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HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations with Laura Baldwin | Nov 20, 2020 - 8 AMLaura Baldwin began working with O’Reilly Media in October 2001 as Chief Financial Officer and added Chief Operating Officer to her responsibilities in October 2004. She became O’Reilly’s first President in March 2011 and is currently responsible for O’Reilly’s businesses worldwide. Prior to O’Reilly, she was a consultant to the publishing industry through BMR Associates, and managed several large consulting engagements across all genres of publishing and media.
Laura’s media career started at Chronicle Books, the publisher of popular culture, art, and children’s books as well as gift products, where she served as CFO for ten years, estab...
2020-11-2029 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Michael Carden, JoyousHQ |Nov 13, 2020-8AMMike Carden is the co-founder of Joyous – the inventor of Open Employee Feedback, used by the world's largest employers. Mike Carden is an HR futurist. In 2006 he founded Sonar6, a revolutionary re-engineering of performance management software, under the moniker of ‘at last, performance reviews that don’t suck.' Sonar6 was acquired by Cornerstone OnDemand in 2012. Subsequently, Mike was involved in a huge range of leading-edge tech projects all the time keeping a very keen eye on how technology changes how we all work. This lead to co-founding Joyous in 2018, with a purpose of "making life better for working people...
2020-11-1325 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Mike Gioja, Paychex | Nov 6, 2020-8AMMike Gioja is the senior vice president of IT and product development at Paychex. He leads the development of all Paychex applications including the company’s full-scale human capital management (HCM) offering, Paychex Flex. Committed to delivering highly available, effective, and secure solutions to help clients and Paychex employees succeed, Gioja also oversees all internal corporate applications, IT projects, and security processes. Combining innovative software-as-a-service (SaaS) technology, and a mobile-first design, with the strong culture of service at Paychex, Gioja looks to empower America’s businesses with solutions that help them do what they want – when, where, and how they want.
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2020-11-0632 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Jeanne Achille,| Oct 23, 2020 - 8 AMJeanne Achille chairs the Women in HR Tech Summit at the annual HR Technology Conference & Exposition as well as at the HR Festival Asia in Singapore. Founder and CEO of The Devon Group, Jeanne has more than 25 years of HR technology sales, marketing and PR experience. She has helped design and launch thousands of products in the HR tech category including sourcing, recruiting, onboarding, HRMS/payroll, relocation, talent management, succession planning and coaching solutions. Follow her on Twitter and connect on LinkedIn.
2020-10-2332 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Henry Vasquez & Ike Bennion | 10/2/20 8 AMHenry Vasquez leverages his entrepreneurial spirit and more than 10 years of experience in software development to lead product initiatives around employee skills and capabilities at Cornerstone. As Principal Product Manager for Cornerstone’s Performance and Careers solutions, Henry is responsible for building solutions to enhance the employee lifecycle. Henry is most passionate about creating intuitive platforms that help people be extraordinary at work. Prior to joining Cornerstone, he worked at SpaceX as the Product Manager of Knowledge Management and successfully founded and sold his own company.
Ike Bennion is a seasoned marketing executive with an extensive background in talent management an...
2020-10-0232 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Ken Matos, Culture Amp | Sep 25, 2020-8AMKenneth Matos, Ph.D. is Director of People Science, Customer at Culture Amp. He leads a global team of psychologists and researchers who provide clients with actionable advice on collecting, understanding, and acting on employee feedback through evidence-based methodologies. Dr. Matos educates and coaches the Culture Amp community and speaks to mainstream media on the strategic impact of emerging trends in workplace culture and employee experience.
Prior to Culture Amp, Dr. Matos provided technical and strategic leadership on a wide range of workforce research and consulting projects. His research covers issues of diversity and inclusion, employee wellbeing, leadership, and organizational...
2020-09-2528 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ David Karandish,Capacity|Sep 18 2020-8AMDavid Karandish is Founder & CEO of Capacity – an enterprise artificial intelligence SaaS company headquartered in St. Louis, MO. Capacity’s secure, AI-native support automation platform helps teams do their best work.
Prior to starting Capacity, David was the CEO of Answers Corp. He and his business partner Chris Sims started the parent company of Answers in 2006 and sold it to a private equity firm in 2014 for north of $900m.
David lives in St. Louis with his wife, Erin and four kids. When not working, he enjoys spending time with his family and playing ukulele.
2020-09-1829 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Ben Waber, PhD, Humanyze | Sep 11,2020-8AMBen Waber, PhD, is the president and co-founder of Humanyze, a workplace analytics company. The Humanyze AI platform and one of a kind Humanyze Organizational Health Score provide the world’s most comprehensive objective measurement of the workday and the group collaboration behaviors that lead to an effective and healthy organization. Our SaaS-based analytics, benchmarks, and indicators are used by enterprises to inform and accelerate their Operational, HR, Workplace, and Digital Transformation initiatives. He is a visiting scientist at the MIT Media Lab, previously worked as a senior researcher at Harvard Business School, and received his Ph.D. in organizational sc...
2020-09-1128 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHREXaminer Executive Conversations w/ Dave Weisbeck, Visier | Aug 28, 2020 - 8AMA seasoned software executive, Dave Weisbeck’s experience ranges from building development teams to growing multi-billion dollar businesses as a General Manager. With twenty years in the information management and analytics industry, Dave’s prior roles include developing Crystal Decisions and Business Objects products and product strategy. Most recently Dave was the Senior Vice President and General Manager responsible for Business Intelligence, Enterprise Information Management, and Data Warehousing at SAP. Dave holds a position on the HR.com Advisory Board.
2020-08-2831 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Kelly Robinson | Aug 21, 2020 - 8 AMKelly has spent the last 25 years in recruitment and recruitment technology, during which time he has grown, integrated, bought, and sold businesses in both the UK and US.
Founder of RedDot Media. A recruitment advertising agency with a particular skill in programmatic advertising campaigns.
Co-Founder of Paiger.co A platform used by recruitment agencies worldwide to advertise jobs in the most engaging way.
He founded Broadbean Inc 2001, which he sold to DMGT in 2008, launched in the US 2009, and lead the strategic acquisition by CareerBuilder in 2014.
2020-08-2136 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations with Cecile Alper-Leroux | Aug 14, 2020-8 AMCecile Alper-Leroux is vice president of product innovation at Ultimate Software. She is a keynote speaker, author of From Dissonance to Resonance, and a visionary on HR trends and global strategies. An economic anthropologist with more than 20 years of industry experience, she focuses on helping companies design person-centered experiences that enable all people to achieve highly purposeful and productive work lives. A recognized voice in the HCM industry, Cecile has been featured in Forbes, HuffPost, HR Magazine, HRD Canada TV, and The Wall Street Journal; she was named a Top HR Influencer of 2019 by FitSmallBusiness.com, a Top 100 Influencer by...
2020-08-1437 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Kevin Parker, HireVue | Aug 7, 2020 - 8 AMKevin Parker, CEO and Chairman of the Board of HireVue.
