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When dealing with sensitive workplace issues, people want to learn from experts and ask follow up questions about challenging situations. Emtrain’s community of experts includes partners in global law firms, professors, former government regulators, and other respected workplace professionals and subject matter experts. Our Emtrain experts are also available for direct consulting with our employer community. Connect with them directly or ask us to schedule an introductory meeting.
In 2019, the Department of Justice issued guidance on compliance training programs, stating that online training programs have “a process by which employees can ask questions arising out of the training.” Emtrain’s in-platform “Ask an Expert” feature enables users to ask questions about compliance, bias, harassment, and diversity & inclusion as they come up.
Sharon Anolik is President and Founder of Privacy Panacea LLC, a boutique firm providing strategic data privacy and compliance solutions and advice. A member of the Department of Homeland Security’s Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee, and a seasoned privacy and compliance executive, Sharon is a recognized industry leader, bringing expertise culled from two decades of leadership in designing and operationalizing privacy and compliance programs and solutions for prominent organizations.
Before founding Privacy Panacea, Sharon was Vice President and Global Privacy Risk and Strategy Leader for McKesson Corporation, a Fortune 10 health care services and information technology company. Sharon built and led McKesson’s first global, enterprise-wide privacy program with a focus on quality, strategy, and innovation, enabling McKesson to improve health care and realize opportunities through the trusted use and protection of information.
Courses informed by Sharon Anolik:
Global Data Privacy Training
Nancy Douyon is a global design ethicist and product philosopher. She is a trailblazer in human experience design with over 15 years of industry experience building scalable user research platforms and revitalizing user interfaces at leading companies such as Uber, Google, IBM, Cisco, and Intel. Throughout her career, Nancy has gained a reputation for delivering big results in a culturally honest and purposeful way with hundreds of products deployed in over 80 countries worldwide. She consults globally on remote user research methods and development in engineering markers. Her past research examined design frameworks around the promotion, development, and implementation of global policies around user experiences in tech.
Nancy is currently developing the Douyon Signature Labs, Silicon Valley’s first social enterprise research institute focused on bridging the gap between human potential and tech ecosystems
Courses informed by Nancy Douyon:
Unconscious Bias Training
Diversity & Inclusion Training
David is the Director of Security Architecture & Engineering at Juniper Networks. He leverages his vast expertise in information security to help organizations around the globe maximize their investments, online security, and foster a business environment with robust risk mitigation capabilities. David’s insight—along with over 25 years of experience in enterprise architecture planning, security, operations, monitoring, and optimization—make him an essential authority in the information security sector.
Courses informed by David Brezinski:
Cyber Security Training
Amii Barnard-Bahn, JD, CCEP, CCEP-I, PCC has been recognized by Forbes as “one of the top coaches for legal and compliance executives.” Clients include Adobe, Gap, Chegg, Lyft, Bank of the West, and Boehringer Ingelheim.
Amii brings over 20 years of executive experience from McKesson, Allianz, and the California Dental Association, serving in multiple executive roles including Chief Human Resources Officer, Chief Administrative Officer, and Chief Compliance & Ethics Officer. Amii is an expert on leadership effectiveness, workplace culture, and board governance; she publishes and speaks on these topics nationally at industry conferences and in her monthly Ask Amii column in Compliance Week.
A Fellow at the Harvard Institute of Coaching, Amii earned her law degree from Georgetown and B.A. from Tufts University. To see where you stack up with the leadership elements that get you promoted, download Amii’s Promotability Index at http://bit.ly/promoteindex
Courses informed by Amii Barnard-Bahn:
Code of Conduct Training
Winston Y. Chan is a litigation partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s San Francisco office, and serves as co-chair of the firm’s global White Collar Defense and Investigations practice group, and also its False Claims Act/Qui Tam Defense practice group. He leads matters involving government enforcement defense, internal investigations and compliance counseling, and regularly represents clients before and in litigation against federal, state and local agencies, including the U.S. Department of Justice, Securities and Exchange Commission, and State Attorneys General.
Winston is a Chambers-ranked attorney in the category of White Collar Crime and Government Investigations, and Benchmark Litigation recognizes him as a Litigation Star for being “recommended consistently as a reputable and effective litigator by clients and peers.” He is regularly included in Best Lawyers, The Legal 500, and Who’s Who Legal for Investigations. In addition, Global Investigations Review ranks Winston in its annual Global Guide of Recommended Investigations Counsel, and he is a LMG Life Sciences “Star” in White Collar and Government Investigations. Prior to joining the firm, Winston served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of New York, where he investigated a wide range of corporate and financial criminal matters as part of that office’s Business and Securities Fraud Section and held a number of supervisory positions.
Courses informed by Winston Y. Chan:
Global Anti-Bribery and Corruption Training
Simone effectively spearheads and collaborates with external and internal teams to identify and deliver solutions to clients concerning employment law issues.
