Biography

He is the author of hundreds of articles on talent management, career development, recruiting, human capital, leadership and on corporate universities and learning strategies. He has contributed chapters to several books including, recently, a chapter on leadership and recruiting in On Staffing: Advice and Perspectives for HR Leaders published by Wiley in 2004. His latest book is entitled The Corporate University Workbook: Launching the 21st Century Learning Organization which is published by Pfeiffer, Inc.



Kevin works with organizations to establish learning strategies, corporate universities, succession plans, strategic staffing programs, and human capital architectures. Kevin has been a research affiliate at SRI International and a research affiliate at the Institute for the Future in Menlo Park, CA.



He has headed talent acquisition function globally and is the founder of two corporate universities. He has an extensive national and international consulting practice with such organizations as Yahoo, Eli Lilly, Corning, Inc., Starbucks Coffee Company, Edwards Lifesciences, and Federated Department Stores, and BP, as well as with organizations in China, New Zealand, Australia and El Salvador.



He has served as adjunct faculty at the University of San Francisco and on the business faculty at San Francisco State University.



Kevin spent 7 years in Thailand as a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer and has a Masters Degree in Human Resources and Organizational Development. Most recently he was the Senior Vice President for Staffing and Workforce Development at the Charles Schwab Corporation.



Previously, Kevin worked in Thailand as the Vice President of Human Resources for Alphatec Electronics, Inc. and spent 16 years at National Semiconductor Corporation in a variety of human resource roles, including founding and acting as the director of National Semiconductor University.



He sits on a number of boards, served as a member of the National Board of Directors for the American Society of Training and Development from 1995-1997, was an advisory board member for the College Board in the early 1990