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At Best Startup US we track over 1,000,000 US startups and over 3 million people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United States based CEO’ operating in the Human Resources space. If you think a CEO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.us.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Alex Bouaziz
Co-founder & CEO of Deel
Alex Bouaziz co-founded Deel in 2018 where he now currently serves as chief executive officer. Earlier in his career, Alex has helped build startups such as Sarona Ventures, Lifeslice, and Cryptofighters. Alex is an MIT alumnus holding a master’s degree in civil and environmental engineering. He also holds a BSc in civil and environmental engineering from Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.
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About Bouaziz & Partners, Deel: Deel is a payroll and compliance platform for international employees and contractors.
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Shawn Farshchi
CEO of Topia
Shawn Farshchi is the Chief Executive Officer at Topia. Shawn brings more than 30 years of experience leading, driving and managing business, technological, organizational, and cultural transformation in highly dynamic environments. Prior to Topia, Shawn was the President and Chief Executive Officer at Saba Software, a leader in the Talent and Learning Management space. In his role as Chief Operating Officer at Coremetrics (an IBM Company), a market leader in Digital Marketing and Web Analytics delivered through a SaaS model, Shawn managed a broad range of responsibilities including product development, service operations, professional services, technical training, and customer service. Prior to Coremetrics, Shawn served as Vice President of Platform Engineering and Operations as well as the General Manager of Voice Applications at WebEx Communications Inc. (now a part of Cisco). In this role, Shawn led engineering and product development for the Voice, Video and Data Switching Platform and was responsible for all aspects of WebEx’s audio conferencing solutions. Prior to WebEx, Shawn was a Regional Vice President at Oracle, Senior Vice President of Development at BroadVision and Chief Information Officer at DHL Airways. Shawn earned his MBA in General Management and M.S. degree in Telecom both from Golden Gate University and B.S. degree in Electrical Engineering from San Francisco State University.
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About Topia: Topia is a talent mobility platform that enables employees to work remotely.
Ashutosh Garg
CEO & Co-Founder of Eightfold
Ashutosh Garg is the CEO and co-founder of eightfold.ai and a true guru of all things AI, with 10 years of information retrieval, machine learning and search experience. Previously, he was Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of BloomReach. Prior to that, he was at IBM research. He is also a prolific publisher/inventor, with a book on machine learning, 30+ papers, and 50+ patents. Ashutosh holds a BTech from IIT-Delhi and a PhD from U of Illinois UC. Ashutosh has numerous awards, including best thesis award at IIT Delhi, IBM Fellowship and outstanding researcher award at UIUC.
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About Eightfold: Eightfold is a developer of a talent intelligence platform used to help companies find, recruit, and retain workers.
Aakash Kumar
Founder & CEO of Shiftsmart
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About Shiftsmart: Shiftsmart is a labor-management marketplace connecting part-time workers with open shifts across multiple platforms.
Richard Bronson
CEO and Founder of 70 Million Jobs
Richard’s story begins on Wall Street, where he worked at several large investment banks. He became a partner at the infamous Wolf of Wall Street firm, Stratton Oakmont, then went on to found his own financial services firm, which he grew to 500 people, generating $100 million in annual revenue. Unfortunately, some of his business practices were outside the law, and despite having paid everyone back, he was convicted of securities fraud, and served two years in a federal prison. Upon release, he was destitute and homeless, but got back on his feet, and became Director of Defy Ventures, a prominent non-profit in the reentry space. In 2016, he left Defy to launch 70MillionJobs, where he serves as CEO.
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About 70 Million Jobs, Commissary Club, The Yard: 70MillionJobs is the first national, for-profit employment platform for people with criminal records.
Xuan Yong
CEO / Co-Founder of Workrise
Xuan Yong is a co-founder & CEO at RigUp, a technology company that develops a platform to support the energy workforce.
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About Workrise: Workrise is a marketplace for on-demand services and skilled labor in the energy industry.
Andres Blank
Co-founder & CEO of Fetcher
Andres started three companies in his native Venezuela, the first one, a site for college students at the age of 18 and the last one, a lumber trader and exporter with over 30 employees. He graduated from Industrial Engineering and then moved to Boston to complete his MBA at MIT. Andres started Pixable during his last year of the MBA. He is currently located in NY where he’s working full time as COO and co-founder at Pixable.
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About Fetcher, Piictu: Fetcher provides an AI-powered sourcing platform designed to automate the recruitment process.
Max Kolysh
Co-founder, CEO of Dover
Founder at dover.io, zinc.com
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About Alloy Fund, Dover, Zinc Technologies: Build your recruiting engine.