Kevin Parker is the CEO Chairman of the Board of HireVue. Previously, he was a Co-Founder and Senior Operating Principal of Bridge Growth Partners. He also serves as Chairman of Salient CRGT, a Bridge Growth Partners portfolio company. He is a recognized corporate leader in the technology industry, particularly in the information solutions and software sectors.
Parker most recently served as CEO of Deltek, a leading global provider of enterprise software and information solutions. He was named "Entrepreneur of the Year" at the 2012 Ernst and Young Awards for the software...
2020-08-0729 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Dave Weisbeck, Visier | Jul 24, 2020- 8AMA seasoned software executive, Dave Weisbeck’s experience ranges from building development teams to growing multi-billion dollar businesses as a General Manager. With twenty years in the information management and analytics industry, Dave’s prior roles include developing Crystal Decisions and Business Objects products and product strategy. Most recently Dave was the Senior Vice President and General Manager responsible for Business Intelligence, Enterprise Information Management, and Data Warehousing at SAP. Dave holds a position on the HR.com Advisory Board.
2020-07-2429 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Martha Bird, ADP - July 17, 2020 - 8 AM PTMartha Bird is a Business Anthropologist working in ADP’s Roseland Innovation Lab. Since receiving her Ph.D. in Anthropology, Martha has helped global brands create meaningful services, experiences, and products by both questioning and responding to the social and cultural dynamics of technology. Today, she supports innovation in global product development to ensure future generations of ADP HCM technologies are informed by the wisdom of human cultures and the everyday encounters out of which new practices take shape, evolve and transform the way we work.
2020-07-1729 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Stacey Harris | July 10th, 2020 - 1:15 PMStacey Harris is the Chief Research Officer and Managing Partner at Sapient Insights Group and Lead Researcher for the Sierra-Cedar / Sapient Insights HR Technology Survey.
2020-07-1033 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Don Weinstein, ADP - June 26th, 2020 - 8AMDon Weinstein leads ADP’s Global Product & Technology team, overseeing client-facing product development and internal technology (CIO/CTO) operations. In this role, Don is responsible for ensuring that the GPT organization is aligned with ADP’s strategic goal of becoming the world’s leading provider of HCM solutions. Don joined ADP in 2006 as VP of Corporate Strategy and has held a variety of roles in strategy, product management and business development.
Most recently, Don served as Chief Strategy Officer of ADP, where he stood up ADP Ventures group that built organic, net-new revenue-generating businesses for ADP and also led the Global St...
2020-06-2633 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Eyal Grayevsky, Mya | June 19, 2020-8AMEyal Grayevsky is the CEO and co-founder of Mya Systems. Mya, the company’s conversational AI assistant, was launched in July of 2016 and quickly became the industry leader in addressing inefficiencies in recruiting and improving the experience for job candidates and recruiters. Prior to Mya, Eyal founded FirstJob, a job marketplace for early career talent, and worked for his family’s recruiting agency, giving him over 15+ years of expertise in the staffing and HR tech industries. Mya Systems has been recognized by CB Insight’s AI 100, AI Breakthrough Awards, Brandon Hall Awards, and Kairos Society’s K50, among others. The company is back...
2020-06-1935 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Shon Burton, HiringSolved | Jun 12th, 8 AMShon Burton is CEO of HiringSolved.
2020-06-1229 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Michael Rosenbaum, Arena | Jun 5, 2020-8AMMike is the Founder/Chairman CEO of Arena, which applies predictive analytics and machine learning to rewire the labor market around outcomes. Arena is deployed into over 850 healthcare locations that together process approximately 2.6 million unique job applicants per year, or approximately 13% the US healthcare workforce, with clients including Mt Sinai Health System, Sunrise Senior Living, HCR Manorcare, the University of Maryland Medical System, and RWJ Barnabas. When using its technology to predict for retention, Arena has succeeded in reducing employee turnover at every single client, with a median impact of a turnover reduction by 21% at 12 months of deployment and 43% at 24 mont...
2020-06-0532 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Yvette Cameron, Velocity Career LabsYvette Cameron provides research and advisory services to HCM technology firms, buyer organizations and investors as Founder and Principal Analyst of NextGen Insights, LLC. She also serves as Co-Founder and EVP of Ecosystem at Velocity Career Labs, establishing the Velocity Network Foundation (VNF). VNF is an industry-consortium approach to reinventing how career records are shared across the global labor market through the development of a public, open, trusted and self-sovereign professional profile powered by blockchain technology. Prior to her current work, Yvette served as SVP Global Strategy at SAP SuccessFactors, GM/VP Saba Learning and Performance, VP Product at Oracle...
2020-05-2933 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Simon Oldham, QJumpers | May 20, 2020-8AMSimon is the CEO and Co-founder of QJumpers Recruitment Software.
He helped to start QJumpers in 2005 out of his home country - New Zealand. Before this, Simon was based in Singapore as the Asia Pacific Sales and Marketing Manager for a large Swiss multi-national company as well as holding other technical roles within the company. His current responsibilities include overall company management, product strategy and he is still actively involved in product management.
QJumpers recently rebuilt its entire platform using state of the art technology and opened its United States head office in Plano, Texas.
2020-05-2021 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Ian Bailie, Insight222 | May 15, 2020 -8AMIan Bailie is a Director at Insight222 where he is the Managing Director of the myHRfuture Academy. He is also an advisor and consultant for start-ups focused on HR technology and People Analytics, including Adepto (now acquired by Degreed) and Worklytics. In his previous role as a Senior HR Director at Cisco Systems, he was responsible for delivering the tools and insights to enable and transform the planning, attraction and management of talent across the organisation globally. Ian is passionate about HR technology and analytics and how to use both to transform the employee experience and prepare companies for the F...
2020-05-1527 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Christian Sendler, Giraffe | May 8 - 8 AMChristian Sendler is a Co-Founder and the CTO at Giraffe. Founded in 2019, Giraffe offers an innovative SaaS platform for people insights and employee performance management, helping organizations transform their perspective on talent and drive stronger, more predictable performance across their teams. He is passionate about software’s ability to reinforce and build new, human connections while empowering individuals to engage with work as their authentic selves. Prior to founding Giraffe, Christian spent years in the technology sector working in Product and Project Management, Sales, and SaaS Implementations roles with companies such as PwC, Uber, and Yext. Christian received his Bachelor’s de...
2020-05-0831 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Stacy Chapman, Swoop Talent |May 1, 2020Stacy Chapman, CEO, Swoop Talent
Stacy Chapman is the CEO and co-founder of SwoopTalent, an automated talent data management platform. Stacy has been in HR tech for more than 25 years, in many, many different roles, including being a proud PeopleSoft alum. Her long term obsession with data has morphed lately to include a more broad focus on bias, AI and what redirects technology from a utopic to a dystopic outcome (and vice versa). She is an immigrant in San Francisco who loves food, adores dogs, collects spectacles and is deeply, deeply squeamish about cane toads.
