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Russ Becker
Chief Executive Officer
Russ sets Talogy’s global strategy and culture. With 25 years of experience in the talent industry, he understands the importance of people. He passionately drives the Talogy team to deliver people-focused, innovative talent solutions that truly enable organisational success for clients worldwide. Prior to joining Talogy, Russ led teams at organisations like Kenexa, AchieveForum, and GP Strategies.
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Trish O’Brien
Chief People Officer
Trish leads Talogy’s People team, fostering organisational success through a people-centric approach. With over 25 years of experience leading HR teams, Trish is a proven leader who creates impact with a thoughtful, inclusive approach to decision-making.
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Jamie Vigrass
Chief Operating Officer
Jamie leads Talogy’s Consulting Operations and Client Experience/Tech Ops teams. He brings over 25 years of experience in learning and talent development, with a strong background in client engagement and operational transformation. Jamie previously held leadership roles at Raytheon, GP Strategies and Xerox where he introduced scalable business practices. Based in London, he has also lived and worked in Dubai, Frankfurt, and Detroit—bringing a global perspective that strengthens Talogy’s international presence and performance-driven mission.
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Dan McGrew
Chief Financial Officer
Dan leads Talogy’s global Finance operations, driving strategic decision-making that supports the financial health of our organisation. With an extensive career in Finance, he brings a wealth of experience driving growth and operational efficiency at large-scale, global companies.
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Chad Vyhlidal
Senior Vice President, Growth
Chad is in charge of Talogy’s sales and growth strategies, leveraging data and science to create meaningful direction that drives sustainable growth. With 20+ years of experience of sales leadership in global organisations, Chad brings a wealth of expertise in leading high-performing sales teams.
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David Annunziata
Senior Vice President, Federal Solutions
David sets the strategy for the US Federal market. He is responsible for setting the strategy, driving the growth, and nurturing the relationships within the Federal market. David brings over 30 years of experience delivering results in sales, business development and marketing for companies like Seagram’s, Right Management, and Headhunter.net.
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Dawn Curless
VP of Global Marketing
Dawn Curless is a strategic marketing leader with experience driving customer-led growth for B2B SaaS companies, specifically in the HR Tech space. She specialises in positioning, go-to-market strategy, and full-funnel campaign execution. Known for turning complexity into clarity, Dawn builds scalable marketing engines that accelerate pipeline, improve conversion, and deliver measurable business outcomes.
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John Fitton
Vice President, Global Infrastructure and DevOps
John Fitton leads Talogy’s global infrastructure strategy through the ELATES team—Enterprise IT, Architecture, Technology, Engineering & Security. With 35 years of experience across banking, healthcare, government, and manufacturing, he specialises in building resilient systems that reduce complexity, cut recurring costs, and automate provisioning. Focused on security and operational simplicity, John turns technology into a frictionless, reliable backbone for business growth. His approach is pragmatic and impact-driven, rooted in the belief that “it’s not rocket science,”.
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Jenni Ginsburg
Vice President, Global Sales Operations
Jenni drives operational excellence across Talogy’s diverse go-to-market teams. She delivers actionable insights to leadership through pipeline, quota, and KPI reporting metrics, ensures consistent sales processes across regions, leads global CRM and PSA technology solutions, and designs and manages variable incentive compensation programmes to align with business objectives. With more than 20 years of experience, Jenni brings cross-functional expertise in acquisition integration, accounting, legal, and event operations, delivering proven success in complex global environments.
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Dan Hughes
Vice President, Product Development
Dan leads Talogy’s product strategy, defining and delivering talent solutions that empower organisations to make smarter hiring decisions, accelerate development, and unlock the full potential of their people. With over 27 years of experience in business psychology, R&D and product leadership, he is passionate about blending science and technology to create evidence-based, innovative solutions that deliver measurable impact and organisational success.
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Christine Higgs
VP Sales, Europe
Christine manages the European sales operation, managing a region comprising of the UK, France, Benelux DACH, and the Nordics. With a commercial team distributed across Europe, she is responsible for ensuring our business is focused on driving revenue growth, expanding market reach, and optimising sales operations to strengthen Talogy’s market presence in our established European markets. Christine is a results-driven sales leader passionate about creating meaningful business results through strategic, cross-functional initiatives, strengthening sales capability, and driving operational sales excellence. Christine has 27 years of experience of leadership roles working in the talent industry and in HR tech SaaS companies including Kenexa, Talent Q, SHL and KornFerry.
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Kimberly Kemp
VP of Global Partnerships
Kimberly Kemp is the Global Partnerships leader at Talogy, responsible for building and scaling a high-impact partner ecosystem that fuels enterprise growth. She brings over 25 years of experience across learning, talent development, and assessment, with a track record of driving revenue through strategic alliances with global technology providers, consulting firms, and workforce solutions partners. Kimberly is focused on unlocking new market opportunities by embedding Talogy’s science-backed talent insights into broader skills-based and AI-enabled transformation initiatives.
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Ted Kinney
Chief Scientist
Ted leads the team of I/O and Occupational Psychologists who are responsible for assessment content development and research at Talogy. The R&D team works on cutting-edge innovations to push the assessment science further while bringing improvements in prediction, efficiency, fairness, and participant experience to our clients. Ted has been working in the talent management and assessment space in consulting and R&D roles for the last 25 years.