Martin Mucci
President and CEO of Paychex
Martin Mucci assumed the role of president and chief executive officer on September 30, 2010. He joined Paychex as senior vice president of operations in October 2002. In this position, he was responsible for all operations and customer service for the company’s payroll and human resource services clients, as well as the company’s product management and information technology functions. Prior to joining the company, he served as president of telephone operations for Frontier Communications, and CEO of Frontier Telephone of Rochester, N.Y. – both telecommunications services providers. Mucci holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from St. John Fisher College in Rochester, N.Y. and received a master’s degree in business administration through the Executive Development Program at the William E. Simon Graduate School of Business at the University of Rochester.
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About Paychex: Paychex together with its subsidiaries, provides payroll, human resource, and benefits outsourcing solutions for all businesses.
Mark Weidick
CEO of hiQ Labs
Mark Weidick is the CEO at hiQ Labs.
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About hiQ Labs: hiQ Labs is a data science company, informed by public data sources, applied to human capital.
Morgan Mercer
Founder, CEO of Vantage Point
Morgan Mercer is the founder of the VR-based enterprise training company, Vantage Point. Vantage Point’s suite of immersive training tools is initially aiming at tackling Anti-Sexual Harassment and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) training. Mercer was recently regarded as one of the Top 10 Female Tech Innovators [in history] by TechRadar and has been featured in 4+ dozen publications including WIRED, NPR, The Economist, Vogue and more. Mercer was regarded by the UN Women chapter as a “Champion of Change” in the ‘Era of Equity’.
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About Vantage Point: We create experiences that change the way you think. Vantage Point is the future of workforce learning.
Joseph Quan
CEOa and Founder of Knoetic
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About CPOHQ, Knoetic, Twine: Knoetic is the all-in-one platform built for Chief People Officers. Powerful people analytics & the world’s #1 CPO community (CPOHQ).
Jay Fulcher
Chairman & CEO of Zenefits
Jay is Chairman & CEO at Zenefits, a leading cloud HCM & Benefits platform focused on providing comprehensive HR, Performance, Benefits, Payroll, Time and Compliance solutions for SMB and mid-market companies. Zenefits has more than 11,000 customers across the US and leverages an impressive list of marketplace partners including Salesforce, Google, Microsoft, Slack, Uber, Asana plus dozens of others. Zenefits is an acknowledged disruptive and innovative force for helping to facilitate the changing nature of work and helping to level the playing field for SMB companies. Jay’s CEO experience includes both public and private technology companies (Zenefits, Agile, Ooyala). After its IPO in 1999, Agile was acquired by Oracle in 2007. Ooyala was acquired by Telstra in 2015. Before his years as a CEO, Jay served in senior executive roles at PeopleSoft, Red Pepper and SAP. Jay is an advisor to and investor in a broad portfolio of tech companies focused on media, enterprise, education, retail, and healthcare. Over the last 20+ years Jay has served as a director at more than a dozen public and private companies. Jay is currently an advisor at iSport360, Momentum Partners, League Network and San Jose State University’s Lucas Graduate School and College of Business. He currently sits on the boards of Zenefits, AirPR and Splice Machine.
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About Zenefits: Zenefits delivers a complete, all-mobile HR experience for small and medium businesses.
Sumir Meghani
Co-Founder & CEO of Instawork
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About Instawork: Instawork is the on-demand staffing app for gig workers and hospitality businesses.
Athena Karp
CEO & Founder of HiredScore
Athena 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 for 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 at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, focused on public technology and media companies. Athena is a member of the technology advisory board of Belmont Charter Network schools, and founder and board member of Belmont Sprouts, which builds urban gardens and healthy eating experiences. She formerly served on the board of the Community Education Alliance of West Philadelphia, a network of charter schools with over 1,000 disadvantaged students, focused on preparing youth for the workforce and a successful life. She is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers. Athena holds a BSFS in international politics from Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service. She is also actively involved in rebuilding West Philadelphia and creating a sustainable model for poverty alleviation through various boards and initiatives.
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About HiredScore: HiredScore is an artificial intelligence HR technology company that powers the global Fortune 500
Kevin Wall
Founder and CEO of PTK Capital
Kevin Wall is an American media entrepreneur, global event producer, investor and activist. He is the CEO and founder of the investment fund PTK Capital, the co-founder and co-chairman of Dreamscape Immersive, a location-based virtual reality start up, and the founder and CEO of Control Room, a Los Angeles-based production company. The first person to receive an Emmy Award for interactive content, Wall is noted for his role in the development and adoption of media technologies including online and multi-platform distribution and media practices such as international rights acquisition and licensing.
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About Control Room, Craton Equity Partners, Dreamscape Immersive, Live Earth, PTK Capital, Sustainable Holdings: PTK Capital invests in businesses that benefit the human condition in the areas of Entertainment, Wellness and their intersection.
Tom Wamberg
CEO and Co-Founder of Wamberg Genomic Advisors
CEO, Wamberg Genomic Advisors
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About Uniphy Health, Wamberg Genomic Advisors: Bringing genomic products to policyholders and employees around the world through trusted life insurance and employee benefit brokers.
