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David Shadovitz, editor and publisher of Human Resource Executive®, a leading magazine for executives in the human resource profession, has more than 30 years of experience in publishing. He also serves as vice president of editorial for the LRP Magazine Group, publishers of Human Resource Executive® and Risk & Insurance magazines.

David joined the LRP Magazine Group in 1987 and worked on the start-up of both publications. Previously, he was editor-in-chief of Gordon Publication's Computer Dealer magazine. In addition, he has held senior editorial positions for several industrial magazines.

He is a recipient of a number of editorial awards, including three Jesse H. Neal Editorial Achievement Awards.

In 1996 David was inducted into the National Academy of Human Resources, one of the HR profession's most prestigious awards.

Bill Kutik is considered the leading independent analyst of the HR technology marketplace with specialties in HCM, Recruiting, Outsourcing and the Talent Management Suite. For 19 years, he has been Technology Columnist for Human Resource Executive (three years for HREonline.com), also serving as co-chairman of the magazine's annual trade show, HR Technology Conference & Exhibition, since it started in 1998. In 2008, he started The Bill Kutik Radio Show^SM, a bi-weekly online talk show with industry leaders. HR World named him one of “The Top 25 HR Influencers of 2007.”

For 20 years, he was consulting editor for Esther Dyson's leading computer industry newsletter, Release 1.0. Previously he was the founding editor of the monthly magazine, Computers in HR Management; managing editor of Ziff-Davis' Computer Industry Daily; and a reporter for The New York Times and The New York Daily News. He has also published articles in Newsweek, Washington Post, Institutional Investor, New York Magazine, Business Month, IHRIM Journal, Cruising World and Backpacker (where he was the founding editor).

He has a BA degree from Harvard University and is president of Kutik Communications, a strategy, marketing and editorial consulting firm in Westport, CT, where he can be reached at bkutik@earthlink.net.