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1. Driving Success with LinkedIn as a
Small Business or Mid-Sized
Company
Caroline Thornton
Relationship Manager
LinkedIn
Lissa Bowen
Senior Director, Talent Acquisition
Focus Brands
Mike McElherne
VP, Talent Acquisition
WaterStone Mortgage
Mark Meaders
Executive
Dolphin
Steve Shapiro
CFO
Passkey International
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2. Lissa Bowen, Sr. Director Talent Acquisition – FOCUS Brands
• Based in Atlanta, FOCUS Brands Inc. is the franchisor and operator of over 4,500 ice
cream shoppes, bakeries, restaurants and cafes in the United States, the District of
Columbia, Puerto Rico and 63 foreign countries.
• FOCUS Brands employs approximately 3500 associates.
• The Talent Acquisition team is comprised of the Sr. Director TA, Senior Recruiter and
Restaurant Management Recruiter.
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3. Dolphin Snapshot
Proven solutions for the SAP customers
1/3 of all Fortune 100TM running SAP are Dolphin
customers
100% Employee owned; no outside stakeholders
Organic growth since 1995
Global Solutions: 100s of scalable, flexible & cost
effective deployments
3
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5. Headquartered
in
Pewaukee,
Wisconsin
721
–
Employees
2
Recruiters

6. Steve Shapiro
Chief Financial Officer
is the travel industry’s leading hotel booking technology for meetings and events. 72
employees in 3 U.S. offices, plus London, Singapore and Hong Kong.
“Large” Company Presence
Customer Type
Hotels Destinations Event Organizers
Customers 800+ 80+ 50+
Events (Annual) 70,000 1,200 800
Reservations (Annual) 6 million 700,000 300,000
“Small” Company Structure
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