2020-05-0126 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ David Green, Insight222 | Apr 24, 2020-8AMDavid Green is a globally respected writer, speaker, conference chair, and executive consultant on people analytics, data-driven HR and the future of work. As a Managing Partner and Executive Director at Insight222, he helps global organisations create more cultural and economic value through the wise and ethical use of people data and analytics. David is also host of the Digital HR Leaders Podcast, which is hosted on myHRfuture.com, an online knowledge academy for HR professionals on people analytics, digital HR and the future of work.
2020-04-2431 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Martha Bird, ADP | Apr 17, 2020 - 8 AMMartha Bird is a Business Anthropologist working in ADP’s Roseland Innovation Lab. Since receiving her Ph.D. in Anthropology, Martha has helped global brands create meaningful services, experiences, and products by both questioning and responding to the social and cultural dynamics of technology. Today, she supports innovation in global product development to ensure future generations of ADP's HCM technologies are informed by the wisdom of human cultures and the everyday encounters out of which new practices take shape, evolve and transform the way we work.
2020-04-1731 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Mike Hudy & Isaac Thompson, Modern HireMike Hudy, Chief Science Officer at Modern Hire, is an industry expert in predictive modeling using human capital data with more than two decades of experience in experiment design and talent analytics. Mike is skilled in deciphering the complexities and ambiguities of talent acquisition to create the practical, effective and satisfying solutions that clients and candidates deserve.
Isaac Thompson, Principal Data Scientist at Modern Hire, pushes the boundaries of AI applied to assessments and interviews. His creative blend of advanced AI with traditional psychometrics has propelled the use of ethical AI in hiring and has won the Innovations in Selection a...
2020-04-1035 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Charles Hipps, Oleeo | Apr 3, 2020 -8AMCharles Hipps founded Oleeo 25 years ago, launching the world's first e-recruitment solution. An innovator by nature, Charles has never stopped looking for new ways to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of talent acquisition. In recent years this includes the application of AI and automation in recruiting. He sees this Recruiting Enablement as a game changer for leaders, and the future of talent acquisition.
A graduate from Oxford University, Charles has lived all over the world. Known (by some) as Fishy or The Wave, you can find him in the pool or sea most days and he has swam with dolphins a...
2020-04-0329 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Jason Averbook, Leapgen | Mar 20,2019-8 AMJason Averbook is a global keynote speaker, industry analyst, thought leader and consultant in the area of human resources and workforce experience. He is the Co-founder and CEO of Leapgen, a digital transformation shaping the future of work. Author of The Ultimate Guide to a Digital Workforce Experience ~ Leap for a Purpose, Jason seeks to broaden executive mindset to rethink how to better design and deliver employee services that exceed the expectations of the workforce and the needs of the business.
Prior to founding Leapgen, Jason served as the CEO of The Marcus Buckingham Company (TMBC). In 2005, he co-founded Knowledge In...
2020-03-2036 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Randy Womack, Socrates | Mar 13, 2020-8 AMRandy Womack, CEO, Socrates.ai
30+ years of SaaS/healthcare/operations expertise, three IPOs, thoughtful/strategic thinker
“Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen.” —Socrates
“We are building a new technology platform dedicated to making people feel connected, valued, and so much more significant than their employee id. We are on our way to simplifying all the departmental and point solutions and making the employee experience awesome and it starts with technology focused on serving the workforce first. Our employers are the single most important community in our lives after friends and family and offe...
2020-03-1331 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations with Henry Albrecht, Limeade | 3/6/20 - 8 AMHenry founded Limeade in 2006 and has led the company from an idea in his basement to a high-growth, industry-leading SaaS employee engagement company that serves some of the smartest companies in the world.
Before Limeade, Henry served as VP of Product Management at Bocada, an enterprise software company and a product, marketing and business leader at Intuit, where he launched a number of successful new business initiatives.
2020-03-0630 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Mike Psenka, Moovila | Feb 28, 2020-8 AMMike founded Moovila in 2012 to create technologies that would enable the next stage of digital transformation in work. Prior to Moovila, Mike founded eThority, an award-winning business intelligence and analytics company, which was acquired by Equifax, and under Mike’s leadership scaled into a segment leader in the compliance arena.
He graduated from Princeton University with a degree in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and holds multiple technology patents related to the products and services produced by his companies. Mike’s passions are family, all things geek-related, and building a culture of humor and respect within his company.
2020-02-2830 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations with Tracey Burns, OECD | Feb 21, 2020 - 8 AMTracey Burns is a Senior Analyst in the OECD's Centre for Educational Research and Innovation. She heads a portfolio of projects including Trends Shaping Education, 21st Century Children and Innovative Teaching for Effective Learning. Her most recent OECD publication is Educating 21st Century Children: Emotional Well-Being in the Digital Age. She was also responsible for the future thinking tool: Trends Shaping Education 2019.
Previous to her time at the OECD she worked on social determinants of health and well-being. As a Post-Doctoral Fellow at The University of British Colombia, Dr. Burns led a research team investigating newborn infants' responses to language, a...
2020-02-2129 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Viktor Mirovic, Keen Corp|Feb 14, 2020-8AMWith over 10 years of work experience basically spread between Asia and Europe, Viktor has always pursued the road less traveled. With a background in business administration and a broad interest in business dynamics, Viktor fosters a genuine curiosity in why "things are as they are". Meanwhile, he loves to touch the scales of risk and return as this is what drives dreams...
He aims to combine his experience in venture capital & corporate finance with his strong interest in technology ventures where he can deploy his enterpreneurial drive to facilitate value acceleration projects for clients. Connect this competency with a passion...
2020-02-1428 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Liz Wessel, WayUp | Feb 7, 2020 - 8 AMLiz Wessel, Co-founder & CEO at WayUp
Liz Wessel loves helping people get hired. She is the Co-Founder and CEO of WayUp, the go-to platform used by millions of early-career professionals to get hired, and by thousands of employers to scale their early-career recruiting without scaling their recruiting teams—all with an emphasis on diversity and candidate experience.
Founded in July 2014, WayUp is a venture-backed startup based in NYC that has raised over $30M and was named by CNN as one of the 30 most innovative companies changing the world. WayUp has worked with top companies—including Fortune 500s, startups, and nonprofits—to help...
2020-02-0729 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Chris Havrilla, Bersin by Deloitte| Jan31Chris leads the HR technology and solution provider strategy and research practice for Bersin, Deloitte Consulting LLP—helping to demystify the ever-changing HR Tech landscape for their corporate and solution provider members. She has worked diligently through her career with business and HR leaders on radically their improving organizations, talent, and leadership using technology as a catalyst-- as well as the vendors who serve them. She has also worked both as an internal HR & HR technology/strategy practitioner, and an external consultant/adviser. With a unique blend of technical, HR practitioner, business and vendor experience, she laughingly describes herself as a...
2020-01-3130 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Viktor Mirovic, Keen Corp|Jan 24, 2020-8AMWith over 10 years of work experience basically spread between Asia and Europe, Viktor has always pursued the road less traveled. With a background in business administration and a broad interest in business dynamics, Viktor fosters a genuine curiosity in why "things are as they are". Meanwhile, he loves to touch the scales of risk and return as this is what drives dreams...
