KONA HR CONSULTING GROUP - Key Persons
Rob helps organizations across all aspects of human resources with particular focus on finance and compliance. His experience as an executive brings a unique point of view to human resources consulting. Rob was previously Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President of International Operations for META Group Inc.; an independent marketing assessment company that provides research and analysis of developments and trends in the computer hardware, software, communications and related technology industries.
Rob also spent many years as a human resources consultant for Hewitt Associates as well as R. F. Toole Associates. His experience includes leadership with the United States Army. Rob served as an infantry officer and held leadership positions in the 10th Mountain Division. Rob earned the Airborne, Ranger, Air Assault, Jungle Expert and Pathfinder qualifications while in the Army.
Rob holds a Bachelor's degree from the United States Military Academy at West Point, and a Masters from the New York University Stern School of Business in Finance and International Business. Rob also holds the Certified Employee Benefits Specialist designation.
Rob serves on many community boards including: Liberty Resources, Inc., a non-profit agency that provides a wide range of community services including adult, child and family, and developmental disability services; and the River Hospital in Alexandria Bay, New York. Rob has completed multiple Ironman and endurance races.
Sarah consults with organizations to provide human resources services to small and mid-sized firms. Sarah's experience spans all aspects of human resource management. She brings FORTUNE 100 experience to companies across all sectors of business.
Working with Hewitt Associates for over 15 years in Asia Pacific and the US, Sarah has extensive HR consulting experience. Based in both Hong Kong and Singapore for a combined 10 years, Sarah worked with US and European multinational companies to help them expand and improve operations Sarah also helped to expand Hewitt's business in the Greater China market setting up three offices and expanding relationships with clients' regional headquarters.
Vince works with organizations to assess their human resources needs and identify opportunities to improve their effectiveness.
In this role, he assists organizations across the spectrum of human resources activities including strategy development, compliance, employee benefit design, financing, administration and communication. Vince has been in the employee benefits and human resources consulting field for more than 30 years. He was a Consultant and Partner at Hewitt Associates for more than 20 years, where he helped to expand Hewitt's presence in the Metropolitan New York region.
In addition to developing Hewitt's consulting, actuarial, health management and administration business, he also managed several of Hewitt's largest global accounts. In this capacity, he coordinated consulting and administrative services in Asia, Europe and South America for Multinational organizations. Prior to Hewitt, Vince worked in the International Employee Benefits division at Aetna Financial Services. Vince started his career working in the White House as a member of the Executive Branch of the Federal Government.
Vince has worked with organizations across a range of industries including financial services, education, hospitality and manufacturing. Vince has assisted numerous organizations to assess their needs, set up and assist in managing their human resource activities.