Our Team
Olivier Taupin is one of the most connected professionals on LinkedIn worldwide, with close to 1.5 million members in the communities he owns. He was featured on Forbes when Linked:HR. became the first LinkedIn group to reach 500,000 members (now 1,000,000). In addition to Linked:HR, Olivier is the process strategist behind dozens of other large business communities, including Linked:Energy (260,000 members), The Leader Campus® (121K members), and Linked:Seattle (60,000 members), as well as several corporate-owned groups.
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Dr. Cris Wildermuth is the Community Chair of Linked:HR and an Associate Professor at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, where she directs the Master of Science in Leadership Development. Originally from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dr. Wildermuth has traveled extensively, conducting leadership development programs in various countries in Latin America and in Europe. Dr. Wildermuth's main research interests are Leadership Ethics and Employee Engagement.
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Mel Wildermuth is the Community Chair of The Leader Campus®. Mel's powerful imagination quickly generates games, simulations, and activities designed to "make learning stick." Along with his partner and wife of 25 years Cris, Mel has written several published articles including "The 10 M's of Employee Engagement" (T&D Magazine) and "Decoding Leadership Ethics" (Journal of Industrial and Commercial Training). Mel is a certified Rhythm Circle Facilitator and a Master Trainer in the Five Factor Model of personality. His current writing and research interests include the impact of the brain on diversity relations.
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