He aims to combine his experience in venture capital & corporate finance with his strong interest in technology ventures where he can deploy his enterpreneurial drive to facilitate value acceleration projects for clients. Connect this competency with a passion...
2020-01-2400 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Athena Karp, HiredScore | Jan 17, 2020-8AMAthena Karp is the founder and CEO of HiredScore, an artificial intelligence HR technology company that powers the global Fortune 500. HiredScore leverages the power of data science and machine learning to deliver deep hiring efficiencies, enhance talent mobility, and help organizations adapt for the future of work. HiredScore has won best-in-class industry recognition and honors for best solution delivering business value and transformation in the HR industry.
Prior to founding HiredScore, Athena was an investor in New York, most recently at Altaris Capital, where she managed and sourced healthcare investments in highly regulated data environments. Previously, she was an Investment Banker...
2020-01-1731 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Mike Gioja, Paychex | Dec. 20, 2019-8 AMMike Gioja is the senior vice president of IT and product development at Paychex. He leads the development of all Paychex applications including the company’s full-scale human capital management (HCM) offering, Paychex Flex. Committed to delivering highly available, effective, and secure solutions to help clients and Paychex employees succeed, Gioja also oversees all internal corporate applications, IT projects, and security processes. Combining innovative software-as-a-service (SaaS) technology, and a mobile-first design, with the strong culture of service at Paychex, Gioja looks to empower America’s businesses with solutions that help them do what they want – when, where, and how they want.
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2019-12-2028 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Joe Hanna, Workforce Logiq |Dec 13 -8 AMJoe Hanna joined the executive team as Chief Strategy Officer, Workforce Logiq and Managing Director, ENGAGE Talent in October 2019 with the acquisition of ENGAGE.
Joe founded ENGAGE in 2015 and served as the company’s Chief Executive Officer leveraging his long experience in enterprise applications, predictive analytics, and building technology businesses.
He previously held executive positions with both Fortune 500 companies as well as startups. Joe is obsessed with taking on tough challenges – including connecting the dots between the millions of data feeds we process every day – or navigating grueling offshore sailing races!
Joe holds a B.Sc. in Software Engineering from Alexan...
2019-12-1331 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Elizabeth Clarke, LRP | Dec 6, 2019 - 8AMElizabeth Clarke is executive editor of Human Resource Executive. She earned a journalism degree from the University of Florida and then spent more than 25 years as a reporter and editor in South Florida before joining HRE. Elizabeth lives with her family in Palm Beach County. She can be reached at eclarke@lrp.com.
2019-12-0632 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Drew D’Agostino & Greg Skloot, CrystalDrew D’Agostino is the CEO of Crystal. Previously, Drew was CTO of Attend.com, an event management software company. He is a thought leader on Personality AI and has been featured in Inc, Fortune, CNN, Fast Company, MIT Technology Review, Wired, and the Guardian.
Greg Skloot is the President & COO of Crystal and a passionate evangelist for leveraging AI to help people understand anyone’s
personality and build stronger relationships. Previously, Greg was Vice President of Growth at fitness-technology startup Netpulse, which was acquired by eGym in 2018 and the CEO of Attend.com.
2019-11-1531 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations with Ellen Nussbaum, Humanyze|Nov 8,2019 8 AMEllen Nussbaum is the Chief Executive Officer at Humanyze. Previously, she was the Senior Vice President of Services and Customer Success at Veracode; she also led consulting and technical teams at software firms including Fidelity Information Services, ProfitLogic, and Oracle. Ellen holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, and serves on the Board of Advisors of WGBH, a leader in public broadcasting and content creation.
2019-11-0830 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Eric Sydell, ModernHire | 10-25-19 - 8 AMEric Sydell is the EVP of Innovation at Modern Hire and oversees all research and product innovation initiatives, including the data science-focused Labs team. He is passionate about applying machine learning, and deep learning in particular, to candidate data to more effectively match candidates with career opportunities. Eric is highly motivated to show the power of these new AI-based technologies and guide them to ensure they benefit individuals as well as organizations. He writes extensively on and has spoken around the world on these topics. Eric is one of the founders of Shaker and has a Ph.D. in Industrial...
2019-10-2530 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Don Sull, CultureX | Oct 18, 2019-8 AM PTDon is a Senior Lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management, where he teaches strategy, serves on the committee overseeing MIT's Master of Business Analytics program, and co-founded and co-directed the X-Lab to run randomized controlled trials in organizations. In 2019 he co-founded CultureX, an AI-driven data analytics company that helps organizations measure and improve their cultures. CultureX recently launched the Culture 500 in partnership with Glassdoor and MIT, which measures the corporate cultures of 500 of the largest employers in America.
Sull was formerly a Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School and the London Business School. He earned h...
2019-10-1831 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Judd Kessler & Corinne Low | Oct 11 - 8 AMJudd Kessler is an Associate Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy at the Wharton School. He received a B.A. in Economics from Harvard University in 2004, an M.Phil. in Economics from Cambridge University in 2005, and a Ph.D. in Business Economics from Harvard University in 2011. In his research, Judd uses a combination of laboratory and field experiments to answer questions in Public Economics, Behavioral Economics, and Market Design. He investigates the economic and psychological forces that motivate individuals to contribute to public goods, with applications including organ donation, worker effort, and charitable giving. He also investigates market design...
2019-10-1128 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations with Kyle Jackson, Talespin | Sep 27 - 8 AMKyle Jackson is the co-founder and CEO of Talespin, an enterprise software solutions company that leverages immersive technology to transform the way global workforces learn, work, and collaborate. A prolific entrepreneur and prominent public speaker, Kyle has founded and led five successful companies spanning enterprise software, media technology, and IT infrastructure, including two successful company exits.
2019-09-2732 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations: Jeanne AchilleJeanne Achille
2019-09-1601 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Don Weinstein, ADP | Sep 13Don Weinstein, leads ADP’s Global Product and Technology team, overseeing client-facing product development and internal technology (CIO/CTO) operations. In this role, Don is responsible for ensuring that the GPT organization is aligned with ADP’s strategic goal of becoming the world’s leading provider of Human Capital Management solutions.
Don joined ADP in 2006 as VP of Corporate Strategy and has held a variety of roles in strategy, product management and business development.
Most recently, Don served as Chief Strategy Officer of ADP, where he stood up the ADP Ventures group that built organic, net-new revenue-generating businesses for ADP and als...
2019-09-1327 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Christy Whitehead, Engage Talent | Sep 6Christy is the Chief Talent Economist at ENGAGE Talent. She leads the development of the science behind ENGAGE's predictive algorithms and machine learning models as well as the product as a whole. Christy holds a PhD in Economics from Clemson University and has focused her career on employment and labor economics.
Her previous experiences include key data science roles with PeopleMatter (acquired by Snag A Job) and Equifax. Christy is a frequent speaker in HR Analytics and machine learning conferences. She is also an active member of the Federal Reserve Roundtable.
