Workshop Presenters

Rana Hobbs

Senior Director, Member Services

As the Senior Director for the Member Services Team, Rana is responsible for all aspects of member management related to Inform products and services. She is involved in HR analytic investigations and in designing reporting strategies for the membership. Additionally, she acts as an advisor to the Inform product development group. Outside of her member service role, Rana is a contributing facilitator to the Inform workshops and training courses.

Rana came to Inform through their partnership with the Corporate Leadership Council, CLC Metrics. While with CLC Metrics, Rana provided analytic, training, and project management support to the membership. Prior to her work in human resources, Rana worked at IDC as an analyst and contributing telecommunication market researcher. Rana holds a Bachelor of Arts from Wellesley College.

Paige Menge

Director, Consulting Services

Paige Menge has worked with a number of companies on Workforce Planning and Analysis assignments, including Aetna, Cadbury-Schweppes, United Airlines, and American Family Mutual Insurance. Paige joined Inform after receiving her MBA from Vanderbilt University, although she was familiar with the company from her prior experience as an analyst at Inform’s former partner, CLC Metrics. Paige has worked for the Boston Consulting Group as well as a number of other companies consulting on topics such as human resources, business strategy, sales and marketing and market intelligence.

Bill Gilmyers

Senior Consultant

Bill has worked on a variety of workforce analytics and planning projects for Inform’s members, with an emphasis on custom analyses including calculating the ROI of training, developing predictive models for aging workforces and modeling the cost of turnover. Prior to joining Inform Bill held an HR leadership and internal consulting role at The Irvine Company with a focus on human capital measurement and compensation. From 2002-2005 he served as Vice President of Human Capital Analytics at IndyMac Bancorp, leading IndyMac’s HR Center of Excellence. Bill’s work has emphasized workforce segmentation and measurement, employee profiling and predictive modeling of sales force productivity. He has also led multiple studies in the area of employee turnover and retention, and has had his work featured in SHRM’s HR Magazine. Bill received his MBA from the University of Southern California and holds a BA in psychology from Pomona College in Claremont, California.

Andrew Jacobus

Senior Consultant

Andrew is a Sr. Consultant on Inform’s field consulting team, delivering strategic guidance, in-depth analytics, and thought leadership to companies in all stages of their Workforce Planning and Analytics evolution. Prior to joining Inform Andrew designed, launched, and managed global HR and Workforce Analytics groups at a Fortune 100 Financial Services firm; and held various HR Strategy, Planning and project roles in a Fortune 15 Telecommunications company. His more recent work has emphasized workforce movement and demographic analytics, Scorecard development, and predictive modeling of employee performance and attrition. A certified Human Capital Strategist and PHR, Andrew received his MBA from the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University and holds a BSA from Dallas Baptist University.

Nicholas Garbis

Senior Consultant

Nicholas is a Sr. Consultant on the Member Services team, providing strategic and analytics support for organizations at all stages of the workforce analytics and planning journey. Nicholas brings extensive experience in business intelligence, HR technology, scorecard and report design, and advanced analytics. Prior to joining Inform, Nicholas worked for a major retail organization where he launched a global Workforce Analytics and Planning function, delivering metrics technology, scorecards, statistical analyses, staffing forecasts, and ROI estimates.

Nicholas leads Inform’s Retail Industry Consortium which provides benchmarks, best practices, and dialogue for Workforce Analytics & Planning professionals in the retail sector. He also leads a regional networking group called the Twin Cities Workforce Analytics, Reporting, and Planning Partnership (TC-WARP) that brings together HR leaders, analysts, and consultants for networking and thought leadership.