WILL SHELEY, BOARD CANDIDATE, ADVISOR, VENTURE SUPPORT, VISAJanuary 30-February 4, 2025
BS Horticulture (Purdue University), MBA (Purdue University)
William Sheley has over 35 years as an accomplished senior leader/general manager with a proven track record in driving transformation, product development, technology integration and commercialization leading to improved market share and revenue generation. He holds a Master of Business Administration and Bachelor of Science degrees from Purdue University.
Throughout his career, Sheley has been recognized for delivering start-up, growth and turn-around strategies. He has excelled in managing business delivery across complex organizational structures on a global scale with several Fortune 500 entities including Visa, JP Morgan, and Accenture where he has held executive positions in technology, data science, marketing, operations, and product management.
As a member of Visa’s Operating Committee, Sheley successfully led a global payments organization within Visa. As senior vice president and global general manager of Visa Direct, he provided leadership to build and commercialize Visa’s global entry into enterprise real-time money movement. His responsibilities included building product, technology, operations, and sales capabilities. Earlier in his career, Sheley spent 20 years at J.P. Morgan where he held a variety of senior executive positions including CIO of Retail Banking, SVP of Product Management and SVP of J.P. Morgan’s Innovation Center for Design and Customer Experience. He also spent nearly 10 years at Accenture.
TOPIC AREAS: Systems thinking, developing leadership skills and becoming a thought leader, corporations, succeeding as a student athlete
CHELSEA HAYES, CEO, The Coaching FactoryFebruary 26-March 4, 2025
BA Communication, Health and Kinesiology (Purdue University), MS Corporate Communications (Northwestern University)
Chelsea C. Hayes, SPHR, is the CEO of The Coaching Factory, an LA-based corporate training and development firm that specializes in interactive experiences on inclusion, leadership and Management. The Coaching Factory also provides counsel to CEOs and celebrities. Her clients include global powerhouse brands such as PepsiCo, General Mills, YUM! Brands, Morgan Stanley, Eli Lilly, Spin Master (the home of the Rubik's Cube), Kendo (the home of Fenty Beauty by Rihanna) and NBC.
Before founding The Coaching Factory, Hayes was the Director of HR for the WNBA’s Los Angeles Sparks, after launching her career ghostwriting for the chief diversity officer at General Electric (GE). Hayes earned two bachelor’s degrees from Purdue University after beginning college at the age of sixteen and was recently named Purdue University's Outstanding Alumni under 35. While on campus at Purdue, she ran a global campaign and was elected National 2nd VP of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. which made her the third-highest-ranked officer in a sorority of over 250,000 members.
Hayes went on to earn a Master of Science in Corporate Communication from Northwestern University and is a proud member of Northwestern University’s Council of 100, an invitation-only group of Northwestern’s top female alumni executives. If she's not with a client, you can catch her arranging flowers, exercising or napping. Hayes is currently in pre-production for a television show based on her work.
TOPIC AREAS: Management, developing leadership, inclusion, HR, transferable skills, TV writing, communication, global training