THE TEAM
Talent Advisory Board has a team of consultants with expertise in strategy, data analytics, and employee research.
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Tina Paikeday
Tina Paikeday is the Principal of Talent Advisory Board Inc., a boutique diversity research and consulting firm which focuses on serving law firm leaders who have made a commitment to workforce diversity. Tina works closely with her clients to develop diversity strategies, while also assisting them with planning, employee research, programs, and communications related to their diversity efforts. She founded Talent Advisory Board with the social mission of fostering a greater level of understanding between people of diverse backgrounds.
Tina began her career at McKinsey & Company and served as a Senior Director at the Corporate Executive Board prior to founding Talent Advisory Board. She has also has prior experience at The Clorox Company, Procter & Gamble and Whirlpool Corporation. Her consulting, operating and management experience has enabled Tina to develop a keen understanding of workplace dynamics. She has advised human resource executives and business leaders on strategic human resource issues at dozens of large corporations and professional service firms.
Tina earned a B.S. in Commerce with Distinction from the University of Virginia and an M.B.A from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. She was also the Founding Board Chair of the Network of Indian Professionals and Indus Women Leaders. Tina is married to Tony Paikeday, Founder of Silicon Counsel LLP, a corporate law firm, and they live in San Francisco with their son Balu Om.
Subodh Bhat, Ph.D.
Senior Research Consultant
Professor Subodh Bhat has served clients in developing survey research instruments and providing statistical analysis. Professor Bhat has been teaching marketing at San Francisco State University since 1992. He has served as a Visiting Professor at the University of California at Berkeley and the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Professor Bhat has extensive consulting experience in marketing strategy, market research and brand management with Fortune 500 and emerging high tech companies. He has published extensively in the areas of brand management, consumer behavior and entrepreneurship.
Professor Bhat has a special interest in cross-cultural and ethnic issues. His relevant publications include the following: “Attitudes Toward Inter-Racial Ads” (AMA Winter Educators’ Conference), “The Impact of Consumer Prejudices on Ad Processing: Heterosexual Consumers’ Responses to Homosexual Imagery In Ads” (Journal of Advertising), “Empirical Examination of the Factors Contributing to the High Presence of Ethnic Minorities in Silicon Valley High Tech Start-Ups” (Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2000). Professor Bhat has also served law firms as an expert witness on brand management and consumer behavior issues.
Yen Ling Shek
Senior Analytics Consultant
Yen Ling Shek has served clients by providing senior level data analytics support including statistical analysis. She is a doctoral student in Higher Education and Organizational Change at UCLA's Graduate School of Education & Information Studies.
Yen Ling Shek has served as the Chief of Staff at the University of California Asian American and Pacific Islander Policy Multi-campus Research Program and worked on various research projects and publications related to race and equity in higher education, as well as Asian American policy reports. She has over ten years of experience with diversity and leadership development and has worked at institutions of higher education working on issues of diversity and equity.
Shek's research interests include racial diversity and equity in higher education, Asian American student development, and cultural resource centers. She received her M.A. in Counseling and Personnel Services from the University of Maryland, College Park and her B.A. in Psychology from the University of Virginia.
