Brenan German is founder and managing principal at Bright Talent Resources, Inc., www.brighttalent.com, a boutique talent acquisition advisory and recruiting services firm. As lead consultant, he acts as an advisor to organizations wanting to re-engineer or develop a high performing, measurable, technology enabled, talent acquisition function. He has nearly 20 years of hands-on leadership experience developing intelligent and successful talent acquisition functions within some of the country’s most respected and well-known companies such as The Gallup Organization, Edwards Lifesciences, and Black & Decker. His particular expertise involves the alignment of talent acquisition strategies to business goals, and the implementation of systems and processes to reach measurable objectives, demonstrating clearly the bottom line impact expected of strategic HR programs. A graduate of the University of California-Irvine, he is Chair of the Orange County Employment Managers Association (OCEMA), Founding Board Member of the Talent Acquisition Group of San Diego (TAGSD), Member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), and Advisor to Sigma Pi International Educational Foundation.