JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2008 Fall Speaker Series at Syracuse University continues Oct. 1 with Larry O’Donnell

JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2008 Fall Speaker Series at Syracuse University continues Oct. 1 with Larry O’DonnellSeptember 29, 2008Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu

The JPMorgan Chase 2008 Fall Speaker Series will continue on Wednesday, Oct. 1, with Larry O’Donnell, vice president of human resources for the company in India. O’Donnell will present on the topic “Working Experience in India” at 12:30 p.m. in the Katzer Collaboratory, located in Hinds Hall. The event is open to the public.

O’Donnell has been employed in human resources at JPMorgan Chase for the past 26 years. His experiences include management roles in benefits, recruiting, development and talent management. In addition, he has held positions as an HR business partner in various businesses and functions within the firm, including middle market banking, credit and compliance, audit, general services, global trading operations and systems, and the mortgage company.

His most recent role with the firm in the credit card business included being the human resources business partner for all operations and managing global solutions, which included the India operations as well as the start-up for the credit card call center in the Philippines.

O’Donnell moved to India two years ago to head the HR team of more than 80 professionals supporting 10,000+ employees in every line of business in the firm.

He is a certified global human resources professional with the Society for Human Resource Management and has served on its India Business Advisory Council for the past two years.

The next speaker in the series is Kim Davis, president of the JPMorgan Chase & Co. Foundation, who will be the keynote speaker at the Diversity Summit dinner on Oct. 6.

About the JPMorgan Chase & Co. Speaker Series

In support of its partnership with Syracuse University, JPMorgan Chase & Co. created a speaker series to share the expertise of its employees with the SU campus. These practitioners bring a wealth of relevant industry perspective that keeps faculty and students in tune with industry developments and current on workplace issues.

About the partnership

In June 2007, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Syracuse University established a unique corporate-university collaboration and joint venture. The purpose of the collaboration is to develop education and work experience innovations in the area of financial services information technology, leveraging each other’s knowledge and expertise in the building of a best in class curriculum for entry level technologists and to collaborate on projects of joint interest that provide value to both organizations and to society. For more information about JPMorgan Chase and Co. or the Syracuse-JPMorgan Chase & Co. Partnership, visit http://globaltech.syr.edu.

About JPMorgan Chase & Co.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is a leading global financial services firm with assets of $1.8 trillion, operations in more than 60 countries and more than 180,000 employees. JPMorgan Chase & Co. is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers, small business and commercial banking, financial transaction processing, asset management and private equity. Under the JPMorgan and Chase brands, the firm serves millions of consumers in the United States and many of the world’s most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients.