WHITEPAPER About the Authors Alex Shevelenko Director, Business Transformation Solutions Erik Berggren Sr. Director of Global Research Alex Shevelenko is Director of Business Transformation Solutions Erik Berggren, Sr. Director of Customer Results & Global at SuccessFactors where he oversees the development and Research, leads the Research and Strategic Consulting group implementation of technologyenabled talent management within SuccessFactors. solutions to maximize business results. Mr. Shevelenko has over a decade of experience in providing Mr. Berggren has worked on strategic consulting service strategic advice and delivering transformational technology engagements with more than 30 companies across Europe and solutions to Global 2,000 corporations. the US. He has held positions with Ernst & Young in Stockholm and New York and most recently worked with Capgemini in the Prior to joining SuccessFactors, Mr. Shevelenko held positions at Nordics. technology providers Salesforce.com and Microsoft and a leading He was the CEO and cofounder of a research based consulting strategy consulting firm, Mercer Management Consulting / Oliver company that developed thought leadership on measurement Wyman. Mr. Shevelenko worked with a variety of industries systems. including retail, healthcare, private equity, manufacturing, information technology, finance, and public sector organizations. Mr. Berggren is a recognized thought leader in the HCM field and Mr. Shevelenko holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of is frequently invited to speak at conferences around the world. Business and dual-degree from the University of Pennsylvania, He holds a Masters of Business Administration from the cum laude: B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School of University of Uppsala, Sweden. He has studied Marketing and Business and B.A. in International Relations from the College of Finance at an MBA program at K.U. Leuven, Belgium and also Arts & Sciences. Mr. Shevelenko is the U.S.A. recipient of 2004 studied French in Katholique Université de Lyon, France. Award from the Association of Management Consulting Firms & Foundation for Excellence in Management Consulting. 14