Kelly Fitzsimmons, Co-Founder and CEO of HarQen, to Speak at Onrec Online Recruiting EXPO 2009 November, 3-4 in Chicago
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(CHICAGO, Ill. – July 24, 2009) Kelly Fitzsimmons, Co-Founder and CEO of HarQen, will be speaking at the Onrec.com Online Recruitment Conference & Expo 2009, to be held at the Donald E Stephens Convention Center, in Chicago, on November 3 & 4, 2009. Onrec.com EXPO 2009 is widely regarded as the “must attend” online recruitment event of 2009.

Onrec.com is the world’s leading information resource for Human Resource professionals and recruiters using the Internet to recruit. Onrec.com EXPO 2009 is the only global gathering of online recruiting leaders and game-changing technologies. For more information about Onrec.com EXPO 2009 visit: http://www.onrec.com/conferences/031109/default.html

Running off of last year’s success, Onrec.com EXPO 2009 will bring together delegates and exhibitors involved in online recruitment from around the world to share their common interests, provide a business driven networking environment and stimulate discussion, debate, and beneficial partnerships.

As an established and well-known public speaker and writer, Kelly will provide a great opportunity for those who attend Onrec EXPO 2009, in which she will be among over 40 expert speakers in attendance.

Session Topic:

Too many candidates, too little time

Session Description:

In the years ahead, the economic climate will present unique challenges and unique opportunities. With more qualified candidates in the job market than ever before, and less resources to identify them, the right use of available technologies will be crucial to your ongoing recruiting strategy. How will you incorporate technology to help you find the great candidates with fewer resources, while keeping the 'Human' in Human Resources? Kelly Fitzsimmons, former Network Computing magazine columnist and serial start-up CEO, talks about hiring on the front lines and where technology can hurt and help. Through war stories and real world examples, Fitzsimmons provides practical advice to help you develop a long-term technology-assisted and candidate-friendly recruiting strategy.

Speaker Bio:

Kelly is a well-known entrepreneur who has built and sold several companies. Currently, she is the co-founder and CEO of HarQen, a leading web telephony company that leverages its voice to web audio technology platform to develop smart, easy-to-use business applications that solve real world problems. Under her leadership, HarQen currently powers VoiceScreener™, an HR solution that virtually eliminates the need to coordinate first round interviews, and Comic Wonder, the first competitive arena for joke-telling online.

Previously, Kelly was the CEO of Neohapsis, a leading information security consultancy and enterprise IT product test lab, which was successfully exited in 2006. Prior to joining Neohapsis, Kelly was president and CEO of Sun Tzu Security, a security consulting firm she founded in 1996 and later sold to Neohapsis.

Kelly serves on the executive committee for the Wisconsin Technology Council, which serves as the science and technology adviser to Wisconsin's Governor and the Legislature. She serves on the Board of Trustees for Alverno College, a nationally ranked Catholic college for women. She also serves on the Advisory Team for the Executive Women's Forum, a community of more than 200 executive women in information security, risk management, and privacy.

Kelly has keynoted for organizations as diverse as the FBI's Infraguard, the Association of American Insurers, the National Association of Restaurants, and the American Law Firm Association. She has also been a regular columnist for Secure Enterprise magazine and a contributor to Network Computing magazine. Kelly was one of twenty-five entrepreneurs to speak at All Things Media 2008, the first-ever venture forum held exclusively for women-led entrepreneurial ventures in emerging media and entertainment. She was also a speaker at Astia "It" 2008, a venture conference dedicated to high-caliber women-led start-ups.

Kelly completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Rochester, graduating Magna **** Laude and Phi Beta Kappa. She holds a Masters degree from Harvard.

The Onrec.com Online Recruitment Conference & Expo 2009, will be hosted by both recruiting powerhouses Kennedy Information and Onrec - for more information visit: onrec.com/Expo2009

For other Onrec session topics visit: http://www.onrec.com/conferences/031109/topics.html

For more information on all of the speakers participating at this event visit: http://www.onrec.com/conferences/031109/speakers.html

For more information on The Onrec.com Online Recruitment Conference & Expo 2009, contact RD Whitney at rd@onrec.com or go to www.onrec.com/Expo2009