2019-09-0630 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Tracey Parsons, Parsons SC | Aug 30 - 8 AMAt every intersection of the talent revolution, Tracey seized opportunities to push innovation and be the change agent. Tracey is the President at Parsons Strategic Consulting, a consultancy at the intersection of employer brand, recruitment marketing and systems to create delight for talent and brands. Tracey has extensive experience in talent strategy, social recruiting and marketing, thought leadership, brand development and consulting at companies like SmashFly, TMP Worldwide, and her own startup, CredHive. She’s also been a contributing writer at SmashFly, her own blog, Work it Daily, and Social Media Explorer.
2019-08-3029 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Darrin Lipscomb, Ferretly | Aug 23, 2019Mr. Lipscomb is a 30-year veteran in the technology industry including launching several software and consulting startups with successful exits. His companies provided unique, forward-thinking solutions focused primarily on Fortune 500 companies and government organizations at the federal and state level. Prior to launching Ferretly, a powerfully simple application that incorporates AI to mitigate employment risk, Darrin was the Global CTO for Public Safety and Smart Cities division of Hitachi Data Systems that was formed from the acquisition of his company (Avrio Group) in 2014. Mr. Lipscomb founded Avrio Group in 2003 and within 5 years became known as the premier city-wide video surveillance a...
2019-08-2329 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Andrew Marritt, OrganizationView | Aug 16Andrew is the Founder of OrganizationView, one of the earliest European People Analytics practices now specialising in workforce text analytics with their Workometry service.
Before starting OrganizationView in 2010 Andrew spent a decade in corporate HR departments managing global technology / analytics projects especially in the areas of global resourcing and employee experience. His earlier background was in the management consultancy sector.
A hands-on data scientist he learnt to program in the 70s on a kit-built home computer. He is a member of the CIPD’s advisory group on People Analytics and teaches HR Analytics as part of the leading Swiss HR Ma...
2019-08-1629 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Arthur Matuszewski, Better.comArthur leads Talent Acquisition for Better.com - a rapidly scaling direct digital lender using technology to change the way people finance their homes for the better.
Prior, Arthur led Strategic Talent Sourcing for Wayfair where he helped the leading destination for home e-commerce scale from 7,000 to 14,000+ employees within two years.
Previously, Arthur was responsible for talent strategy at innovation consultancy Fahrenheit 212 and worked in general management at the global hedge fund Bridgewater Associates.
2019-08-0229 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ John Bell, reThink Data | Jul 26, 2019-8AMJohn Bell, is the Founder and CEO of reThinkData LLC. With over 25 years of experience in the Talent Acquisition Industry as a leader in technology innovation and market delivery. John began his career in recruitment as the head of his own IT staffing firm, that reached markets nationwide. It was through this experience that John launched Boxwood Technology, Inc., one of the largest US based white-label job board platform, a SaaS provider with over 1,200 professional societies and trade associations sponsored career centers under sales and operations management.
John led the sale of Boxwood in 2015 and soon after launched reThinkData LLC a...
2019-07-2629 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Cecile Alper-Leroux, Ultimate SoftwareCecile Alper-Leroux is VP of HCM Innovation at Ultimate Software. She is a keynote speaker, author of the upcoming book, From Dissonance to Resonance, and a visionary on HR trends, hot topics, and global strategies. An economic anthropologist with more than 20 years of industry experience, she focuses on helping companies design person-centered experiences that enable all people to achieve highly purposeful and productive work lives. Cecile has been featured in Forbes, HuffPost, HR Magazine, HRD Canada TV, and The Wall Street Journal.
2019-07-1936 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Jason Roberts, Randstad SourcerightJason Roberts is the global head of technology and analytics for Randstad Sourceright. A leading authority on HR analytics and systems, Jason has more than 16 years’ experience using big data to drive recruitment strategies for Fortune 500 companies. Before his current role, Jason served as a senior vice president for strategy and standardization at Randstad Sourceright. Before Randstad, Jason worked in executive recruitment for both Accenture and Cisco Systems. Jason holds an MBA from the University of Texas at Dallas and isl a resident of the Dallas/Fort Worth area.
2019-07-1231 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations with Elaine Orler, TalVista-Jul 5, 2019-8 AMElaine Orler, TalVista
2019-07-0527 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Jamie Troiano, PredictiveHR | Jun 28-8 AMJamie is PredictiveHR’s founder and CEO. Jamie noticed-year after year, job after job - an industry wide HR data problem and attacked it with a clear vision and talented team. With 20 years experience, Jamie launched PredictiveHR in 2016; combining HR domain expertise, cutting edge technology and extreme business acumen. Jamie’s success with Fortune 500 company, Monster Worldwide and innovative technology companies, Altisource and Novo Nordisk A/S were pivotal in establishing Jamie as a leader. With rich reporting, visualization capabilities data analysis and interpretation, PredictiveHR distinguishes itself with consulting services and a dynamic HR analytics solution platform that is unmatched in t...
2019-06-2830 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Carol Leaman, Axonify | Jun 21, 2019-8 AMCarol Leaman (BA, MAcc, FCPA) is an award-winning thought leader with an impressive track record of successfully leading tech companies. Not only is she a disruptor in the corporate learning space, but she’s also the brains behind the Axonify Microlearning Platform. Prior to Axonify, Carol was the CEO of PostRank Inc., a social engagement analytics platform she sold to Google. She was also the CEO at several other technology firms, including RSS Solutions and Fakespace Systems. Carol is a celebrated entrepreneur and trailblazer (Sarah Kirke Award 2010, Waterloo Region Entrepreneur Hall of Fame Intrepid Award 2011 and the Profit500 Award for Ca...
2019-06-2129 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Jack Berkowitz, ADP-May 31, 2019-8 AM PTJack joined ADP in August 2018 as the Senior Vice President of Product Development for DataCloud. As the leader for the ADP DataCloud team Jack is responsible for ADP’s vision and approach to AI. With data across ADP’s population of nearly 30 million employee records in the US ADP has a unique position in the market to deliver unmatched insights to clients. Jack came to ADP from Oracle, where he was Vice President, Products and Data Science for Oracle’s Adaptive Intelligence program. In this role, he oversaw the market, technical and sales strategy for Oracle’s suite of next generati...
2019-05-3129 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Damon Gage, Vervoe - May 24, 2019-8 AM PTDamon is passionate about working with teams and helping them realize better ways of utilizing technology, and through understanding data. At Vervoe, Damon has channeled that passion on the hiring process with a keen concentration on diversity and inclusion. His previous experience building teams has led him to believe that job candidates should be selected based on how they perform a job, not on their background.
As a president of North America at Vervoe, Damon promotes the company’s mission, leads their go-to-market and operational strategies, and is responsible for all things customer-focused globally. Before joining Vervoe, Damon's specialty was in l...
