Richard C. Bell-Irving

President & co-founder, was formerly Marriott International's Senior Vice President of Human Resources Service Delivery and Support and was directly responsible for developing HR strategy and policy for Marriott's brands and 195,000 + employees.

During his 25 years with Marriott, he held many positions, including executive management of two 400-room hotels with 800 employees and $28M in annual sales. Mr. Bell-Irving's responsibilities included development of marketing/advertising strategies, accounting, hiring and related policies, all facets of hotel operations, administration and customer satisfaction.

Notable Achievements:

• Introduced to Marriott and oversaw satellite broadcast training as a learning development and change management vehicle.
• Created an open posting and career management system for Marriott Managers - succession planning, tracking, recruiting, screening, training and retention.
• Created the business case to incorporate an enterprise-wide management system (PeopleSoft) for all Marriott divisions - 195,000 employees and the subsequent redesign of the related HR processes.
• Created the vision for the use of technology to transform business processes in Human Resources. Conceptualized and completed the prototype for Marriott's employee intranet.

Current or Recent Board Positions:

Employers Resource Corporation Dataplus, Inc.

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)