As a civil litigator with more than 20 years of experience, she has managed the defense of lawsuits involving a range of federal and local laws, including lawsuits alleging claims of discrimination, retaliation, and harassment. Simone also provides proactive and practical advice before litigation arises. She has developed customized, interactive training programs to educate supervisory and management personnel about their responsibilities for ensuring compliance with employment laws, and she routinely counsels businesses concerning a range of workplace issues, including managing internal investigations. Simone is a shareholder with Ogletree Deakins, where she divides her time between the firm’s offices in New York City and St. Thomas, Virgin Islands.
Courses informed by Simone Francis:
Preventing Workplace Harassment Training
Steve Cadigan is a highly sought-after talent advisor to leaders and organizations across the globe. As Founder of his own Silicon Valley-based firm, Cadigan Talent Ventures, Steve advises a wide range of domestic and international companies that include Twitter, Google, GoPro, The Royal Bank of Scotland, and the BBC. He is also regularly retained by some of Silicon Valley’s leading VC firms such as Andreessen Horowitz, Index Ventures, Sequoia, and Greylock Partners for his counsel on a wide range of talent topics.
Steve speaks regularly to conferences and major Universities around the world and his amazing work in helping shape the unique culture at LinkedIn led Stanford University to build a graduate- level class around this ground-breaking work. Steve is frequently asked to appear on global TV and is a regular guest on Bloomberg West and CNBC, and he is also a regular contributor to Forbes.
Courses informed by Steve Cadigan:
Code of Conduct Training
Hiring Skills & Restrictions Training
As an expert in corporate governance and white collar criminal matters, Tim regularly advises corporate boards and executives on topics such as: insider trading, securities violations, accounting fraud, and other corporate crimes. As a former Chief of the Securities Fraud Section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in San Francisco, Tim was the lead prosecutor in a number of high-profile criminal trials of senior corporate executives in Silicon Valley. For several years, Tim was a partner at Latham & Watkins.
Currently, he is a partner at Coblentz Patch Duffy & Bass, where he heads up the firm’s White Collar Defense and Government Enforcement Practice Group. As a trial lawyer, he focuses on investigations and cases brought by criminal prosecutors, government regulators, and shareholders in white collar, securities, and corporate governance matters as well as internal corporate investigations.
Courses informed by Timothy Crudo:
Insider Trading Training
An international employment law expert and a partner at DLA Piper, Ute focuses on providing multinational companies with solutions to the challenges presented in managing a global workforce.
Her experience includes advising both emerging growth companies and Fortune 500 companies across a wide spectrum of industries and jurisdictions across the globe, including technology/software, fashion/retail, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, energy, manufacturing and distribution, energy, as well as banking and finance.
Courses informed by Ute Krudewagen:
Preventing Workplace Harassment Training
Global Workplace Harassment Training
Allison West has a simple approach to employment practices: be proactive. An employment attorney by background, Allison uses her legal skills coupled with sound human resources practices, to help create safe and respectful work environments.
Allison is a top-rated speaker at HR, industry, and diversity conferences around the country, including the 2018 and 2019 Society for HR Management Annual Conferences, where she was in the top 10 highest rated presenters. Allison is a noted expert and has appeared on NPR and in O Magazine discussing workplace harassment. She was brought into CBS News days after Charlie Rose was terminated to deliver harassment prevention training and appeared on CBS This Morning to discuss workplace harassment issues.
Allison specializes in delivering and customizing interactive management and human resources training using a discussion-based training style – no power point.
Courses informed by Allison West:
Preventing Workplace Harassment Training
For the past 18 years, Charles Krugel has run his own management-side labor and employment law practice based in Chicago. Charles’ clients are worldwide across all industries. One-third of his practice is HR counseling on day-to-day micro issues; another third of his practice is transactional law (e.g., contracts, agreements & negotiations); & the final third of his practice is litigation in both state & federal courts. Charles represents union as well as non-unionized companies. Finally, Charles is frequently quoted by the media, is a frequent & in-demand public speaker and trainer, and serves on numerous boards of directors for numerous organizations.
Courses informed by Charles Krugel:
Preventing Workplace Harassment Training
Jarod Bona is an antitrust attorney and the founder of Bona Law PC, an antitrust boutique law firm. He also writes for a blog he founded called The Antitrust Attorney Blog (www.TheAntitrustAttorney.com). Before starting Bona Law, he spent a dozen years as an attorney with the large international law firms DLA Piper and Gibson Dunn. Jarod has represented both plaintiffs and defendants in complex antitrust litigation, targets of government investigations, and companies seeking antitrust counseling. He has also helped to create company antitrust policies and has advised on competition issues relating to mergers and acquisitions.
