dan davenport
president and general manager
Dan serves as President and General Manager of Randstad RiseSmart, the company he co-founded with Sanjay Sathe in 2007. Serving initially as Vice President of Operations and Finance, and later, Senior Vice President, Dan built Randstad RiseSmart’s world-class service delivery organization and managed all operations in the US, Canada, and India.
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david chapman
chief financial officer
David Chapman is Randstad RiseSmart’s Chief Financial Officer. As CFO, David oversees the finance, accounting, and human resources functions at Randstad RiseSmart and provides strategic financial guidance as the company continues to expand its contemporary career transition operations globally.
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vikash chauhan
chief technology officer
As CTO, Vikash Chauhan is key to the evolution and expansion of Randstad RiseSmart’s Product Development organization and provides leadership for the product management and engineering teams and Randstad RiseSmart’s offshore development center. He is responsible for strategic leadership in the development of new technologies to further solidify Randstad RiseSmart’s position as the global leader and number one innovator in the outplacement and talent mobility industry.
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bram lowsky
chief sales officer
As CSO, Bram Lowsky plays a key role in strategy development and go-to-market planning to ensure continued, rapid customer growth for Randstad RiseSmart. Bram is chartered with providing sales and account leadership, as well as working with the Randstad RiseSmart team in the ongoing investment, innovation and differentiation of its service offerings to accelerate growth.
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arco elsman
managing director - EMEA
Arco Elsman is responsible for ensuring the successful and consistent delivery of Randstad RiseSmart’s services in EMEA. Arco most recently served at MD of Twago, Randstad’s freelancer community/platform where he transformed the organization from a start-up to a market-ready business. Prior to Twago, Arco held senior management roles at Randstad in professional staffing (Yacht), outplacement (HR-Solutions), and RPO (currently RSR).
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alison hernandez
managing director - APAC
Alison co-founded Sageco (now RiseSmart), then a niche consultancy in ageing workforce and mature-age transition. Having led Sageco for 13 years, achieving year-on-year growth and expanding the Sageco services to include career and executive transition, Alison was instrumental in Sageco being acquired by Randstad Australia in early 2017. She is now the National Director for Randstad RiseSmart in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore.
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joshua barlow
senior vice president, operations
Josh Barlow has been a key player in Randstad RiseSmart’s operational success. It’s his mission to improve our processes and build our teams so that we can meet and exceed our goals for effectiveness, excellence and customer satisfaction.
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karin bootsma
vice president, marketing
As vice president of marketing, Karin adds to Randstad RiseSmart’s talented leadership team two decades of high-tech, HCM, and SaaS marketing experience, including several years as vice president of marketing at public and private companies.
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kevin gounden
senior vice president, product & global expansion
Kevin is responsible for driving Randstad RiseSmart’s global growth strategy. By working closely with our teams around the world, he is focused on expanding Randstad RiseSmart’s global footprint and driving rapid implementation, seamless relationships, and robust processes among our international operations, delivery, and business teams.
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michael gray
vice president, risesmart labs
As leader of the product team, Michael sets and drives the product vision for the company in its pursuit to be the global market leader in career transition services.
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lindsay witcher
vice president, practice strategy
As Vice President Practice Strategy, Lindsay Witcher leads the practice development team to design and implement innovative solutions that optimize workforces, increase internal mobility, and ease workforce transitions for organizations around the globe.
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