Roberto Blain is a cofounder of QuPeople and its current President. He has over 20 years experience in human capital and talent management with a strong background in recruitment, employee relations, training and organizational development. Other areas of expertise include performance management, business process redesign and team building. Roberto began his career as a recruiter on Wall Street after graduating from NYU with a degree in Management and Industrial Relations. Subsequently, he worked for a number of years as Employment Manager for the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. He then relocated out west and spent the next five years as HR Manager with the CNA Insurance Companies. In that position, he supervised a staff of generalists in a high volume recruiting environment.

After CNA, Roberto transitioned to Disney Feature Animation, where he served as HR Manager for cast and crews of Disney animated features from Pocahontas through Atlantis. Prior to cofounding QuPeople, Roberto had a two-year engagement with Warner Bros., where he was responsible for overseas and domestic executive level staffing and diversity recruiting strategies. He also supported the organization in transitioning from a traditional staffing model to an in-house search team.

A past SPHR (Senior Professional in Human Resources) instructor, Roberto has had a rich involvement over the last ten years in the personal growth and transformation business. As a result, he brings a wealth of experience and insight in the area of creativity and the ability to achieve performance breakthroughs in the workplace.

Roberto is a student of dreamwork whose overarching commitment is to support people in realizing their mission and grounding their vision. His work integrates current and emerging insights in organizational development and learning, systems thinking, leadership, diversity, creativity and philosophy. He is currently authoring a book on talent acquisition excellence.