Mark McMillan | Founding Member HRExaminer Editorial Advisory Board

Co-founder of Talent Function, a consultancy whose mission is to facilitate the evolution of the corporate staffing function, MarkMcMillan combines Executive Coaching expertise with 10 years of recruitment software industry experience. He started his software career for the Oracle Corporation working with channel partners in North and South America. After a 2-year stint in Oracle Latin America, Mark transitioned to a sales engineering role. He spent two years selling Oracle applications to prospects in North America and Brazil and he participated in the introduction of Oracle’s first browser-based software release.

Convinced about the inherent value of the software-as-a-service delivery model, Mark joined BrassRing as a Director of Strategy and Business Development. During his tenure at BrassRing Mark was responsible for partnerships and strategic initiatives for the company. He was instrumental in BrassRing’s expansion to the recruitment outsourcing, public sector, and Asia-Pacific markets. Mark also made contributions to product strategy including the development of the “Talent Record” concept which remains as one of the primary organizing principles of Kenexa’s BrassRing-KRB software solutions.

Mark started his Executive Coaching career in 2007 with the California Leadership Center, a firm that has pioneered the “coaching” profession since 1989.  Mark focuses on individual and team development for leaders in the Talent Acquisition industry. In the context of software implementations, Mark works with Executive Sponsors and project teams to build clarity and communication that will support effective change management.

Mark is an alumni of the University of Virginia where he received his BS and MS both in finance and accounting.

You can read Mark’s posts on HRExaminer.com here.