2019-05-2427 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Joey Price, Jumpstart HR | May 3 - 8 AMJoey Price is an award-winning Human Resources executive, business coach, thought leader, and professor. He is the founder of Jumpstart: HR, LLC, an HR Consulting Practice specifically for small businesses and startups, and host of Business, Life, and Coffee, a weekly personal and professional development podcast. As the CEO of Jumpstart: HR, LLC, Joey innovates by creating HR solutions for small business owners and start-up founders who want to build better, more competitive businesses. As a podcaster on the Business, Life, and Coffee show, Joey shares carefully curated conversations on personal finance, psychology, professional development, and business for emerging professionals...
2019-05-0328 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations: Jeanne Achille, The Devon Group |4/26/19-8AMJeanne Achille chairs the Women in HR Tech Summit at the annual HR Technology Conference & Exposition as well as at the HR Festival Asia in Singapore. Founder and CEO of The Devon Group, Jeanne has more than 25 years of HR technology sales, marketing and PR experience. She has helped design and launch thousands of products in the HR tech category including sourcing, recruiting, onboarding, HRMS/payroll, relocation, talent management, succession planning and coaching solutions. Follow her on Twitterand connect on LinkedIn.
2019-04-2629 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/Ben Eubanks, Lighthouse Research|Apr 19-8AMBen Eubanks is the Principal Analyst at Lighthouse Research & Advisory and the author of Artificial Intelligence for HR: Use AI to Build a Successful Workforce.
He has developed hundreds of reports, case studies, and other resources to support his life’s mission: make HR better one HR pro at a time. Ben is the founder of upstartHR, a blog that has touched the lives of more than one million business leaders since its inception, and he also hosts “We’re Only Human,” a podcast that examines the intersection of talent and technology in the workplace.
2019-04-1928 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations with Jim Stroud, ClickIQ | Apr 12 - 8AM PTOver the past decade, Jim Stroud has built an expertise in sourcing and recruitment strategy, public speaking, lead generation, video production, podcasting, online research, competitive intelligence, online community management and training. He has consulted for such companies as Microsoft, Google, MCI, Siemens, Bernard Hodes Group and a host of startup companies. During his tenure with Randstad Sourceright, he alleviated the recruitment headaches of their clients worldwide as their Global Head of Sourcing and Recruiting Strategy. He now serves ClickIQ as its VP, Product Evangelist. (Best job ever!)
When he is not spreading the gospel of automation as it relates to job...
2019-04-1224 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Lorna Borenstein, Grokker | Apr 5-8 AM PTPrior to founding Grokker, Lorna was President of the publicly traded company, Move Inc. (NASDAQ: MOVE). She also held a number of executive positions at Yahoo! including Chief of Global Personals online dating service and Head of Marketing for their multi-billion dollar worldwide Search & Marketplace businesses (Shopping, Travel, Autos, etc.).
Lorna entered the Internet world back in 2000, when she launched eBay Canada out of her guest room in Toronto, Canada and went on to serve as eBay Inc.’s Vice President & General Manager. Lorna started her tech career at Hewlett-Packard.
2019-04-0531 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Bobby Kolba, Textio | Mar 29, 2019-8AM PTBobby Kolba is the VP of Engineering at Textio and leads the engineering, data science, and technical program management teams. He was Textio’s first employee and has done a little bit of everything as the company has grown, from building the initial prototypes of Textio’s service to doubling the team several times over. Prior to Textio, he worked at Microsoft on Office and Bing.
2019-03-2926 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Danny Abdo, Degreed | 3/22/19 - 8 AM PDTDanny Abdo is a results driven executive specializing in Learning and Talent strategy and technologies for over 20 years. Danny is currently VP of Solutions Engineering at Degreed. Prior to Degreed, Danny served as Senior Vice President in Bank of America's Global Learning Organization leading various functions including Learning Experience and Enterprise Learning Technology. Danny has led dozens of learning and talent initiatives for Fortune 500 companies throughout his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers and IBM.
2019-03-2232 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations:Stacia Garr, RedThread Research | 3/15- 8AMStacia is a researcher and thought leader on talent management, leadership, D&I, people analytics, and HR Technology. A frequent speaker and writer, her work has been featured in Fortune, Forbes, and The New York Times, among others. Stacia co-founded RedThread Research in 2018, after leading talent and workforce research for eight years at Bersin by Deloitte. Before Bersin, Stacia spent nearly five years conducting research and creating learning content for the Corporate Leadership Council, part of CEB/Gartner. She has an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s degree from the London School of Economics.
2019-03-1525 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Bonnie Tinder, Raven Intel | 3/8 -8 AM PSTBonnie Tinder, Founder & CEO is a 20+ year veteran of the HR Technology space, holding positions in HR Implementation, Marketing and Sales leadership with companies like Cornerstone, NGA HR, Ceridian and ADP. Throughout her career she helped software companies create and build sales messaging and marketing programming around software, yet continued to see customers disappointed with implementation, with few resources to make an informed decision about the consulting partner they chose… so she founded Raven Intel in April, 2018.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bonnietinder/
Quote: “As someone who has been in the HR Technology space for 20+ years, I saw a need to he...
2019-03-0829 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Richard Milam, EnableSoft| 2/22/19 8AM PSTFor over 25 years, Richard Milam has empowered leaders in financial services, healthcare, insurance, and other industries improve productivity in their organizations by recognizing and eliminating time-consuming business processes. Richard is founder and CEO of EnableSoft, an Inc. 5000 company and developer of Robotic Process Automation “robot” software known as Foxtrot. Over 500 organizations use Foxtrot by EnableSoft technology to automate tasks inside of almost any software application. He is also a regular contributor to many media outlets, including Bloomberg, CEO Magazine, TalkRadio, CNBC, American Banker, and elsewhere.
2019-02-2220 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations with Mike Erlin, AbilityMap | 2/15/19 8AM PSTMike Erlin is a human capital technology veteran & entrepreneur, with two decades experience spanning the coal-face of e-learning with DigitalThink with pioneers such as Josh Bersin, to leadership roles in innovative technology companies such as DigitalThink, Blackboard, Cornerstone & now, AbilityMap.
AbilityMap was born at the intersection of Mike’s business & athletic passions. As a former America’s Cup Sailor & Offensive Lineman for the Oregon Ducks, Erlin saw how much data went into the selection of a team of athletes & how matching the individual to the role, always hand-in-glove, was absolutely critical. Turn to hiring in the business world & there was nothin...
2019-02-1524 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Beth White, MeBeBot | Feb 8, 2019-8 AM PSTBeth White has over 15 years experience as a Human Resources professional and 10 years experience in developing software technology, with an emphasis on disrupting business processes. Beth saw an opportunity to help HR initiate AI and machine learning processes by leveraging chatbots to act as Virtual Assistants for HR. Through chatbot interactions, HR is able to obtain valuable real time data that can be used to drive employee engagement strategies.
Beth founded MeBeBot in 2018 and the HR TalkBot solution as the first step for an HR path to an AI strategies. By automating routine HR frequently asked questions, HR gains valuable time back in...
