Blog Contributors - TalentQuest

Jon Naphin

Vice President

Jon Naphin is a Vice President with TalentQuest. As a client advocate, he takes a lead role in directing TalentQuest’s activities within select client relationships. Prior to joining TalentQuest, Jon held management positions at General Motors, ADP and Peachtree Software. He is the founding Chairman of LaAmistad, an Atlanta-based non-profit providing tutoring and life-skills training to Latino students and their families. Jon is a native of Niagara Falls, Ontario, earned his Bachelor’s degree from Kettering University in Flint Michigan and his MBA from the Harvard Business School.

Director of Software Development

Brent Miller

Director of Software Development

Brent Miller is the Director of Software Development at TalentQuest. Throughout his career, he has honed his technical skills through various development roles where he now leads a large, global, engineering team and is responsible for the architecture of the entire TalentQuest SaaS portfolio.

Software Developer

Ajay Shenoy

Software Developer

Ajay is a Software Developer at TalentQuest who loves learning new technologies and implementing them to solve real-world problems. He also has an interest in understanding human behavior and loves to gain life perspectives from entrepreneurs and successful people.

Head - Creative Services

Avinash Patil

Head - Creative Services

Avinash Patil is a senior creative professional with formal training in animation film making. With over 15 years of experience, he has held various roles in pre-production and production - working on animated series and movie projects before venturing into eLearning.

Client Experience Advisor

Bobby Hedges

Client Experience Advisor

Bobby joined TalentQuest in 2019 and is a Client Experience Advisor specializing in implementation and training on TalentQuest solutions. Prior to joining the TQ team, he cultivated a resume full of varied jobs. In his free time, he is an artist and a mediocre guitarist.

Chief Technology Officer

Niranjan Nimkar

Chief Technology Officer

As the CTO at TalentQuest, Niranjan leads Product Management, Software Development and Infrastructure. He is also responsible for the company’s information security policies and compliance. Niranjan joined TalentQuest in 2007 and has more than 25 years of experience leading and managing small and large-scale software teams in several countries. He has an extensive background in software engineering, product design and agile product development across many business verticals, including manufacturing, financial services, and human capital management (HCM).

President and Chief Operating Officer

Rachel Finglass

President and Chief Operating Officer

Rachel Finglass joined the TalentQuest team in 1994 and has been instrumental in building the business since then. As President and Chief Operating Officer, Rachel leads the day-to-day operations of the business. Through Rachel’s leadership, TalentQuest excels at delivering top-notch Talent Management solutions while fostering close, service-directed client partnerships. Rachel is also responsible for ensuring that client organizations incorporate best practices into their talent strategies and throughout their implementation of a fully aligned and integrated talent management solution.

Chief Executive Officer

Kevin Sessions

Chief Executive Officer

Kevin Sessions joined TalentQuest in 2000. As Chief Executive Officer, Kevin is responsible for overall business management, growth strategy and the delivery of TalentQuest’s integrated talent solutions. His oversight includes sales, marketing, public relations, channel partnerships, and the direction and development of the company’s talent management software suite. Over the course of his career, Kevin has been instrumental in the growth of many companies through strategic planning, effective teambuilding, market and competitive analysis, designing and implementing sales and marketing programs, establishing channel partnerships, and other related brand-development efforts. Prior to joining TalentQuest, he served as Vice President of Business Development and Sales for WebRoomz, a provider of Web-based housing management software.