Tiffany Pham
Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Mogul
Tiffany Pham is the Founder & CEO of Mogul, an award-winning worldwide platform enabling women to connect, share information, and access knowledge from each other. A coder, she developed the first version of Mogul, which now reaches 18 million women per week from over 196 countries and 30,470 cities worldwide. Mogul was named one of the Most Exciting Startups of 2016 by Business Insider, one of the Top NYC Startups to Watch by Entrepreneur Magazine, named one of the Best Websites for Finding Top Talent by Inc. Magazine, one of the Top Websites for Marketing Your Company Online by Forbes, and has been honored and recognized by Bustle, City of Fort Worth, City of New York, City of Paris, and Harvard Business School. Tiffany was named one of Forbes “30 Under 30” in Media, Business Insider “30 Most Important Women Under 30” in Technology, ELLE Magazine “30 Women Under 30 Who Are Changing the World,” Good Housekeeping “Awesome Women Award” Winner, Alice Paul “Equality Award” Honoree, Cadillac “IVY Innovator” Award Winner, SmartCEO Magazine “Smart CEO Award” Winner, “Innovation & Inclusion Award” Winner for Social Entrepreneurship, NY Business Journal “Woman of Influence” Winner, Tribeca Film Festival “Innovation Award” Fellow, and SE “Top 100 Social Entrepreneur.”
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About Columbia University in the City of New York, Discovery, Macmillan, Mogul, Mogul Global Fund, Simon & Schuster: At Mogul, our vision is to unlock the world’s greatest potential.
Kaitlyn Knopp
Founder and CEO of Pequity
Creator of systems nuts and bolts, scrubber of process, creative ideator.
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About Pequity: Pequity automates HR workflows from offers to promotions and transfers which helps companies save time, money, and talent.
Shashank Saxena
Co-Founder & CEO of VNDLY
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About VNDLY: VNDLY offers a vendor management SaaS platform that helps manage contingent workforce needs.
Ennie Lim
Co-Founder & CEO of HoneyBee
Empathy is underrated in today’s demanding world. We’re often too busy with our Instagram accounts to reflect the lives we *wish* we led to be present in the one we’re living now, one where compassion for the people around us is in short supply. My life after divorce wasn’t a pretty picture. I struggled mightily — my self esteem took a big hit, as did my finances and credit. But going through all that made me see how important it is to feel in control of your financial life, and it made me want to help others take control of theirs. HoneyBee empowers hundreds of HR leaders to provide their employees with the tools to help cover their bills, expenses and financial emergencies without relying on high interest credit cards, payday loans or raiding their retirement savings. It’s a compassionate solution offered by caring employers who want to see their employees thrive without the distraction of financial distress. I wish a solution like this had been available when I was in the depths of financial distress, and it’s a source of great pride to me now to be part of a solution that so many have come to rely on to improve their financial health. Because I’ve been there, too.
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About HoneyBee: B2B Fintech, Insurtech
David A. Reid
Founder and CEO of Ease
David Reid has 30 years of experience working in the employee benefits and group insurance industry. After working as a wholesale distributor of group-based benefit products for two major insurance companies, Mr. Reid became a consultant and agent for Unison Benefits Management, a leading provider in the Minneapolis/St. Paul marketplace that was eventually acquired by Gallagher Benefit Services Inc. In 1999, Mr. Reid was among the first to venture into the world of online technology designed for employee benefits enrollment and communication. Prior to founding EaseCentral, he founded Apprize Technology Solutions, an industry leader in benefits enrollment technology.
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About Ease: Ease is a benefits administration software designed for small businesses, insurance brokers, and insurance carriers.
Matt Sunbulli
Co-Founder & CEO of Fishbowl
Matt Sunbulli is Cofounder, CEO and Chief Product officer of Fishbowl, a a social network that connects professionals within companies and industries to have workplace conversations. Fishbowl was acquired by Recruit Holdings Co., which also owns Indeed.com and Glassdoor, in 2021. Previously he was CEO and Cofounder of Social Amp, the first CRM platform optimizing Facebook’s Open Graph for business. Social Amp was acquired by Merkle Inc., a leader in CRM database marketing, in February 2012. Matt’s work has been showcased at the Direct Marketing Association Conference and Exhibition, ad:tech Digital Marketing Conference and Facebook’s F8 Developers Conference. Social Amp’s work with Levi’s, Estee Lauder and 1-800-Flowers.com has been widely showcased in the social commerce industry. Prior to Social Amp, Matt served as a digital product manager at Viacom MTV Networks where he pioneered the release of new digital and social technologies and launched the first video blog. He is a graduate of Northwestern University in Evanston, IL.
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About Fishbowl, Fishbowl: Fishbowl is a social network that connects professionals within relevant communities to have candid and relevant conversations.
