Our President & CEO
offers 28 years Organizational Development, HR Management and
Entrepreneurial Business Leadership. An
internationally certified Teambuilding Consultant, Jessica authors, trains,
consults and speaks on both employer and employee issues. She is
recognized as one of the longest standing experts researching and
proving the link between human and financial resources on both sides of the
hiring desk and is called upon regularly by television, radio, print media,
academia and leadership forums to discuss new findings and new
strategies in Behavioral Assessment, Leader Assessment, Human Capital, Performance Management,
Employee Retention, Motivation and Teambuilding concepts.
Recent media attention.
Successful
groundbreaking consultant and founding leader of our firm, Jessica offers a
wealth of case studies and continuous research in attracting, appropriately
selecting, retaining, developing and engaging employees... profitably and
within legal compliance. With MBA, graduate law and industrial
psychology studies and the earliest BSBA in HR Management from Marquette University,
Jessica continues to instruct at both graduate and undergraduate
levels. Working with and commended by the Mayor's office, Ollenburg founded and chaired the
New Berlin HR Committee
(representing 600+ employers) which served as the successful
prototype to local and national HR councils and health care coalitions.
Certification
was first granted in 1995 by the
Institute of Management
Consultants based in New York with international recognition. This designation is acknowledged worldwide as a
"mark of excellence"
among management consulting professionals and is considered a rare achievement
among otherwise non-accredited consulting professionals. Jessica was
re-certified by the IMC and earned a third professional certification
through the National Bureau of Certified Consultants. These accreditation
processes are lengthy and challenging, based upon casework, quantifiable
results, logistical experience / education, examinations, board interviews
and client testimonials. Jessica
has also served on certification panels and committees for both the IMC and HRMA/SHRM
(during the formative years for PHR and SPHR certification programs).
A 10-year esteemed presenter and roundtable
participant for
The
Executive Committee (TEC), and
MMAC/COSBE, our CEO also regularly
designs and administers corporate
and community workshops. Jessica has earned a wealth of client recognition
from small, mid-sized and Fortune rated firms, strategic alliances, and receives significant
media attention for expertise, tangible success and innovation.
Nominated for Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year Award, Jess
has consistently been proven a "visionary"
by succeeding since 1983 in HR Outsourcing and specific Employee
Retention and Human Capital Management programs others are still forming new businesses to
emulate!
In a market where "temporary services" abounded, Jess took HRS in a
different direction focusing upon retention concepts and paved the way! As
examples of her still popular early inventions, Ollenburg in 1987 designed and implemented
one of the first software Applicant Tracking
programs, in 1988 first coined and copyrighted the phrase "Direct Hire,"
in 1983 worked with
Kronos and the former Control Data to create sophisticated labor tracking and
reporting now internationally distributed!
Currently serving on the Arthritis
Foundation Board of Directors, Jessica also advocates to Washington,
DC, campaigning to increase federal support to arthritis research. Recipient of the 2006 "Distinguished
Service Award" from the Arthritis Foundation Wisconsin Chapter,
Jessica is an inspired philanthropist. In 2007, 2006 and 2002, our CEO hosted a Fox 6 "Weather in Your
Backyard" broadcast as an awareness campaign and fundraiser specifically
for Juvenile Arthritis. Chairperson
for HRS Commits to Kids and long term community/charity volunteer, Jessica
chaired 2 consecutive Mystery Ball events for the Arthritis
Foundation, breaking fundraising records at each event! Tim Hoeksema, CEO of
Midwest Express Airlines, and Wisconsin's Former First Lady, Sue Ann Thompson, served as honorary
co-chairs.
www.arthritis.org
Ollenburg
created and contributes to the firm's 2 highly successful
and informative websites, www.HRSteam.com and
www.AskHRS.com,
both of which have earned
multiple #1 worldwide unpaid search engine rankings for high traffic and
valuable content. Credited
with breaking the "glass ceiling" on multiple occasions through
accreditation, recognition and honor, our leader is among the very first
women certified, recognized and called upon by successful world class CEO's
for expertise and accomplishment within these fields!!
The Journal/Sentinel, Inc.
retained Jessica as a local expert to administer
workshops for 8 consecutive Career Fairs.
A
22-year Junior Achievement advisor, partner or sponsor, 18-year college/high school
speaker and a 5-year youth Athletic coach/volunteer, Jessica created the "HRS
Commits to Kids" initiative and has consistently
spearheaded a personal and professional campaign to "give back" to
the community and "make a difference" in every way possible.
Recipient of
the National Leadership Award from Washington, DC, Jessica has also been
appointed to the Business Advisory Council, partnering with congressional
committee. Consistently offered contract to host her own nationally syndicated radio show
plus invitations to CNN and Forbes.com, Jessica is a source expert called
upon by the Wall Street Journal and other respected media.
She accepted invitation from Forbes
Business & Technology in partnership with
Sky Radio & America West Airlines.
Broadcast
on international flights, Jessica profiled HRS as a leader in HR/OD Outsourcing
in a program featuring esteemed speakers Madeleine Albright and President
Jimmy Carter.