Jarod graduated from Harvard Law School in 2001 and followed that up by clerking for Judge James B. Loken on the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Jarod takes a practical approach to antitrust-law practice, recognizing that his role is to help his clients evaluate risks and look for opportunities.
Courses informed by Jared Bona:
Antitrust Compliance Training
Shana French is a leading Canadian lawyer whose sophisticated expertise includes the representation of employers in several areas of employment and labour law, with particular emphasis on multinational entrance into Canada, compliance and risk management, policy globalization, executive and non-executive compensation, human rights and accommodation, workplace investigations, and wrongful and constructive dismissal. Prior to joining her firm, Sherrard Kuzz LLP, Shana was Legal Counsel to a telecommunications company publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Shana is frequently asked to chair and speak at national conferences and for employer associations and clients.
Shana is a member of the Canadian Bar Association, Ontario Bar Association (Labour & Employment, Corporate Counsel, Privacy, Civil Litigation, Constitutional, Civil Liberties, Human Rights, Workers’ Compensation), International Warehouse Logistics Association, and Law Society of Ontario.
Courses informed by Shana French:
Canadian Workplace Harassment Training
Jane Tight is an Executive and Leadership Master Coach, Enneagram teacher, and certified Radical Collaboration trainer, who partners with clients to raise emotional intelligence in the workplace. She co-founded SeeChange Partners in 2004 to work with individuals, partnerships and organizations in private and corporate venues to help them to lead lives and organizations that are balanced, productive and successful.
Jane has a Masters of Science Degree in Communication Disorders: Language Pathology. She founded and managed a full-service speech clinic between 1981-1998. Relevant training to her current work is in counseling, neurology, behavior change, personality development, human motivation, and healthy communication.
Courses informed by Jane Tight:
Coaching and Mentoring Training
Bio Described as having “something approaching rock star status” in her field by The New York Times Magazine and as a “global thought leader on diversity” by Kédar Iyer, GapJumpers CEO, Joan C. Williams is a Sullivan Professor of Law and Founding Director of the Center for WorkLife Law at the University of California, Hastings Law.
Williams has been on the forefront of research focused on how gender and racial bias plays out in everyday workplace interactions for over two decades and has co-authored a series of influential reports on workplace bias in engineering, tech, architecture, and the legal profession. She is widely known for “bias interrupters” – an evidence-based metrics driven approach to eradicating implicit bias introduced in the Harvard Business Review in 2014. The website www.biasinterrupters.org with open-sourced toolkits for individuals and organizations has been accessed nearly 300,000 times around the world and has been so influential in Europe that she was awarded an honorary PhD from Utrecht University in 2018.
Williams’ work is well-known among business leaders, HR professionals and individuals. Williams has published 30 articles in the Harvard Business Review, including one of the most-read articles in its 90 year history. Her TED talk, “Why Corporate Diversity Programs Fail – and How Small Tweaks Can Have a Big Impact” was viewed over one million times. Her most recent book, Bias Interrupted: Creating Inclusion For Real and For Good, offers a fresh approach to inclusion that is concrete, evidenced-based, and actionable.
Williams’ expertise is highly sought-after by companies and organizations seeking to make tangible progress toward their diversity, equity, and inclusion goals. Williams and her team have worked with 40+ organizations leading trainings, conducting research, developing innovative change initiatives, and implementing practical tools that will work within the specific industry or organization. Williams’ bias interrupters workshop has been very positively received in environments that are not particularly open to diversity workshops. In a recent session, 100% of participants said they had a better understanding of how bias affects people as a result of the workshop, 96% said they learned new strategies for interrupting bias and 87% said they were likely to use them going forward.
Skill-Building Microlessons informed by Joan C. Williams:
Bias Interrupters Microlessons
Prior to founding Emtrain, Janine was a partner at Employment Law Partners where she specialized in solving labor and employment problems for high tech firms including Google, Intuit and a variety of start-ups. Janine also worked as counsel at Liebert Cassidy Whitmore, served as Board Member of the Northern California Human Resources Association, and authored The HR Handbook, designed to help young tech companies navigate workplace laws. Doing that work, she saw the need for a scalable solution for larger workforces, as well as a solution that could be used quarterly to measure and change employee behavior. Sitting in Silicon Valley, she knew there was a better way, and her work building Emtrain’s data driven compliance training platform began.
A tireless thought-leader, Janine writes extensively, has provided expert testimony and advice to state legislatures, and helps leading companies implement harassment prevention, diversity, ethics, and compliance programs. Janine is a sought-after speaker and has been published and interviewed in the mainstream media including The Washington Post, Fast Company, USA Today, Bloomberg Business, TechCrunch, and Startup Grind. She’s presented at Society of Ethics and Compliance; Techstars FounderCon; Founders Network, and The Club.
Courses informed by Janine Yancey:
Preventing Workplace Harassment Training
