Credits:

This event has been submitted for HRCI approval.

Fee:

There is no charge to attend this event.

Agenda:

1:00 pm – 1:30 pm - Networking & Refreshments

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm - Disabilities by the Numbers

2:00 pm - 2:45 pm - Strategies for Recruiting & Retaining Disabled Employees

2:45 pm - 3:00pm - Q & A

3:00 pm - Optional Open Discussion

Parking:

Parking is available on-site for no charge

Business casual attire

This event is brought to you by Davenport University

Presenters:

Adam Kaplan, Founder, Big Tent Jobs, LLC

Adam Kaplan is the founder and CEO of Big Tent Jobs, LLC, a Michigan-based recruiting agency which places degreed, ready-to-work people with hidden and visible disabilities in positions at leading companies. Adam’s candidates have indemand skills in Information Technology, Engineering, Accounting & Finance and in other professional fields.

His clients include companies in the Manufacturing, Aerospace & Defense, Financial Services, Medical Devices and Accounting & Consulting industries.

Adam has over 15 years of operations and consulting experience for large and middle market companies and organizations, including: PwC, Spherion, Reachout Healthcare America and the Environmental Defense Fund. Over the last seven years, Adam has been actively engaged in the disability community as an employer, board member, parent and advocate. Adam has an MBA in Finance from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University and a BA in English from Williams College.

Please visit Big Tent Jobs for more information.

Gary Heitman, Director for Business Development, Wolverine Technical Staffing Inc.

Gary Heitman presently serves as the Director for Business Development at Wolverine Technical Staffing Inc. in Ann Arbor. This is his second time working with a staffing firm, and he is responsible for developing and maintaining high-level customer relationships and looking for positions for SE Michigan job-seekers. He was previously a corporate liaison for the Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living (AAACIL) where he was active in the Career Services area, helping people with disabilities as a talent connector, teacher and mentor.  Gary has been featured in articles in Money Magazine, Corp! Magazine and University of Michigan Alumnus Magazine for his career transitions, work with people with disabilities and mentoring.

After 30 years in information technology, Gary retired from Ford Motor Company in 2007. He had progressed through all areas of IT beginning as a programmer. In his last position, he was responsible for providing transparency and cost-cutting the Global IT Budget of over $3 billion. He was consistently recognized by the company for his mentoring work, and he began the first Explorers Post for Detroit youths with an interest in IT and computers. Prior to joining Ford Motor in 1977, Gary worked as an IT supervisor for Uniroyal Tire Company.

Gary holds a B.A. in psychology and sociology from the University of Michigan-Dearborn.

To watch a video about Gary, Click Here.