BraveNewTalent hires heavy hitting Director of Strategy, Master Burnett
BraveNewTalent hires heavy hitting Director of Strategy, Master Burnett
BraveNewTalent, the career social network that helps people and employers engage and build relationships leading to employment and career development, has hired the well-known HR and talent industry professional Master Burnett.
Master will be joining BraveNewTalent in the new year as director of strategy and will be the company’s first hire in its new Silicon Valley Office. BraveNewTalent is based in London with a 30 person strong team but also has an office in Bangalore, India with experienced industry leaders Dheeraj Prasad (former head of education for Microsoft) and Gautam Ghosh (India’s leading influencer on talent communities).
Master will be heading up global strategy for the technology company that aims to change the face of the talent industry via online talent communities. Master will have a US operations role and will develop the business offering for the US market. He has over 10 years’ experience as managing director of John Sulivan Associates working with many of the world’s largest employers in their global talent strategy.
BraveNewTalent is aiming to address major problems in the talent employment market by increasing the efficiency of the global human capital market. Users create their own professional community on BraveNewTalent then follow employers, talent and skills in order to reach their full career potential. A major product release, which has been in development since the company raised venture capital investment, is due in early 2012.
On the surface, BraveNewTalent supports employers’ recruitment efforts by providing an interactive pipeline of potential candidates through their online talent community. However, the company’s ambitions are much wider – through the talent community BraveNewTalent aims to help employers and employees provide education and training, enhancing their followers’ prospects by improving and increasing their skills before employment.
BraveNewTalent founder and CEO, Lucian Tarnowski, said, “Master is one of the world’s thought leaders in the convergence of talent and technology; it is such an honour to welcome him into the BraveNewTalent family. The next five years will witness a revolution rather than an evolution in the role technology will play in the engagement, development and recruitment of talent in the global market. Master will work with the team in order to change the rules of engagement in the industry.”
Master Burnett commented, “BraveNewTalent is the first company in the HR technology market that I have come across in recent years that is doing exactly what the market needs – putting talent first. I am very excited to be joining an exceptional global team dedicated to ushering in a breakthrough technology that is cognizant of all the latest social trends and understands how technology can greater unleash the potential of the emerging global workforce.”
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About BraveNewTalent
BraveNewTalent is a career social network helping talent and employers connect and build relationships leading to employment. Users post a professional profile on the site and follow employers to learn more about them and their career opportunities.
BraveNewTalent solves employers’ recruitment challenges by streamlining the recruitment and selection process and providing a pipeline of potential job candidates. It enables individuals to maximise the power of their personal connections to build their careers and enhance their career options. BraveNewTalent can also help employers provide education and training, enhancing candidates’ prospects, improving and increasing their skills before employment.
About Master Burnett
Master is director of strategy at BraveNewTalent. He has been managing director of Dr. John Sullivan & Associates for the last 10 years, where he advised global 2000 companies on the implementation of world-class HR programs. Prior to joining Dr. Sullivan, Master served as the director of client services and corporate marketing for the Silicon Talent Corporation, a professional recruiting services and advisory firm focusing on early stage ventures in biotechnology, telecommunications, and internet/new media. Master Burnett has also served as an adjunct professor of management at San Francisco State University, where he taught courses on managing technology in human resources.
About Lucian Tarnowski
Lucian (27) is the energetic face behind BraveNewTalent.com. He has been honoured as Europe’s youngest Young Global Leader (YGL) by the World Economic Forum. He is also winner of the Global Enterprising Young Brit of 2009. He is on the UKTI (UK Trade and Investment’s) Global Entrepreneur Program with BraveNewTalent being described by the UK Government as a “Technology Company of Exceptional Potential”. Lucian speaks to audiences around the world about the convergence of Talent and Technology is having on the new generation entering the global workforce.
