Terry Bartlett
Artist
Cirque du Soleil
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Terry began his gymnastics training at the age of seven in England, and went on to earn a scholarship for training in Moscow, Russia.
Later, he received a gymnastics scholarship from Pennsylvania State University, where he earned All-America honors six times, and went on to obtain a BS in Physical Education and Business. Bartlett still had time to perform his duties as captain of both the PSU team and the Great Britain Men's team.
Over the years he participated in five world championships as well as three Olympic Games: Los Angeles in 1984, Seoul in 1988 and Barcelona in 1992. He served as Great Britain's team captain on his final trip. The younger gymnast pushed for a second showing at the '96 games but a broken leg ended his dreams -- he thought for good.
Having established a contact with Cirque du Soleil, the three-time Olympian showed up to his Los Angeles audition wearing a pair of baggy shorts and tennis shoes. He didn't realize the other hopefuls had arrived and warmed up hours before. After the standard gymnastic tests, the director asked auditionees to be stupid, adventurous, funny and jumpy. "It took me about five minutes to say, 'Oh, I can do this.' I always say that gymnastics for me was really a vehicle to join Cirque du Soleil," Terry said.
Kati Renaud
Senior Director - Show Quality
Cirque du Soleil
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Kathleen "Kati" Renaud was born in Montreal, Canada where she started her early dance training at the age of 6. This led her to continue her academic and dance studies at the Centre de Danse International Rosella Hightower in Cannes, France where she lived from age 12 to 16.
Upon her return to Canada in 1984, she continued her dance training at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School and subsequently joined the company for 2 years, which returned her to her hometown of Montreal. While in Montreal, Kati landed a coveted job with Cirque du Soleil in 1992 when the company was auditioning dancers for their first resident show in Las Vegas entitled, Mystère at Treasure Island. As a lead dancer, she performed on-stage with Cirque du Soleil for the next 4 years.
In 1997, Kati decided to pursue a professional role as artistic coach with the Canadian Synchronized Swimming Team when preparing for the Olympic Games in Sydney Australia. This eventually led her to work with Cirque du Soleil again, this time off-stage, when she became the Artistic Coordinator for the Cirque du Soleil touring show, Dralion. With Dralion, Kati toured the world for 4 years, visiting such countries as Austria, Spain, and the United Kingdom.
In 2005, Kati was offered the job to work on the creation of The Beatles LOVE by Cirque du Soleil at The Mirage as the Artistic Director of the show. She remained in that role until being promoted to Senior Director in 2011. As Senior Director, Kati is responsible for overseeing the artistic vision of Mystère, Zarkana, The Beatles LOVE and Michael Jackson ONE.
Sarah Davison
Artistic Talent Scout – Dancers, Actors and Clowns
Cirque du Soleil inc.
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Sarah Davison started her formal training as a dancer with her mother in Toulouse, France. After multiple prizes on the National scene, she obtained her degree in dance and choreography from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Lyon at the age of 16. Sarah then started her professional career performing with several neo-classical and Jazz companies in France before she came to North America as an original cast member of Céline Dion’s A New Day. She continued to refine and broaden her experience in live theater in Le Reve and most recently as a cast member in Cirque du Soleil’s Viva ELVIS.
She has had the honor of being trained and work with many of the dance industry, in many styles such as Ballet, Neo-classical, Jazz, Modern, Hip-Hop and Ballroom. She also has done several TV appearances such as “Dancing with the Stars”, “The Oprah Winfrey Show”, “The Jerry Lewis Telethon and the “American Music Awards”. Beside her busy career on stage, she has been a producer and project manager of many events in the Las Vegas area, as well as teaching classes and workshops all over Europe and in the Las Vegas local scene. Now that Sarah is part of the Casting team, she can offer her expertise to artists who are joining Cirque du Soleil.
Kristian Ribberström
chief of Design
The Medici Group
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Kristian Ribberström is The Medici Group's Partner and Chief Experience Officer, with responsibility for the design of exceptional experiences for clients. This role that perfectly combines his experience in education and curriculum development with his consulting work with corporate clients spanning industries such as pharmaceuticals, media, publishing, and consumer goods and services.
In particular, Kristian's speciality is leading strategy sessions where The Medici Group's innovation approach guides clients to develop game-changing strategies. Kristian also advises and coaches projects teams to excel in the proof-of-concept stage that often fails at most organizations, and based on this, develops the culture map to drive organizational change. Recent clients include Nike, Disney, Pfizer, Starbucks and Chick-Fil-A.
Prior to The Medici Group, Kristian taught philosophy and languages in Sweden and developed case study methodology in various entrepreneurial settings. He is passionate about exploring intersections between different cultures, migrations, and multi-ethnic societies. Kristian holds a B.A. and M.A. in Education and Language Arts from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
Jen Schramm, SHRM-SCP
manager, Workforce Trends & Forecasting
SHRM
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Jen Schramm is the Manager of the Workforce Trends and Forecasting program at SHRM, which produces SHRM’s Workplace Forecast report, monthly SHRM Leading Indicators of National Employment® (LINE®), SHRM Jobs Outlook Survey report and the SHRM HR Jobs Pulse. She also writes the Trend Watch monthly column appearing in HR Magazine. Prior to joining SHRM, Jennifer worked as Research and Policy Advisor at the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and as Research Manager of the Employment Policy Institute both in London, UK. She received her Master’s Degree in Social and Political Science from the University of Cambridge, UK and her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan.
Robert J. Livingston
vice president, Global Compensation & Benefits and Employee & Labor Relations
Procter & Gamble
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Bob Livingston has more than 25 years of experience with Procter & Gamble, and is currently the Vice President of Human Resources – Global Operations. He has worked through five significant mergers – most recently the merger of Wella into Procter & Gamble. He has a B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA with a specialization in Human Resources Management.