LEADERSHIP TEAM

Fred Dimyan is co-founder/CEO of YourLeap, Inc. Prior to YourLeap, Fred spent 17 years refining his skills and philosophy in technology staffing with several national companies. Fred has led staffing projects for several leading IT consulting firms, including Hall Kinion where he was Director of Recruiting. Fred also led recruiting projects at some of the most prominent employers in the nation, including Prudential Insurance, PepsiCo, and was a senior consultant at Gartner. Fred also served as a staffing advisor for Dice.com, the leading Information Technology job board. Fred lives in the Southern Connecticut area with his wife and their two children.

Allan Goldberg is co-founder/CEO of YourLeap, Inc. Allan's philosophy and approach to recruitment draws on his more than 20 years experience in the search industry and his corporate Human Resources/Staffing background. Allan has designed and managed staffing programs for a diverse client base, including Consulting, Research, Sales and Corporate Services at marquee firms such as Prudential Insurance, PepsiCo and, most recently, for the leading global IT advisory firm Gartner, Inc where he was Vice President, Staffing North America. Allan holds a BA in Political Science from SUNY @ Stony Brook and he lives in the New York City metro area with his wife and their three children.

ADVISORY PANEL
The YourLeap Advisory Board works with our Leadership team to provide guidance and direction to ensure that our products, marketing and customer focus remain consistent with our goals and industry best practices.

Frank Fanzilli spent 18 years at Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB), where he served as the global chief information officer and managing director until his retirement in 2002. He led CSFB’s growth in technology and was responsible for a budget exceeding $1.5 billion. He launched its first global investment banking platform and unified 4,000 IT professionals into a global division. Prior to joining CSFB, Fanzilli managed systems engineering and software development for Fortune 500 accounts at IBM.

Fanzilli is currently the non-executive Chairman of Interwoven, Inc., a leading provider of enterprise content management software, as well as a director of The Open Source Development Labs and CommVault Systems, Inc.. He also serves as an advisor to several venture capital firms, including Allegis Capital, FOCUS Ventures and Partech International. He previously served on the board of PeopleSoft, Inc. from 2000 until its sale to Oracle in 2004, as well as the board of nLayers, from that company’s inception in 2003 until its successful sale to EMC in 2006.

A graduate Cum Laude from Fairfield University, he also holds an M.B.A. in Finance from New York University where he graduated with Distinction and was the Marcus Nadler Scholar. Fanzilli has also completed the Corporate Director Program at Stanford University.

Ely Bar-Ness is a human resources executive with over 20 years of international experience in world-class organizations and industry leaders, including Pfizer, Reader’s Digest, KLA-Tencor and Israel Aircraft Industries. He brings global HR experience having worked in senior HR positions both in the US and internationally. He has a track record of implementing HR solutions for Fortune 500 companies as well as mid-size entrepreneurial businesses.

Ely joined Supresta in August 2004. Immediately prior, Ely worked for Pfizer Inc., as the Director of Human Resources, North America for one of its consumer business units. As Global VP of Human Resources for Supresta, Ely is responsible for creating global alignment in its approach to human resource management and embedding a new corporate culture that is operationally excellent and results oriented.

Ely is a Guest Lecturer at the Yale School of Management on topics regarding global human resource management. Ely was recently nominated to be HR Leader of the Year by the Society of Human Resource Management of Southern Connecticut.

Ely holds a Bachelors degree from Cornell University and a Masters degree from Rutgers University.

Juan Montes is Japan Society’s Chief Information Officer. He is a technology leader with a particular interest in optimal information flows and decision support. Most recently, Montes was the Director of Enterprise Services and Chief Platform Architect at The New York Times. Under his direction, his group created system blueprints for an enterprise-wide SAP project as well as a road map for moving the entire technology footprint of The New York Times to a new headquarters data center. He also dealt with issues of high-availability and business continuity inherent in a daily production environment.

Previously, Montes worked in various capacities for Columbia University, where he ran an internal technology consulting group at Columbia University Medical Center as well as the operations group at fathom.com, an on-line channel serving a consortium of universities and educational institutions. His pre-Columbia experience includes Rockefeller Group Telecom Network Services, a division of RGT that he helped found. Montes has a BA in philosophy from Harvard College

Steven Peltzman is CIO of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). He is responsible for leading the strategy and operations for all of MoMA’s technology, including infrastructure and applications, Web sites, multimedia displays and exhibitions, and technology-related business development. Over the last four years, he has spearheaded the technology design and implementation for MoMA’s landmark $858 million building project. Prior to his tenure at MoMA, Peltzman spent seven years as a United States Air Force officer, where he developed and assessed stealth technology and tactics for the B-2 Stealth Bomber Program Office and served as a program director for the Joint Mission Planning Program Office. He has also held the position of vice president of technology operations for Dice.com (EarthWeb.com). Peltzman holds a B.S. in aeronautical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from Columbia University Graduate School of Business.

Amy Richman has nearly 20 years management experience in human resources within fast paced, rapidly expanding companies. Her expertise includes recruitment, recruitment strategy, and employee relations. She is a strategic planner, with a talent for analytical decision-making and problem-solving skills and is Six Sigma Green Belt trained. Ms. Richman currently leads the Corporate Staffing team at Starwood Hotels & resorts. Before joining Starwood, Ms. Richman focused on both corporate recruitment and college relations at Price Waterhouse, Prudential Securities, Paine Webber and Gartner. She holds a BA in Psychology from Goucher College and an MS in Human Resource Management from the New School for Social Research.