional information about
Kenexa and its global products and services can be accessed at
www.kenexa.com. Follow Kenexa on Twitter: @kenexa.
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