How Top Executives See HR & A New Mask Product

Join Kelly and Steve as they discuss how top executives see the HR function and a new (& improved) mask with their friends, Ron Newbold and Richard Hartnett.

Newbold has a passion for the professional development of others, creating great cultures, and employing his strategic planning process for business growth in which all stakeholders benefit. A 30+ year veteran of the lighting industry, he has the broad-based, hands on experience from shipping/receiving to having held executive positions at Hubbell Lighting and President of LSI Lighting. He now leverages this experience for his clients through his consulting business, Epitome Services, LLC. Since his time in the lighting industry, he has successfully taken his proven processes to clients in manufacturing, construction, biosecurity, hospitality, and private equity. Ron also holds 9 patents in lighting and has multiple publications, including research in the Consulting Psychology Journal on behavioral safety. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Indiana University and a Masters of Science in Management from Indiana Wesleyan University.

Hartnett brings over 30 years of experience in the Hospitality and Vacation Ownership industry with extensive background in sales, marketing, operations and finance. He has been responsible for Vacation Ownership sales revenue exceeding $1B during his career. Currently, Hartnett is the managing partner of Isla Verde Group, in Puerto Rico. IVG is the operating entity that operates and manages the ESJ Azul, ESJ Verde and ESJ Noir. Azul is a 450 room, mixed use ocean front resort, Verde is a new purpose built 105 room vacation ownership project under construction and Noir is a 100 room oceanfront project slated to start construction later in 2017. At completion IVG will have over 650 rooms under its control. Prior to IVG, Hartness served as CEO, board member and shareholder in Festiva Hospitality Group and Zealandia Holdings, one of the largest, privately held Vacation Ownership organizations in the US and Caribbean. As one of the first shareholders of Festiva, he was instrumental in developing and executing the strategy that took the company from 300 members and annual revenue of $300,000 in 1999 to over 100,000 members, 28 resorts, 12 sailing catamarans and annual revenues of over $100M in 2015.