2019-02-0827 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Jason Finkelstein | Feb 1, 2019 - 8 AM PSTJason Finkelstein is an entrepreneur and technology business leader obsessed with work tech and the future of work. A computer scientist turned product manager turned strategic marketer, Jason is now the CRO of Traitify, a new category of HR tech company using personality science to change hiring for the modern era. Traitify measures personality data to radically improve candidate and employee experience, inform data-driven hiring and give value to both workers and companies across the employee lifecycle. Previously, he was CMO of publicly traded company AVG Technologies (acquired by Avast for $1.3 billion) and CMO of growth-stage company Location Labs (acquired...
2019-02-0133 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Manish Goel | Jan 25, 2019 - 7 AM PSTManish Goel is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at TrustSphere, pioneer of next-generation Relationship Analytics. Under his stewardship, the company has achieved exponential growth including successfully partnering with many of the world’s leading technology platforms such as IBM, Salesforce.com.
Manish has over 20 years of experience in the software and services sector, having started his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Strategic Change Consulting practice. He then went on to become an Investment Director at PwC Venture Partners, the firm’s London based principal investment unit. There he led the Investment Selection team and, built a personal specializiation in the Financial Serv...
2019-01-2530 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Loren Larsen | Jan 18, 2019-7 AM PSTAs Chief Technology Officer, Loren Larsen is responsible for guiding HireVue’s product direction through the product management, user experience, and engineering teams. Larsen is an award-winning technology veteran with more than 20 years of engineering and research experience. Prior to joining HireVue, Larsen led the development of innovative mobile device applications and video relay services for the deaf as director of Engineering and Mobile Products at Sorenson Communications. Earlier in his career, he served as Vice President of Engineering at Move Networks – where he was responsible for development of the Move online HD video player, which was deployed to over 50 mill...
2019-01-1828 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Christopher Butler | Jan 11, 2019-7AM PSTChris Butler is an HR data and analytics expert and consequently the founder and CEO of One Model. Chris started his career working with HR data many years ago at Infohrm, the first HR analytics software company. With hundreds of HR data warehouse deployments under the belt and the successful acquisition of Infohrm by SuccessFactors, and subsequently SAP, Chris could see that no vendor was able to scratch the itch HR departments had to build an analytics function that would first enable them and then grow with them as they matured their capabilities. One Model was born to deliver it's cu...
2019-01-1125 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations with Michael Carden | Jan 4, 2019 - 8 AM PSTMichael Carden is the founder of Joyous.
2019-01-0430 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Mike Riordan | Dec 28, 2018 - 7AM PSTMike Riordan is the Director of Sales & Operations for BenefitEd. Mike helped launch BenefitEd within the Nelnet Innovation Hub and forge a partnership with Ameritas. He has a passion for helping companies better recruit and retain talent through education benefits. Mike holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Franciscan University of Steubenville and an MBA from the University of Nebraska. Mike spent time in public accounting where he earned his CPA certificate and also spent time in service as a full time job at Boystown. He and his wife took care of high school aged girls who needed out of h...
2018-12-2827 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Michael Kannisto | Dec 21, 2018-7AM PSTMichael Kannisto is the founder of MindemicLab, a think tank that uses a Scenario Planning format to bring remarkable people together in an ongoing conversation about the future of work. He started off as a research scientist, but has spent most of his career running talent acquisition for large global organizations. Dr. Kannisto received a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Texas A&M University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Materials Science and Engineering department at the University of Michigan. He has two teenage children, and is an amateur artist.
2018-12-2129 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Erin Spencer | Dec 14, 2018 - 7 AM PSTErin Spencer is a Senior Research Analyst at Sierra-Cedar. She is responsible for the programming and data analysis of the Sierra-Cedar HR Systems Survey and the Sierra-Cedar Finance and Supply Chain Survey. She also provides Benchmarking data and writes industry White Papers, blogs, and articles based on her research. Previous experience includes research and analysis at Brandon Hall Group, learning administration at ACS Learning Services (Xerox) and instructional design and LMS selection and management at MRI. She also has experience in the non-profit sector.
2018-12-1428 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Stela Lupushor | Dec 7, 2018-7AM PSTStela Lupushor is the founder and Chief Executive Re-framer of Reframe.Work Inc., a consulting firm advising organizations on workplace inclusion in order to bring resiliency and access to talent in an environment disrupted by demographic shifts, technology, value chain disintermediation, and human behavior evolution.
She is also the Program Director, Strategic Workforce Planning and HR Business Partners Councils at The Conference Board facilitating conversations with Fortune 500 corporations-members on building new global workforce strategies to deliver business performance. Additionally, she is the Human Capital Analytics Center Leader at The Conference Board shaping its research agenda.
Stela is the Founder, Chairperson...
2018-12-0729 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations Brian Sommer | Dec 5, 2018 - 7 AM PSTEnterprise software industry analyst Brian Sommer covers the ERP, finance and HR sectors for Diginomica and other publications. Brian began his career began by re-writing a payroll/time-reporting system for a fast food chain and subsequently reworked, implemented, etc. numerous application software systems. He went on to run Accenture’s Global Software Intelligence organization where he advised hundreds of clients on software selection and shared services initiatives. Brian also headed up Accenture’s Global HR Center of Excellence and its Global Finance/Performance Management Center of Excellence.
More recently, Brian has led several HR/ERP software selections/negotiations and had been...
2018-12-0537 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Kate Bischoff | Nov 30, 2018 - 7AM PSTKate Bischoff is an enthusiastic management-side employment attorney and SHRM-SCP/SPHR-certified HR pro. She advises organizations in a wide range of industries on employment law and human resources issues, from recruitment and workplace culture to terminations. Kate is passionate about improving company culture and using technology (social media and data analytics) in the workplace. Kate speaks from experience when advising clients when administrative and court matters commence. Prior to founding tHRive Law & Consulting, Ms. Bischoff served as a Human Resources Officer for the United States Department of State at the U.S. Embassy Lusaka, Zambia and for the U.S. C...
2018-11-3033 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations Jason Finkelstein | Nov 29, 2018 - 7 AM PSTJason Finkelstein is the CMO and CRO at Traitify which is building the personality layer of the internet by re-imagining the measurement of personality. He was formerly CMO at AVG Technologies and Location Labs. Prior to Location Labs, Jason served in various product management, investment professional, and entrepreneurial roles at Funambol, Vindigo and Millennium Technology Ventures. Jason holds an MBA in Marketing and Entrepreneurship from Columbia Business School. He also holds a Bachelors in Computer Science and Economics from Duke University.
2018-11-2925 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Stacy Chapman | Nov 23, 2018 - 7 AM PSTStacy Chapman is the CEO and co-founder of SwoopTalent, an automated talent data management platform. Stacy has been in HR tech for more than 25 years, in many, many different roles, including being a proud PeopleSoft alum. Her long term obsession with data has morphed lately to include a more broad focus on bias, AI and what redirects technology from a utopic to a dystopic outcome (and vice versa). She is an immigrant in San Francisco who loves food, adores dogs, collects spectacles and is deeply, deeply squeamish about cane toads.
