Former U.S. Department of Justice attorney Michael Johnson has trained thousands of people on skills for detecting signs of deception and truthfulness, including presenting at dozens of conferences for human resource professionals and other busines executives.  

He has spoken at numerous conferences around the world for HR, legal, law enforcement, and other professionals.  He has provided numerous client-specific sessions for international organizations such as the United Nations (in New York, Congo, and Sierra Leone) and the World Bank, government agencies such as the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Social Security Administration, and dozens of Fortune 500 companies such as Google and Northrup Grumman.

 As an attorney with the US Department of Justice, Michael was the lead attorney on one of DOJ’s first “pattern or practice” sexual harassment cases.  Michael has served as an expert witness in cases challenging the adequacy of employer’s investigation procedures. 

He is a graduate of Duke University and Harvard Law School.

Stephen A. Lowisz is an Author, Educator, International Speaker, and President and Chief Executive Officer of Qualigence, Inc., a recruitment research and professional search firm he founded in 1999 that has grown to become the largest recruitment research firm in the United States. In addition, Stephen serves as Chairman of AllianceQ, a consortium of leading employers who collaborate on common recruitment problems and openly share resources and ideas to facilitate better, more open, and sustainable recruitment practices. With more than 18 years of experience in the recruitment industry, Stephen has led both sourcing and staffing engagements for companies located throughout the world. Due to his global experience and unique perspective of the industry, Stephen is an often requested and highly-rated speaker for leading HR industry events and conferences. He also serves as an author for various recruiting community resources and publications, an educator/trainer of The Answer® Recruitment Training Program and other recruiting functions, and is a speaker for several Fortune 500 organizations each year.

Chip Luman is an HR and general management expert, published author and COO of HireVue, a leading provider of web-based digital interviewing services. Prior to 2009, Chip served as Senior Vice President,  HR Shared Services and Total Rewards, and VP of HR for Client Services at Charles Schwab and Co. Mr. Luman has held extensive HR and management background positions at Pepsi Cola, Acclaim Entertainment and others. He is adjunct faculty at PSU where he earned his BA in Labor Studies. He pursued graduate studies in Business at the University of Louisiana, Lafayette and serves as President of the Pi Lambda Phi Educational Foundation.

Neil is a passionate entrepreneurial executive who has been working in online marketing for the past 15 years focusing on Internet commerce software, targeted digital advertising, search marketing and online recruitment advertising. In 2010 he founded HireClix, LLC on the cornerstones of creative digital marketing, analytical thinking and great service. As CEO of HireClix he counsels clients on how to build effective marketing campaigns and leads a team of savvy marketers and Internet specialists to implement them. His clients include healthcare organizations, medical device companies, technology firms, retailers, and staffing firms. Neil frequently speaks on topics regarding the innovative use of digital recruitment marketing to change the way organizations find and recruit talent, as well as the challenges and opportunities of today’s job market. Organizations turn to him for his expertise in the sub-specialties of employer branding, search marketing, targeted digital advertising, and social media tools. Neil has been a guest speaker at the MIT Enterprise Forum, Tufts University School of Business, and online marketing and digital recruiting industry events. He is a regular blog contributor on Electronic Recruiting Exchange (ere.net) and hosts monthly webinars to provide free education to human resources executives about new recruitment marketing channels. Before founding HireClix Neil worked at Monster.com as part of an internal digital marketing agency, driving recruitment marketing and advertising campaigns. During his time at Monster Worldwide he managed a $20 million annual digital marketing budget to drive very targeted audiences to engage with the Monster brand, post resumes and purchase products.

Roberta Matuson, MBA, author of, Suddenly in Charge: Managing Up, Managing Down, Succeeding All Around, is a highly sought after thought-leader who is known for her ability to accelerate workforce productivity and profitability. She is the CEO of Human Resource Solutions (www.yourhrexperts.com), a firm that partners with clients to create business growth and innovation. The firm is also known for their unique ability to leverage intergenerational workforce differences into opportunities.

Roberta is currently an HR Expert for BostonWorks, a division of the Boston Globe. She has served as the HR Careers Expert for Monster, and is a former weekly columnist for The Record (British Columbia). She is a Certified Compensation Professional (CCP).

As Managing Partner of Competitive Solutions, Inc., Seth runs the day to day operations of the Atlanta office.  He joined CSI in 1997 as Director of Sales and Marketing.  Prior to joining CSI, he worked in the printing and publishing industry serving as Southeast Regional Director for Enterprise Communications.  Seth is a popular speaker at   Human Resource, Operational Excellence and Quality Conferences.  He believes organizations today must create and sustain a culture with three non-negotiable attributes.  Those attributes include:  a sense of urgency, a clear and concise business focus and leadership driven, shared accountability. He has assisted a wide variety of organizations in the development of their key business metrics, documented communication strategy and established a collective accountability across the company.  Organizations Seth has worked with include Pfizer, Genentech, Genzyme, Goodwill Industries, Revlon, Michelin Tire, Gerber Legendary Blades, National Institute Severely Handicapped (NISH), and several Army Depots.  He is a graduate of Presbyterian College.