Richard PolakRichard Polak is a thirty-five-year HR veteran, congressional advisor, and a world leader in creating compassionate strategies to increase employee productivity. Globally recognized in the HR space, he has helped clients in more than ninety countriescreate world-class HR and benefits programs. In 2012, he merged his company, IBIS Advisors, and his IBIS Academy conference-the world's longest-running international HR conference-with Arthur J. Gallagher & Co (AJG), which saw him take over as executive vice president and area president of the Multinational Benefits & HR Consulting Department, a position he spearheaded for six years before deciding to reenter the entrepreneurial space. Today, Richard is a "serialpreneur" with several successful companies. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two children. Read More Read Less