Adam Jackson
Founder & CEO of Braintrust
Adam is a serial technology entrepreneur and investor that has spent his career creating and deploying capital into software systems that make complex tasks simple and intuitive. He’s started 4 VC-backed companies and an asset management company over the last 16 years. Since August, 2017 he has served as Managing Partner & CTO of Cambrian Asset Management, a blockchain asset management company. He is also co-founder and CEO of Freelance Labs, Inc., the company building a new tokenized talent network called Braintrust which raised a $5m seed round in 2018. In 2012, he co-founded and served as CEO of Doctor On Demand, a healthcare service that provides Video Visits with board-certified physicians and psychologists. Doctor On Demand delivers services through employers, health systems, health plans, and directly to consumers and has raised $165M in VC. His previous business, DriverSide was founded in 2007 and was acquired by Advance Auto Parts in September of 2011. His first venture-backed business, MarketSquare, founded in 2004, was the first online local shopping destinations on the Internet. It was acquired by Intuit in September of 2006. He is an angel investor in 45+ companies/projects, including: LTSE, Seated, Bolt, Placer, Aktana, Skale Labs, Protocol Labs, JCTurbo, Apero Health, Rapportive, MyTime, Automatic, Womply, Superhuman and Zenefits.
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About Braintrust, Cleanshelf, Womply: Braintrust is a blockchain-powered freelancer marketplace that connects skilled tech experts with clients.
Nolan Church
Co-Founder and CEO of Continuum Technology
Nolan Church is the co-founder and CEO of Continuum.
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About Continuum Technology: Continuum Technology offers a software that manages executive availability, contracts, invoices, and payments.
Mark Pimentel
Chief Executive Officer of Kronos Research
Mark co-founded Kronos Research and acts as co-CEO. After completing his bachelors and masters in Computer Engineering at CMU, Mark started his career in Citadel Investment Group’s High Frequency Trading unit in 2006, which made $892M in 2007 and $1.15B in 2008. Next Mark went on to lead Knight Capital’s electronic market development group, now part of Virtu where Mark’s team operated the largest dark pool in the United States and Europe during that time.
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About Kronos Research, WOO Network: Kronos delivers superior trading performance and liquidity
Tigran Sloyan
Co-Founder and CEO of CodeSignal
Tigran Sloyan is the Co-Founder/CEO at CodeFights.He also Worked at Google and Oracle.He graduated in CS and Math from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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About CodeSignal, Gobeyondresumes: CodeSignal is the leading technical interview solution, helping the world #GoBeyondResumes.
Pete Lamson
CEO of JazzHR
Pete Lamson, SVP, Sales and Marketing at Carbonite. Pete Lamson oversees customer acquisition for Carbonite, including direct and channel acquisition strategy and execution for the company’s consumer and SMB lines of business. Pete has 25 years of experience with emerging growth companies, having spent the majority of his career with technology solutions designed for consumers and the global small business community. Prior to joining Carbonite, Pete served as SVP & GM for NameMedia’s SMB-focused Domain Marketplace, the largest of its kind in the world. Pete also served as Chief Operating Officer of Monster Worldwide’s consumer relocation division, helping small businesses convert new movers into lifetime customers. Pete also co-founded P.D. Circuits, an outsourced electronics manufacturing supply chain management firm. Pete holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Middlebury College. An MBA from Harvard Business School. He is Co – President & Board Member of the Dover-Sherborn, MA Soccer Club.
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About JazzHR: JazzHR is easy, powerful, and affordable recruiting software purpose-build for SMBs. SaaS ATS for masses.
Henry Shao
Co-Founder & CEO of Zippia
Henry is the founder and CEO of Zippia, Inc. Henry is a passionate technology entrepreneur who have started 4 software companies in the San Francisco Bay Area. He brought innovations to the real estate industry through Movoto.com. Prior to founding Movoto, he co-founded MediSpark, which was acquired by iScribe and then Caremark, as well as Cranite Systems, a wireless security software company. Henry has also held a number of business and product management positions at Applied Materials and FormFactor. Henry holds Master of Science degrees in both management and in engineering from Stanford University, and a Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Purdue University. https://www.zippia.com
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About Zippia: Zippia offers every person access to all of their career options and how those various paths will impact their professional lives.
Hariharan Kolam
CEO and Co-founder of Findem
Hariharan Kolam is the CEO and Co-founder of Findem (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/findem). Previously, he was the Founder and Chief Technology Officer of [Instart Logic]. Before that, he was employed at Aster Data, where he worked on all features across the entire development stack, ranging from the kernel to BI application layer. Kolam holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in computer science from Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, India, and Stony Brook University respectively.
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About Findem, Instart: Findem is a People Intelligence company that helps you search for talent like never before and make amazing hires.
Michelle Davey
Founder & CEO of Wheel
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About Wheel: Wheel is a healthcare technology company that brings together the tech infrastructure and clinicians to power virtual care and telehealth.
Firmin Zocchetto
Co-Founder and CEO of PayFit
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About PayFit: PayFit offers technology that simplifies and automates payroll and HR processes for small and medium-sized businesses.
