Behind the Screens: Conversations with Background Screening Pros hosted by Les Rosen
by Les Rosen
Episode 78: UK/EU Powerhouse Roundtable with Caroline Smith, Diane…
About this podcast
"Behind the Screens" is a podcast that brings you up close and personal with the people in the background screening industry. Hosted by Les Rosen, each episode features in-depth, human-interest interviews with a diverse range of guests—including business executives, employees with extensive screening experience, vendors who serve the industry, and legal and compliance experts.
These conversations dive into the personal stories and insights of those who know the industry best, offering a fresh perspective on the people driving background screening. Whether you are part of the industry or just curious, "Behind the Screens" delivers authentic, non-marketing-focused stories from the world of background checks.
Your host: Les Rosen is an Attorney, former owner of a screening firm, the chair of the steering committee that founded PBSA and the first co-chair of PBSA, as well as author of the "Safe Hiring Manual," and frequent presenter nationwide.
According to attorney and industry veteran Vince Pascarella, "For those of you who don't know, Les Rosen was the chief architect of the PBSA predecessor NAPBS, and its first Chair and unofficial Executive Director. Simply put, no Les Rosen then, no PBSA today."
For more information, see: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lesterrosen/
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Episodes
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- Episode 78: UK/EU Powerhouse Roundtable with Caroline Smith, Diane Shepherd and Valerie Bertrand · 57 min · Season 1 Episode 78Send us Fan Mail Three experts and three countries, and not one of them planned a career in background screening. In this special roundtable I'm joined by Caroline Smith, who…
- Episode 77: Industry Boosters: Joe Dardano and John Lawrence on Earning Your Place in Background Screening · 50 min · Season 1 Episode 77Send us Fan Mail One started out writing record store ads in South Florida. The other spent 18 years as a teacher, including years as a missionary teacher in inner-city…
- Episode 37: Nancy Alt Explains Why Compliance Begins with People, Not Paper · 48 min · Season 1 Episode 37Send us Fan Mail What does it take to shape an entire industry from the inside out—while mastering compliance, leading operations, and serving the public good? It takes vision…
- Episode 76: Nina French on 30 Years in Drug Testing, Why the Industry Loses Sight of Its Mission, and How to Build a Career That Lasts · 50 min · Season 1 Episode 76Send us Fan Mail Nina French is the founder of Inflection Point, a consulting practice focused on product development, innovation, and the future of human capital management…
- Episode 75: Be Kind, Stay Curious, and Never Stop Growing: Bon Idziak's 28 Years of Hard-Won Lessons in Background Screening · 54 min · Season 1 Episode 75Send us Fan Mail Bon Idziak has 28 years in the background screening industry spanning CIC, First Advantage, Applicant Insight, Checkr, and Accurate Background. He served five…
- Episode 74: Kevin Bachman on What 25 Years in Background Screening Actually Teaches You · 48 min · Season 1 Episode 74Send us Fan Mail If you are in a decision-making role in this industry and you are waiting for a law, a court case, or a webinar to tell you what to do next, Kevin Bachman has a…
- Episode 73: How David Robillard Brought Real Background Screening Standards to Latin America and What It Took to Make It Stick · 36 min · Season 1 Episode 73Send us Fan Mail David Robillard is the co-founder of MultiLatin, the firm widely credited with bringing professional background screening standards to Mexico, Central America…
- Episode 72: Vivek Khanna on Building Neeyamo Into a Global Screening Powerhouse & Why the Cost of Saying No Is Always Too High · 45 min · Season 1 Episode 72Send us Fan Mail I have known Vivek Khanna for years. I see him at every PBSA conference, and I always wondered how someone becomes the person who figured out international…
- Episode 64: The Queen of Screen: Tammy Cohen on Building Infomart, PBSA, and 35 Years in Background Screening · 44 min · Season 1 Episode 64Send us Fan Mail Tammy Cohen is the founder and Chief Visionary Officer of Infomart and one of the most celebrated names in background screening. Known across the industry as the…
- Episode 63: Patti McGowan on Mentorship, Culture, and the Evolution of Background Screening · 52 min · Season 1 Episode 63Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Patti walks me through her entrepreneurial journey, starting from a typing service with an IBM Selectric III at age 21 to building a successful…
- Episode 71: Geoff Lee on 30 Years in Screening, and Why He Flies Terminally Ill Strangers to France Every Year · 54 min · Season 1 Episode 71Send us Fan Mail I told our listeners before we started recording that this particular guest could go three or four hours, and I meant it. Geoff Lee is one of the most…
- Episode 65: Todd Higey on FCRA Compliance, and Building a Background Screening Law Practice · 47 min · Season 1 Episode 65Send us Fan Mail Todd Higey is a background screening attorney based in Birmingham, Alabama with 28 years of legal experience. After a decade and a half of litigation work and…
- Episode 66: Jamie Pelchat on Compliance, Operations, and Leading With Fairness · 39 min · Season 1 Episode 66Send us Fan Mail Jamie Pelchat started her career sticking barcodes on file folders after school. She ended up VP of Delivery Transformation at HireRight and a first-term member…
- Episode 68: How Timothy Baxter Built Baxter Research Into the Gold Standard of Criminal Research · 59 min · Season 1 Episode 68Send us Fan Mail Timothy Baxter is the CEO and founder of Baxter Research, a wholesale criminal research firm he built from the ground up in San Francisco in the mid-1990s and…
- Episode 70: The Veterans Panel: Matt O'Connor, Wanda Hess & Rory Bogdon · 60 min · Season 1 Episode 70Send us Fan Mail I've been lucky enough to talk to a lot of impressive people on this podcast, but this one was a little different. These three didn't just work in background…
- Episode 69: Remembering Mike Sankey · 50 min · Season 1 Episode 69Send us Fan Mail Today we are honoring and remembering my good friend Mike Sankey, a man who shaped this industry and shaped the people in it, myself included. Mike Sankey…
- Episode 67: The Background Screening Collective: Izzy Stapleton, Jamie Frankos, Megan Martinson & Robin Shaffer · 57 min · Season 1 Episode 67Send us Fan Mail I have to be honest with you, I was not sure what to expect going into this one. Four guests, a panel format, all of them colleagues and friends with each other…
- Episode 62: Women in Screening: Journeys, Growth, and Mentorship · 1 h 7 min · Season 1 Episode 62Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Behind the Screens, I sit down with an incredible panel of women leaders across the background screening industry to talk about how they built…
- Episode 61: Compliance, Curiosity, and Career Growth with Jennifer Daimon · 50 min · Season 1 Episode 61Send us Fan Mail In this episode of Behind the Screens, I speak with Jennifer Daimon, VP of Compliance and In-House Counsel at AccuSourceHR. Jennifer’s journey into the…
- Episode 60: How a Passion for Politics Built a Career in Background Screening · 54 min · Season 1 Episode 60Send us Fan Mail Dan Shoemaker did not start in background screening. He began his career in politics and public policy, working on campaigns, serving in Virginia state…







