Under the leadership of Richard Katz, CEO of HR Management Services, a group of seasoned professionals has been assembled to provide guidance in supporting HRMS’s mission to provide leading edge employment and training products and services.

The following individuals serve on our Advisory Board and guide the strategic management of HR Management Services:

Chuck Barranco
Chief Executive Officer
TTI America

David Bonrouhi
President
Blue Line Capital

Ken Buback
Chief Administrative Officer
Sutter Connect

Michael J. Feyder
Partner
Quest International Executive Search

Clayton Frech
General Manager
Classic Party Rentals

Earl Lestz
Former President,
Paramount Pictures Studio Group

Steve Masler
President
Specialized Medical Management

Lou Shomer
President
Shomex Productions

Jeff Takayama
CPA
Private Practice

Barbra Voigt
President
Voigt & Associates

About HRMS CEO, Richard Katz
I believe good thing happen when people connect to enabling resources. Here at HRMS, we focus on “Connecting Jobseekers with Employers through Technology”.
Richard Katz, CEO, HRMS

Following a successful corporate career as Director of Human Resources for Bullock's Department Stores, and management consultant and HR Practice Leader for the worldwide accounting, tax and consulting firm, Ernst and Young, Mr. Katz established HRMS as Founder and CEO.

National Pericles Award

During the 80's, HRMS, under the name VideoSearch, created several visionary products including the VideoResume, a tool used by sales organizations to pre-screen employment applicants using mock sales presentations. Later in the decade, HRMS produced and aired a regularly scheduled, half-hour recruitment television programs called "Meet Your Next Employer." For his pioneering work in recruitment advertising, Mr. Katz received the Employment Management Association's National Pericles Award.

In 1993, HRMS established its Government Services Division to operate customized, government-funded job training and job placement programs. HRMS designs and operates a variety of customized, government-funded job training and placement programs, including the successful Spotlight On Jobs program for the entertainment industry that trains and places hundreds of dislocated workers. Collaborating with several staffing agencies to put hundreds of welfare recipients back to work, HRMS was funded by the County of Los Angeles as one of the first Welfare-to-Work demonstration programs. In the late 90’s, HRMS received funding to designed and operate Hollywood Digital Careers, a high-end technical training program that retrained artists as digital visual effects specialists.

In 2000, HRMS launched Dot.com Job Search™, a proprietary curriculum designed to teach staff and clients how to use the Internet to find a job. The course has been widely used by many government agencies across the country and is delivered in several modalities including classroom, CD ROM and online which can be previewed by going to the Dot.com Job Search™ demo.

More recently, several new services have been provided by HRMS. Through partnerships with MonsterTMP Worldwide, HRMS designed a marketing and branding program for www.laworkforce.org and for the Orange County, California Workforce Investment Board. And, in partnership with the Anderson School of Management, HRMS created and produce a one-day Baby Boomer career transition conference to help older alumni return to work. An invitation for this event can be viewed by clicking here.

HRMS also publishes NetAssets, a free semi-monthly electronic newsletter that is distributed to thousands of workforce development professionals. As editor of NetAssets, Richard Katz oversees this editorial content, which keeps him up to date and knowledgeable about latest in Federally funded employment and training programs. The NetAssets newsletter can be viewed by going to www.hrms-netassets.net

HRMS Government Services Division has served hundreds of employers, thousands of jobseekers, and successfully secured and managed millions of dollars of funding from over 50 Workforce Investment Boards.

Mr. Katz is active in the business community and serves as a volunteer elementary school instructor teaching entrepreneurial skills in the BizWorld Program and serves on the Board of Impact, a non-profit substance abuse agency that treats over 2000 recovering patients a year. Born in Los Angeles, Mr. Katz holds a B.S. in Business Administration from UCLA and an M.A. in Industrial Relations from the University of Minnesota.