Meet the SharedXpertise team, read our Mission Statement, and find answers to your most frequently asked questions.

SharedXpertise Team

Chief Executive Officer, Elliot H. Clark

Elliot Clark is the Chairman and CEO of SharedXpertise Media, LLC which he founded in 2006. Elliot oversees company management and the publication of prestigious magazines, summits and forum management covering the human resources, financial management and corporate responsibility functions. Elliot writes a column for each magazine issue with commentary on newsworthy events and speaks at events internationally on related topics. 

Elliot has had a long and distinguished career in the Business Process Outsourcing industry. Prior to SharedXpertise, he was the Chief Operating Officer of Kenexa Corporation (Nasdaq KNXA), a leading provider of HR software and services. Elliot worked at Kenexa from 1991 until 2006 and was instrumental in growing the company from 12 to 1200 employees. He oversaw corporate operations and directly managed the RPO division. He led the Kenexa team to be named the top provider in Recruitment Process Outsourcing by multiple industry analysts and publications. As a key member of the executive team, he was deeply involved in 15 acquisitions, 3 private equity financings and an IPO. He served on the Board of Directors of Kenexa from 1997 until 2006. 

Elliot also had a distinguished career in the Executive Search industry, completing numerous senior executive assignments in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry, and was active in the leadership of the largest pharmaceutical affinity association in the world, the Drug Information Association, serving on the Steering Committee of North America from 1994 to 1997. 

Elliot is a graduate of the Wharton School of Finance and Commerce of the University of Pennsylvania earning a B.S. Economics in 1983 where he majored in Human Resources. He also served on the National Board of Directors of the Wharton Alumni Association from 1997 to 1998. Elliot also serves on the Board of Directors of the Ehlers Danlos National Foundation.

President, Member Services, Richard Crespin

Richard Crespin is a successful entrepreneur, business and community organizer, and tireless advocate for global trade and corporate responsibility. He currently serves as the President of Member Services for SharedXpertise, the Executive Director of the Corporate Responsibility Officers Association, and the Global Executive Director of the HROA. In his role as Executive Director of the CROA, Richard oversees all aspects of the Association’s mission, operations, profit and loss, membership development, and member services. As Global Executive Director of the HROA, Richard has responsibility for the HROA’s worldwide mission and operations, spanning Asia, Europe, and North America.

In addition to his roles at SharedXpertise, Richard has a successful track-record as an entrepreneur having started several other companies and business units. Before coming to SharedXpertise, he founded The Delve Group, Inc, a premier marketing and branding firm. He also worked for KPMG and American Management Systems where he headed the company’s Defense Strategy Consulting Practice. Mr. Crespin is an alumnus of both the George Washington University and the Harvard Business School. He currently serves as Immediate Past President of the George Washington Alumni Association, with responsibility for the University’s nearly 220,000 living alumni around the world. He lives in Virginia with his wife Emily and their three children. 

Managing Director – Europe, Faye Holland

Faye is the European Managing Director of SharedXpertise responsible for all Forum and Summit programming, management and sales activities. She also serves as the Executive Director for the HROA’s European Chapter and is based in the UK. Faye has a broad experience in management, marketing, business development and sales and is tasked with expanding the scope and reach of the European operations. Previously, Faye spent 8 years at IBM and was involved in a range of projects relating to emerging markets in Europe and across the globe, including responsibility for Marketing and Communications of IBM’s Managed Business Process Services business in Europe. Prior to IBM, Faye held senior marketing positions at the Internet Service Provider, UUNET.

Vice President & Editorial Director, Dirk Olin

Dirk serves as editor-in-chief of all the company’s content businesses.  Dirk is an internationally-recognized journalist and editorial leader who over three decades has served as National Editor of The American Lawyer, Editor of California Lawyer and The Daily Journal, reporter at The New Republic, book editor of Congressional Quarterly and columnist for the New York Times, Newsweek.com, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal, and broadcast contributor at KQED-TV.  Immediately prior to joining SharedXpertise, Dirk since 2005 served as Founding Director of the Institute for Judicial Studies and Editor of JudicialReports.com in New York City. Olin holds a MA in Journalism from the Medill School at Northwestern University and a BA in Literature from Dartmouth College.  Dirk is married, has 2 children and lives in New Jersey.

Managing Publisher, Gale Tedeschi

In February 2003, Gale joined the SharedXpertise team as the Director of Sales. Her advertising sales experience spans 20 years, including time spent at International Data Group (IDG) Publications, where her responsibilities included maintaining and providing exceptional service to an existing sales territory and prospecting for new business. She most recently worked at CIO Magazine, before making the switch from technology magazines to outsourcing publications. At IDG, Gale worked on Computerworld, Macworld, and Publish.

Executive Director Sales, Adam Bleifeld

Adam brings a wealth of client service experience to his role as Director of Forums and Events for SharedXpertise. He also has the title of Executive Director for the HROA in the United States. He comes to this job with member satisfaction as his primary goal. He works with all SharedXpertise member organizations to ensure that they are getting the most out of their membership investment while continually looking to improve product and service offerings. He lives in New York and is the main contact for SharedXpertise in the United States.

Executive Director Membership, Vince Albergato
Vince is currently responsible for membership development, client management and partnership programs for the SharedXpertise communities in Corporate Responsibility, Financial Management and Human Resources. He currently supports customers in their efforts to develop brand, external communications, and building peer and customer forums.

Prior to joining SharedXpertise, Vince spent 15 years with Kenexa a leading provider of global talent management services. Vince was a Principal with the organization focusing on business development and client management services for mid to large market customers.

Mission Statement

To provide senior executives with unparalleled learning, meeting, and networking experiences on corporate responsibility, human resources and financial management.

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Frequently Asked Questions

If you have a question about SharedXpertise, please contact us at info@SharedXpertise.com.

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