2018-11-2329 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Josh Jarrett, Koru | Nov 16, 2018-7 AM PSTJosh is the Co-Founder and CPO of Koru, the leader in predictive hiring. Josh is an experienced innovator and executer in people analytics and higher education technology. Prior to Koru, he led education innovation programs for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in areas such as learning analytics/big data, interactive courseware and tools, diagnostic assessments, and competency-based learning. Earlier in his career, Josh served as a consultant at McKinsey & Company, product manager at Enkata Technologies, and business planning consultant for the National Park Service.
Josh is a frequent author, presenter, and advisor to recruitment and early career-focused technology startups, college p...
2018-11-1631 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations Radio w/ Ed Donner | Nov 9, 2018-7 AM PSTEd Donner has a 20 year career in technology and financial services as a software developer and leader in New York, London and Tokyo. Before starting untapt, Donner worked at a FinTech startup and most recently as a Managing Director at JPMorgan, leading a global team of 300 technologists building risk management software. At JPMorgan, he found it incredibly difficult to hire developers, discovered that developers were also frustrated, and had an idea. Donner teamed up with scientists, leaders and serial entrepreneurs to transform the hiring process for companies and engineers alike, founding untapt in 2013. In the years since, Donner has grown the...
2018-11-0930 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Amit Mohindra | Nov 2, 2018 - 8 AM PDTAmit Mohindra is founder and CEO of People Analytics Success, the premier advisory, coaching and education firm in the people analytics space. He applies his engineering background and over 20 years of business and people analytics experience in guiding organizations and individuals toward success in their people analytics initiatives.
Amit has built and led people analytics teams at companies such as Apple and McKesson (a Fortune 13 global healthcare company). He began his professional career as a labor economist at The World Bank and has worked in business consulting and corporate HR for organizations such as Goldman Sachs, IBM, Lucent Technologies (now...
2018-11-0228 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Marc Rind, ADP | Oct 26, 2018 - 7 AM PDTMarc is responsible for leading the research and development of Automatic Data Processing’s (ADP’s) Analytics and Big Data initiative. In this capacity, Marc drives the innovation and thought leadership in building ADP’s Client Analytics platform. ADP Analytics provides its clients not only the ability to read the pulse of its own human capital…but also provides the information on how they stack up within their industry, along with the best courses of action in order to achieve its goals through quantifiable insights.
Marc was also an instrumental leader behind the small business market payroll platform; RUN Powered by ADP®. M...
2018-10-2631 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Matt Hendrickson | Oct 19, 2018-7 AM PDTMatt founded Ascendify to help visionary talent leaders at global companies simplify their complex talent management and recruiting systems. Matt brings 25-years of enterprise product leadership within the human capital industry to Ascendify. He started his career as the founder of ResumeMaker Workforce Solutions, a market-leading cloud platform that earned several patents and numerous HR awards for reimagining the candidate’s experience.
2018-10-1930 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Jason Lauritsen | Oct 12, 2018-7 AM PDTJason Lauritsen a keynote speaker, author, and consultant. He is an employee engagement and workplace culture expert who will challenge you to think differently.
A former corporate Human Resources executive, Jason has dedicated his career to helping leaders build organizations that are good for both people and profits.
Most recently, he led the research team for Quantum Workplace’s Best Places to Work program where he has studied the employee experience at thousands of companies to understand what the best workplaces in the world do differently than the rest.
Jason is the co-author of the book, Social Gravity: Harnessing the Natura...
2018-10-1227 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Radio Executive Conversations w/ Laura Bilazarian | Oct 5 - 8 AM PDTadd
2018-10-0533 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Viktor Mirovic | Oct 1, 2018 - 7 AM PDTMr. Mirovic has been active in M&A & private equity since 1994. He started his career in South-East Asia where he worked in a family office which originates, monitors, and controls the direct investment activities of a branch of one of the most internationally active Thai-Chinese families with interests ranging from real estate, trade and industrial manufacturing into consumer foods, banking & insurance and technology. Back in Europe he worked for a family office of one the premier Dutch private equity investors. During his tenure he became CFO of AND Publishers, a publicly listed software company that he successfully turned around from...
2018-10-0128 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Angela Lockman | Sept 21, 2018 - 7 AM PDTAngela has overall product responsibility for the Tax and Compliance Solutions for Equifax Workforce Solutions. The portfolio includes Unemployment Cost Management, I-9 Management, Compliance Center, Tax Form Management and Tax Credits and Incentives. In 2017, Angela was recognized as a leader in HR technology and named as one of the ”300+ Women in HR Technology Worth Watching“ by Recruitingdaily.com. Angela’s team played a key role in the development of I-9 Management’s innovative I-9 Audit and Remediation and I-9 Anywhere, which were recognized at the HR Technology Conference as one of HRE’s Top Products of the Year in 2015 and 2017 respectively. A...
2018-09-2128 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Tom Walsh | September 7, 2018 - 8 AM PDTTom Walsh is the director of data science at Kronos, where he leads the application of cutting edge Machine Learning and AI techniques to workforce data, including compliance auditing and retail business forecasting. Tom received a PhD in computer science from Rutgers University and held several research positions in academia and industry, including a research position at MIT. His work has covered diverse fields from robotics to educational modeling, and now workforce management.
2018-09-0728 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Jeanne Achille | August 31, 2018-7 AM PDTJeanne Achille chairs the Women in HR Tech Summit at the Annual HR Technology Conference (#HRTechConf) and is founder and CEO of The Devon Group. She has more than 25 years of HR technology sales, marketing, and PR experience. Jeanne has helped design and launch thousands of products in the HR tech category including sourcing, recruiting, onboarding, HRMS/payroll, relocation, talent management, succession planning and coaching solutions. Follow her on Twitter @jeanneachille and LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/jeanneachille.
2018-08-3130 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Eyal Grayevsky | Aug 24, 2018-7 AM PDTEyal Grayevsky is the CEO and co-founder of Mya Systems, formerly known as FirstJob. Mya, the company’s AI-recruiter, was launched in July of 2016 and quickly became the industry leader in addressing inefficiencies in recruiting and improving the experience for job candidates and recruiters. Mya Systems has been recognized by CB Insight’s AI 100, Bersin by Deloitte's 2017 Disruptions Report, and Kairos Society's K50, among others. Eyal's 12+ years of expertise includes co-managing his family's recruiting agency and founding FirstJob, a job marketplace for early-career talent. He is also a founding partner at DoubleTap Ventures, a community for entrepreneurs to share advice.
2018-08-2428 min
HR Examiner Podcasts with John SumserHRExaminer Executive Conversations w/ Matt Bingham | Aug 17, 2018-7 AM PDTMatt Bingham serves as the Vice President of Product Innovation and Strategy for Bridge, an employee development suite from the makers of Canvas. He is responsible for driving product vision and marketing for the business. An insatiable innovator, he builds teams and products that create solutions for today’s modern workforce. From meaningful talent management offerings to dynamic learning management systems, Matt and his team constantly challenge themselves to identify and meet unmet corporate needs while helping companies manage and develop their most valuable asset, their people.
Prior to Instructure, he served as Director of Product Marketing and Management for LAND...
2018-08-1729 min