Michael B. Koval was appointed senior vice president and CIO of the Long & Foster Companies in 2004. He is responsible for overseeing all technology services for Long & Foster and its' more than 250 sales offices which span throughout the companies' seven state region and the District of Columbia. Prior to his recent appointment, Michael served as vice president and CIO since joining Long & Foster in 2000. Prior to joining Long & Foster, Michael was senior manager and practice leader at KPMG Consulting (currently know as BearingPoint, LLC), an international consulting company with offices in more than 125 countries. In that capacity, Michael served numerous clients with their selection and implementation of financial and transactional systems and ecommerce solutions including the launching of numerous websites. Michael serves on numerous advisory boards. Less   View all posts

Peter Cappelli is the George W. Taylor Professor of Management at The Wharton School and Director of Wharton's Center for Human Resources. Previously, he served as the Co-Director of the U.S. Department of Education's National Center on the Educational Quality of the Workforce. Professor Cappelli's more recent research includes "The New Deal at Work: Managing the Market-Driven Workforce (Harvard Business School Press)", which examines the challenges associated with the decline in lifetime employment relationships. His recent work on managing retention, electronic recruiting, and changing career paths appears in the Harvard Business Review. He was recently named by Vault.com as one the 25 most important people working in the area of human capital, one of the top 100 people in the field of recruiting and staffing by Recruit.com., and was elected a fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources. Less   View all posts