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Bestselling author, researcher, speaker. Dad x4.
I'm an analyst and researcher covering HR/talent technology and trends. I help vendors understand their clients/prospects through advisory, custom research, and market insights. I have worked as an influencer and analyst for more than thirteen years with nine of those in an independent capacity.
My research covers two areas:
1) the broad spectrum of technologies across talent, HR, and learning to understand differentiators, problems solved, and more. I talk with 300+ vendors a year and this research was fundamental to developing my books Artificial Intelligence for HR and Talent Scarcity
2) trends and best practices within the employment world with regular published research on findings and insights. These studies have incorporated responses from tens of thousands of employers and nearly 20,000 workers in the last 10 years.
Employers work with me to understand what technologies they should be considering within their HR tech stack and for recommendations and referrals to high-quality providers and partners.
Solution providers work with me to understand buyer personas, competitive differentiators, and how to develop products that solve real problems.
I'm an award-winning speaker, and I say that because it's less about me and more about the message that combines the education and inspiration that we all need. I've been speaking for ten-plus years and enjoy making complex topics easy to understand. Events include multiple SHRM Annual Conferences, ATD TechKnowledge, HR Technology Conferences, various vendor events, state-level SHRM events, international conferences, workshops, and more.
I spent more than 10 years of my career volunteering at a local level to advance the HR profession and educate the HR professional, and I've worked since 2020 to bring HR Summer School and other educational events to the People professionals in the trenches.
One of my big passions (other than family!) is supporting a feeding and educational ministry in San Pedro Las Huertas, Guatemala. I have had the pleasure and privilege of visiting and support financial literacy and career training for young adults graduating into the challenges of the real world. A portion of the proceeds from every event and project helps to support the ministry there.