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As co-founder and sole developer of Hourly, Brooke brings more than 15 years of leading application development to the company. Brooke started his technology career at The Motley Fool, where he served as director of engineering, and helped to build the website from a startup into one of the largest web properties on the Internet. Since that time, Brooke has worked on a number of broad based strategy and engineering projects for Match.com, SONY, Hotlist.com, NBC Universal, The Port Authority of NY & NJ (Smart Card Program), Unity08 and The Publicis Groupe.

Marc Miller is the founder of Career Pivot which helps Baby Boomers design careers they can grow into for the next 30 years. Marc authored the book Repurpose Your Career: A Practical Guide for Baby Boomers, published in January 2013, which has been featured on Forbes.com, US News and World Report, CBS Money-Watch and PBS’ Next Avenue. Career Pivot was selected for the Forbes Top 100 Websites for your Career. Marc has made six career pivots himself, serving in several positions at IBM in addition to working at two successful Austin, Texas startups, teaching math in an inner-city high school and working for a local non-profit. Learn more about Marc and Career Pivot by visiting the Career Pivot Blog.

Mardee Handler is a career coach whose mission is to empower clients to make confident and intentional career decisions. She is certified in the Highlands Ability Battery™ and Personal & Career Vision Coaching method, which serve as the foundation for her coaching engagements. She is also a Certified Career Transitions Coach (CTL). Prior to coaching, Mardee was a marketing director-turned-consultant. Her career background also includes 15+ years as the founding and managing editor of MuniNet Guide. To learn more about Mardee, visit mardeehandler.com.

Maren Hogan is a seasoned marketer and community builder in the HR and Recruiting industry. She leads Red Branch Media, a consultancy offering marketing strategy and content development. A consistent advocate of next generation marketing techniques, she has built successful online communities, deployed brand strategies in both the B2B and B2C sectors, and been a prolific contributor of thought leadership in the recruitment and talent space.

Mariela Kashukeeva is a Marketing Еxecutive at SaaS BPM, a productivity process management system solution designed to manage the recurring activities of teams and entire organizations. With over 2-year experience in SEO, she is responsible for establishing collaboration opportunities with high-authority websites and creating amazing content.

Julie Petersen started her English language teacher and freelance writer career at 2010. She was teaching writing classes at Stanford University for 4 years and was practicing private tutoring at the same time. Now she writes her own blog AskPetersen where she shares her knowledge about writing and teaching skills.

Joseph Carey is a Job Analyst and Career Counselor. He is also a part-time blogger who spends time writing insightful articles on career, education, and corporate world. In addition, he is a Pro Academic Writer who provides expert help for an essay to students across the world. You can reach him via Google+.

George Griffiths is the managing director of uCheck. He has been brought up to know the values of uCheck ever since his first involvement in the family-run business at the age of seven. In 2013, George came on board full time with the goal of working together to create a fluid and successful business development structure. His focus for the future is to drive the development of the uCheck HR Platform and continue to align his way of working with their mission statement — to always care about getting it right.

Jacob Share is the job search expert who created the award-winning JobMob, one of the most popular job search blogs in the world, with over 17 million pageviews since 2007. He is also the author of The Ultimate Twitter Job Search Guide, which you can download free via JobMob's newsletter.

George J. Newton is a business development manager. He has been married for ten years.

Originally from Rome, Italy, Giacomo holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Hult International Business School. He’s an experienced marketer with a focus on SEO.

I am a senior post modern HR manager. I am also a certified coach, and a change manager as well as a talent manager and a senior business partner. (Business is my middle name). I manage "human capital assets" and my basic benchmark to manage these assets is Dow Jones Industrial. I try to outperform the index by reorganization and constant change, without the use of OD vendors.