Jerome Ternynck
Founder and CEO of SmartRecruiters
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About SmartRecruiters: SmartRecruiters is an end-to-end recruiting platform that helps companies with talent acquisition.
Bill Boebel
Founder & CEO of Pingboard
CEO and founder of Pingboard.
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About Capital Factory, Pingboard: Pingboard is a real-time, collaborative org chart that makes it easy to organize teams and workforce planning.
Sanjoe Jose
CEO & Co-founder of Talview
Sanjoe Tom Jose is a prominent thought leader in the HR Tech space and the founder & CEO of Talview. He is passionate about building technologies that make talent management at organizations more effective and efficient. Some of his innovations include AI-Powered Behavioral Insights and the world’s first Cognitive Proctoring platform. Currently, he is creating a new HR Tech category called the Instahiring Experience platform, which aimed at beating Hiring Lag with the use of AI, Cloud, and Automation technologies. A serial entrepreneur, Sanjoe founded Talview in 2017 and has been driving its vision and strategy since its inception. He is an author and well-known keynote speaker in the areas of AI, Entrepreneurship, and HR Technology. He has spoken at various international forums like Microsoft Industry Days, IBM Business Connect, StartupBridge, SEAAGE, PeopleMatters, etc., and featured in leading podcasts and magazines.
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About Interview Master, Talview: Talview offers a recruiting automation and education tech platform that enables schools to remotely screen, interview, and test students.
Sanish Mondkar
Founder & CEO of Legion Technologies
Sanish Mondkar is the Founder & CEO at Legion.
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About Legion Technologies: Legion Technologies features an AI-powered workforce management platform that optimizes labor efficiency and employee engagement.
Nate Smith
Founder & CEO of Lever
Nate is on a mission to build the next generation of enterprise software. He’s our tech visionary and the author of DerbyJS, our JavaScript framework for realtime, collaborative applications. DerbyJS is the first and only open source MVC framework that syncs all data via Operational Transformation, the same algorithm that powers Google Docs. Nate attended Olin College where he majored in electrical and computer engineering. Prior to Lever, Nate was a product manager on the Google Search team. He led the first major redesign of Google’s image search UI, which launched in July 2010.
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About Lever: Lever is a talent acquisition suite that provides talent leaders with the solutions they need to build strong relationships with candidates.
Mark M. Whelan
CEO of Future Center Ventures and Co-Founder of Digital Asset Analytica
Mark M. Whelan is a renowned futurist and innovator known for his pioneering contributions to technology, innovation, and social entrepreneurship. Educated at the University of Nottingham, Oxford and INSEAD He is the founder of the forecasting and innovation agency end futurist collective: Future Center Ventures and Co-founder of Digital Asset Analytica, the world’s first digital asset due diligence suite. He is the author of the best-selling futurist series: How Deep Fakes and Propaganda Are Reshaping Reality, How to Use Science Fiction for Future Forecasting, A Brief Introduction to Unravelling Complexity and Emerging Trends & Tech. He’s also the creator of the science fiction forecasting methodology practised by individuals and companies around the world.
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About Future Center Ventures: Future Center Ventures is a forecasting and innovation agency and futurist collective
About Digital Asset Analytica: Digital Asset Analytica is a due diligence suite for the emerging asset class.
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Allison Robinson
CEO & Co-founder of The Mom Project
After having her son Asher in 2015, Allison identified how universally challenging it can be for American mothers to juggle the demands of motherhood with a full-time career and decided to tackle the issue on a national scale. Prior to founding The Mom Project, Allison spent 8 years at Procter and Gamble working on go to market strategies for leading household brands with a special focus on moms during her tenure on the Pampers brand. As CEO, Allison is responsible for delivering on the company’s mission of building a better workplace for women while supporting our customers through innovative talent solutions that help them attract and retain the diversity of backgrounds and perspectives they need to propel their businesses forward.
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About The Mom Project: The Mom Project is a digital talent marketplace helping women remain active in the workforce.