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Emily Marr
VP, Global Client Experience
Emily leads the delivery teams responsible for providing a unified, high-quality experience for clients worldwide. With over 15 years of global experience, Emily is known for driving operational excellence and building strong, lasting client partnerships across diverse service models.
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Jon Shanazarov
Vice President, Global Controller
Jon leads Talogy’s global accounting and reporting, building the financial strength and clarity that fuel growth worldwide. With 17 years of international finance leadership, he simplifies complexity, scales operations, and fosters collaboration across teams. He’s passionate about developing high-performing people and driving transformation that prepares businesses for the future. Previously, Jon held leadership roles at Amazon, Equifax, and Thrasio.
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Paul Glatzhofer
Vice President, Global Consulting
Paul is the Global Vice President of Consulting at Talogy, where he leads the worldwide delivery of talent assessment and leadership development solutions. He partners with regional leaders to build a unified global consulting organisation that delivers scalable solutions, consistent quality, and meaningful client impact. An industrial-organisational psychologist and executive coach with over 20 years of experience, Paul is passionate about helping organisations improve how they identify, assess, and develop talent.
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Joseph Abraham
VP Consulting
Joseph Abraham is Vice President, Consulting Practice, Americas at Talogy, where he leads a team of 100+ industrial-organisational psychologists and HR professionals. With over 30 years of experience in I-O psychology, he specialises in personnel selection, assessment design, and applied research. Joseph is a Fellow of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP) and is committed to delivering impactful, evidence-based talent solutions. He has led high-impact projects across private and public sectors, including complex public safety systems, driving client success through the expertise of his consulting team.
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Esther Johannes
VP Sales
With 25+ years in the talent space, Esther Johannes helps organisations turn workforce challenges into measurable business outcomes. As Vice President of Sales for the Americas at Talogy, she leads the team responsible for Talogy’s largest client base — ensuring customers receive not just a solution at the point of sale, but a long-term partner invested in their ongoing success. Esther’s approach centres on the belief that the strongest client relationships are built through delivered results, not transactions. Her sales operating model provides clients a structured path to executive-level partnership, proactive account planning, and continued value as their needs evolve — so organisations aren’t left to navigate workforce transformation alone. Clients working with Esther’s team benefit from a disciplined, consultative approach that combines commercial rigour with genuine partnership: clear forecasting and planning, coordinated execution, and direct access to leadership focused on solving complex talent challenges — from acquisition and assessment to leadership development and workforce transformation. Esther holds a Bachelor of Arts in Organisational Development from Bethel University.
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Daryl Murray
Vice President, European Consulting
Daryl leads Talogy’s sales and consulting teams in the UK region, applying the full breadth of Talogy’s talent solutions—from early career selection to Board effectiveness. A Chartered Occupational Psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, she is passionate about aligning people and organisations to drive mutual growth. With over 25 years of experience, Daryl has delivered thought leadership and impactful talent strategies, partnering with organisations as both an in-house consultant and in private practice to unlock their full potential.
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Amanda White
VP
Amanda leads Talogy’s marketing, sales, and consulting teams in the Middle East and Africa. With extensive experience in talent strategy, she is passionate about building lasting client partnerships and delivering impactful, people-focused solutions. She drives the regional team to support clients through assessment, leadership development, and talent frameworks. Prior to joining Talogy, Amanda founded and led a London-based people business serving Europe’s financial sector, which she sold to RR Donnelley before relocating to the Middle East in 2008.
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Sharan Gohel
Senior Consulting Director
Sharan is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist, BPS Fellow, and active member of both the British Psychological Society and the Society of Coaching Psychology. With over 25 years of international experience in organisational development, leadership, and strategic HR projects, she leads the Talogy Consulting team across the Gulf. For the past 15 years, Sharan has partnered with government, semi-government, and private sector clients to deliver high-impact, tailored talent management solutions.
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Saeed Al Yaqoub
Business Development Director
Saeed leads Talogy’s commercial strategy across the Middle East and Africa, partnering with public and private sector organisations to deliver high-impact talent and leadership solutions. With over a decade of experience in business development and human capital, he collaborates closely with regional teams to support national transformation agendas and build strategic capabilities. Saeed has successfully led multi-sector partnerships across the GCC, driving growth and long-term value for clients.
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Shaun Farrell
Regional Sales Director, APAC
Shaun is Talogy’s Regional Sales Director for Asia-Pacific, leading sales and account management strategy across the region’s diverse markets. He partners with senior leaders in HR, Learning & Development, Talent Acquisition, and the Executive suite to align Talogy’s assessment and development solutions with strategic business goals. Known for his pragmatic, consultative approach, Shaun simplifies complex workforce challenges to deliver measurable impact and real value. He brings deep knowledge of both APAC and global market dynamics, combining commercial insight with a strong commitment to lasting client partnerships.
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Ben Hainsworth
Senior Consulting Director, APAC
Ben leads Talogy’s APAC consulting business, one of the fastest-growing organisational psychology firms in the region. With over 25 years of experience in organisational psychology, he specialises in unlocking the potential of individuals, teams, and organisations to drive measurable business results. Ben has built and scaled start-up ventures, led enterprise sales functions, and spent five years driving the strategic growth of Talogy’s Australian and India businesses. Today, he empowers his team to deliver award-winning, science-backed, and innovative solutions that help clients thrive in complex and evolving environments.
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