CEO & Co-Founder

Scot Sessions

Our CEO, Scot Sessions, brings more than 25 years of business management and leadership experience from fast-paced startup companies to TalVista. Previously, he ran his own consultancy focusing on marketing strategy serving startups in the HCM space. Before that, Scot was Senior Director at HireVue. He is a serial entrepreneur, having started several businesses over his diverse career. Scot is most passionate about helping people, seeing them succeed, and realizing more than they thought possible.

Co-founder & Chair

Elaine Orler

Elaine Orler, TalVista’s Co-Founder and Chair is considered a recruiting technology industry thought leader. She has been designing and implementing global HR solutions as a practitioner and a consultant for more than 20 years. Elaine’s hands-on approach has enabled multi-national organizations to transform and optimize complex recruiting processes through contemporary technology-driven talent acquisition practices. Elaine also serves as Senior Vice President, Technology Consulting at Talent Function – A Cielo Company.

EVP of Global Customer Success

Dwain Reasoner

Dwain Reasoner, our EVP of Global Customer Success, also manages the Customer Excellence teams encompassing Professional Services and Support for existing customers. He works with the executive team to design and implement their Customer Success organization and operations to support the expanding enterprise customer base. TalVista is the leading Talent Acquisition Platform for effective Diversity and Inclusion and the 2018 Pitchfest Award for Diversity winner.

VP Diversity & Inclusion

Stephanie Wemusa

Stephanie is TalVista’s VP of Diversity and Inclusion and a Diversity and Inclusion Talent Consultant. She is a Talent Management life cycle and optimization consultant with more than 15 years’ experience developing inclusive workplace practices to source, recruit, engage, and advance diverse employees.

In addition to her duties at TalVista, Stephanie serves as an adjunct faculty in the Charles Davidson College of Engineering and Lucas Business at San Jose State University and an Instructor for the UCSC Extension HR Management Certificate Program. Previous experience includes working in some of the San Francisco Bay Area’s signature organizations such as HP, Apple, eBay, Yahoo!, Juniper Networks, Intuitive Surgical, Inclusion Inc., and Synopsis. Her background includes a wide range of varied HR functions, from Recruitment and Talent Management to Leadership Training, Diversity and Inclusion. A graduate of San Jose State University, Stephanie holds a Bachelor of Arts in Behavioral Science and a Master of Science in Human Resources Organization Development from the University of San Francisco.