Raj Vattikuti
CEO & Founder of Complete Business Solutions
Raj Vattikuti is a philanthropist and serial entrepreneur who has founded a string of successful enterprises including Altimetrik, Covansys, Synova, Vattikuti Ventures, Vattikuti Technologies, and Davinta Technologies. Raj believes enterprises make a difference not only by leveraging or introducing new technologies but also by attracting, assessing, and transforming talent within their organizations. Raj formed Altimetrik in 2012 with a vision to create a global company that accelerates digital transformation for the most influential companies in the world. Altimetrik takes a holistic approach for its clients that leverages technology, data, and cultural transformation. While technology makes digital transformation possible, Raj believes it is people that create true transformation. Through his different ventures, Raj has supported leading global players in healthcare, manufacturing, automotive, retail, travel & hospitality, and financial services. In 1997, Raj founded a non-profit corporation—the Vattikuti Foundation—which serves communities in Michigan and India. In Michigan, the Foundation established the Vattikuti Urology Institute at Henry Ford Health in Detroit and the Vattikuti Digital Breast Diagnostic Center at Beaumont Health in Royal Oak. In India, the Vattikuti Foundation focuses on developing the infrastructure to connect and coordinate with people in poverty through the Poverty Alleviation Program. The Foundation also works with other causes around the globe. These initiatives strive to improve the lives of those they serve today and into the future. Raj is a graduate of the College of Engineering, Guindy with a degree in electrical engineering. He holds a post-graduate degree in electrical and computer engineering from Wayne State University. He was conferred an honorary doctorate of business administration by Bryant University. In 2001, he was conferred with the Lifetime Achievement Award for contributions to the IT industry by Dykema Gossett at the third annual Michigan IT Summit. He is also the recipient of TiE Detroit 2017 Lifetime Achievement Award, the Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship in 2002, and the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.
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About Altimetrik Corp., Complete Business Solutions, Davinta: Complete Business Solutions provides affordable business solutions for accounting, payroll, human resource, and personnel needs.
Rahim Fazal
Co-Founder and CEO of SV Academy
Co-Founder and CEO at SVAcademy.
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About Forbes Technology Council, SV Academy: SV Academy is building the workforce of the future for SaaS GTM
Ian Siegel
CEO and Co-Founder of ZipRecruiter
Ian co-founded ZipRecruiter with a mission to make hiring easier. Ian has held Executive Product and Technology Leadership roles at companies such as, CitySearch, Stamps.com, and Rent.com.
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About ZipRecruiter: ZipRecruiter is an online employment marketplace, connecting millions of employers and job seekers through mobile and email services.
Nico Simko
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Clair
Nico is Clair’s Chief Executive Officer and one of its Co-Founders. He manages the company’s overall strategic direction and its relationships with its shareholders and customers. Prior to co-founding Clair, he was at J.P. Morgan, leading the M&A due diligence process on a broad range of payments companies for the firm’s Wholesale Payments division. He managed M&A, investment and partnerships due diligence on 10+ payments FinTechs worth over $25 billion. Originally from Switzerland and Argentina, Nico holds a B.A in Economics from Harvard University.
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About Clair: Clair is a mission-driven digital banking platform that is breaking the paycheck-to-paycheck cycle by offering flexible on-demand pay to America’s workforce.
Will Patterson
Founder and CEO of CareRev
CEO & Founder CareRev.
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About CareRev: CareRev is an online technology platform where hospitals and outpatient facilities can directly access per diem medical staff.
Mathew Caldwell
Founder, CEO of Rocket Power
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About Rocket Power: RocketPower provides recruiting, staffing, and flexible outsourcing solutions to solve any critical talent challenges.
Ahryun Moon
Co Founder, CEO of GoodTime.io
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About GoodTime.io: GoodTime uses employee data to schedule interviews faster and cheaper for enterprises
Parth Bhakta
Co-founder and CEO of Vivian Health
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About Castle Global, Vivian Health: Empowering healthcare professionals find their perfect job, faster and easier than ever before.
Chris Forman
CEO & Founder of Appcast
Chris Forman is the CEO and Founder of Appcast. As the former Founder & CEO of StartWire, CEO of AIRS, and Chief Development Officer of The Right Thing, Chris has worked in the recruiting industry for 20 years, developing smart recruiting tools that have helped hire millions of people around the globe. He’s been part of the team that has won the HR Tech Top Product of the Year award on three different occasions and numerous ReSIs, and was named Innovator of the Year by TATech in 2017. Close
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About Appcast, StartDate Labs: Appcast is a job advertising platform that enables employers to promote their open positions.
Aaron Matos
CEO and Founder of Paradox
Aaron Matos founded Paradox because he saw an opportunity to transform the recruiting experience for organizations and talent by freeing up people’s time from mundane tasks through the power of assistive intelligence. He is an experienced entrepreneur and a recognized technology leader. Aaron’s passion for recruitment has driven him to start several successful companies in the talent acquisition technology market; which have served tens of thousands of clients and millions of job seekers. Under Aaron’s leadership as the former founder/former CEO of Jobing.com and Recruiting.com, his companies achieved industry-leading growth and 3 consecutive Inc. 500 awards. Prior to becoming a tech executive, Aaron spent over 8 years as an HR professional.
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About Paradox, Recruiting.com: Paradox is an AI company that helps companies capture and screen candidates, improve conversions, and answer all candidate questions.
Steven Jiang
CEO and Co-founder of HireTeamMate
Co-founder and CEO at HireTeamMate.
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About Forbes Human Resources Council, HireEZ, HireTeamMate: HireTeamMate is an employment agency developing a recommended tool throughout the recruiting community.
Cesar Carvalho
Co-Founder & Global Chief Executive Officer of Gympass
Cesar Carvalho is the Co-Founder and Global CEO at Gympass.
