WILLIAM G. CASTELLANO, Ph.D. (Middletown, NJ), Professor of HR Management and Director of the Center for HR Strategy at Rutgers University, has 25+ years of experience in Fortune® 50, entrepreneurial, and research environments. He has served as Chief Marketing and HR Officer at a national HR outsourcer; and a Managing Partner of an executive search firm where he extensively researched workforce and talent management strategy. He spent 17 years at Merrill Lynch in roles including SVP, Global Staffing where he managed global recruiting, executive search, and talent management. He has taught strategic and global HR management, financial decisions, labor economics, and many other HR-related topics.