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About Gympass: Gympass is a fitness discovery platform connecting the world’s network of fitness facilities to companies and its employees.
Aman Brar
CEO of Jobvite
Aman Brar has an extensive background in leading technology companies through periods of high growth and has also held key corporate strategy and finance roles at Fortune 500 companies. As former president of Apparatus, Aman led the company through a $34.2 million acquisition by publicly traded and global consultancy, Virtusa, in 2015. Recognizing the need for a method to boost recruiting productivity, Aman and his teammates launched Canvas, the first enterprise-grade text-based interviewing platform that enables recruiters to screen more job candidates and market employment brands. Prior to Apparatus, Aman was vice president of business development for ChaCha Search, leading its corporate strategic partnership activities. Before returning to Indiana for graduate school, Aman lived in Mountain View, Calif., and led a team responsible for the nation’s first consumer DSL broadband service. Aman sits on the board of Teach for America Indianapolis, Orr Fellowship, EmployIndy, and is on the Board of Trustees for Wabash College. Aman earned his undergraduate degree from Wabash College and an MBA from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University – Bloomington.
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About Jobvite: Jobvite provides end-to-end talent acquisition software and services that increase recruiting quality, speed, and cost-effectiveness.
William Peng
Co-Founder & CEO of Northstar
William Peng is the Co-Founder and CEO of Northstar and a General Partner of Red Swan Ventures. William has a background in both sides of the table: venture investing and operational startup roles. Previously, William was a venture investor at Raptor Ventures, a leading early-stage tech venture capital firm in NYC. Prior to that, William spent time in operational roles, as Product Manager of Analytics at drop.io (acquired by Facebook), and was Mobile Product Lead and Interaction Designer at Hot Potato (acquired by Facebook). Prior to that, he was an Analyst at RRE Ventures, where he focused on investments in early-stage consumer internet, digital media, and location-based services. William began his career at Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments, the strategic venture arm of Bertelsmann. William graduated from Princeton with a degree in Operations Research and Financial Engineering. In his spare time, he likes to make ice cream from scratch.
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About Northstar, Red Swan Ventures: Northstar is a financial wellness benefit that makes it easy for companies to offer personalized financial advice about comp and benefits.
Brian Torchin
CEO of HCRC Staffing
Brian Torchin serves as the president of HCRC Staffing™, and has spent numerous years staffing, opening, and managing medical offices in Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Florida. With this knowledge, Brian Torchin started staffing his offices with physicians, doctors of chiropractic, physician assistants, and physical therapists, which led to the development of HCRC Staffing™. Brian Torchin spends all of his time energy and resources making sure his current clients worldwide are treated with the best results. HCRC Staffing is the leading full-service staffing and consulting firm for the health care industry.
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About HCRC Staffing: Providing healthcare recruitment and staffing services for Philadelphia.
Angela Antony
Founder and CEO of Scoutible
Angela Antony is the Founder and CEO of Scoutible, the world’s first game-based hiring platform, which uses machine learning to track soft skills through gameplay and uncover the best candidates for a job. Angela spent nine years at Harvard, focusing her psychology, business, and law degrees on labor market issues across society. After Harvard, she worked at the White House under Obama as part of the National Economic Council, during which time she was writing a book about her Harvard research titled Invisible Handcuffs, which ultimately became the primary research underlying Scoutible. Scoutible was recently named one of Inc Magazine’s 8 Most Innovative Startups of the Year and Angela was named to Inc’s Female Founders 100 list.
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About Scoutible: Scoutible is a video game-based hiring platform.
Deevee Kashi
Founder & CEO of Deed
Deevee Kashi is the CEO and founder of Deed. He previously worked at The Butter Group as a Director of Promotions and Marketing.
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About Deed: Deed provides a social impact platform to connect people with causes and businesses with social impact.
Maria Colacurcio
CEO of Syndio
Maria Colacurcio is the vice president of marketing for [Smartsheet.com](http://www.crunchbase.com/organization/smartsheet). Before joining Smartsheet.com, Maria was at Microsoft Corporation where she developed marketing campaigns for the 2005 launch of Visual Studio and SQL Server. Prior to Microsoft, she managed all prospect and customer marketing initiatives for Onyx Software Corporation. Prior to Onyx, Maria led the marketing team at NetReality, a Bay area firm which was acquired by Allot Communications. During her tenure, she launched international marketing operations as well as key branding and advertising initiatives. Source : [SmartSheet.com](http://www.smartsheet.com/aboutus/management)
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About Syndio: Syndio is a technology company that helps companies measure, achieve, and sustain workplace equity.
Ben Wright
Founder & CEO of Velocity Global
Ben Wright is the Founder & CEO at Velocity Global, LLC.
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About Velocity Global: Velocity Global is a global employment solutions provider that has reinvented the way companies expand overseas.
Anil Dharni
Co-Founder/CEO of Sense
Anil Dharni is the Senior Vice President, Studio Operations at GREE International Inc. Anil was the President & COO of Funzio, which was acquired by GREE in May 2012. Before Funzio, Anil co-founded mobile game company, Storm8. He oversaw Storm8’s business operations including marketing, customer support, business development, legal, and human resources. Before Storm8, Anil was the VP of Products and UED at hi5 Networks, Inc., where he drove the product roadmap and key product initiatives including hi5 coins (virtual currency), games, and platform.
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About Sense: Sense is a smart talent engagement and communication platform that helps companies find, recruit, and deploy talent.
Aneel Bhusri
CEO & Co-Founder of Workday
Aneel Bhusri is co-founder and chief executive officer at Workday. He is also a member of the company’s board of directors, and served as chairman of the board from 2012 until May 2014. Aneel has been a leader, product visionary, and innovator in the enterprise software industry for more than 20 years.In addition to his role at Workday, Aneel serves on the boards of Intel, Cloudera, Okta, and Pure Storage. He is also an advisory partner at Greylock, a leading venture capital firm that he has been associated with since 1999.
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About Workday: Workday provides SaaS-based enterprise solutions for a company’s human resources and financial management activities.
Geoffrey Tisserand
Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Figure
Geoffrey Tisserand is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO at Figure.
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About Figure: Figure is a compensation platform that helps companies figure out how to pay their employees by making data driven decisions.
David Yang
Co-Founder, CEO of Yva.ai
David Yang, Ph.D., Co-founder Yva.ai, Founder and Chairman ABBYY, member of Band of Angels, Silicon Valley based serial entrepreneur specializes in AI, founded 12 companies. Dr. Yang is a globally recognized thought leader, speaker and advisor in the areas of AI, Artificial Neural Networks, People Analytics, employee surveys, HR metrics, HR strategy, talent measurement, workforce analytics, performance management and Organizational Change. He’s the Founder & Chairman of the Board of ABBYY – world leading developer of AI, Content Intelligence, Text Analytics with 1200 employees in 14 offices in 11 countries. More than 50 million users and thousands of enterprise customers in 200 countries rely on ABBYY’s solutions including: PwC, McDonalds, Xerox, Toyota, Yum!Restaurants, Deloitte, PepsiCo, Volkswagen, UCSF. World leading RPA vendors, including UiPath, BluePrism, Robiquity among others rely on ABBYY’s AI technologies. Currently Dr. Yang is dedicated to Yva.ai, the company that develops a real-time Ethical AI People Analytics, Continuous Engagement and Performance Management Platform which helps organizations save millions of dollars by predicting resignations of key employees, identify opinion leaders, Toxic Managers and Conflicts. Yva’s neural network was trained to predict resignations with up to 86% accuracy analyzing corporate communication (tested on historical data blind tests). Dr. Yang created Cybiko, world first hand-held wireless communication computer for teenagers; co-founded iiko, new generation AI powered restaurant and hospitality industry solution; co-founded Plazius, a customer loyalty and mobile payment platform; founded a number of creative art-based ventures, including: FAQ-Café studio, DeFAQto; co-founded Ayb Educational Foundation and Ayb School. Dr. Yang also a frequent keynote speaker and author of numerous patents and scientific publications. The World Economic Forum in Davos named him as one of the top 100 World Technology Pioneers.
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About ABBYY, Band of Angels, Findo, iiko, Platius, Yva.ai: Predictive People Analytics Platform
Evan Sohn
Chief Executive Officer of Recruiter.com
A senior executive with 25+ years of experience in eCommerce at Fortune 500 and start-up environments with a history of rapidly growing businesses, capturing market share, and multiple exits. A strong emphasis in sales, market development, corporate and product strategy, marketing, and business development. Extensive management experience in payments, enterprise software, wireless and mobile software, security software, managed services and penetrating new markets for new technology solutions. Specialties: Payments • eCommerce • Marketplaces • Mobile Commerce • Alternative Payments • Business Development • Strategic Alliances & Partnerships • Sales Management • P&L Management • Strategy • Product Innovation • C-Level Sales • Small Business • Acquirers • International
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About CrowdSelling, Recruiter.com, SaleSpread, SaleSpread, Sohn Conference Foundation: Recruiter.com is a leading on-demand recruiting platform that provides flexible talent acquisition solutions for startups to the Fortune 100
Bill Wade
Founder and CEO of Company.com
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About ACE Security, Company.com, Gaming Network Solutions: Company.com is a provider of enterprise quality operational resources to help start, run and grow businesses.
Scott Burgess
Founder & CEO of Continu
Scott Burgess is the Founder & CEO of Continu.
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About Continu: Continu is the World’s First Learning Amplification Platform™ helping companies train teams better!
Tristan Couvares
CEO of Conduco
Tristan Couvares, currently founded and runs one of Los Angeles’ premier staffing firms targeting venture-backed startups and engineers, The Startup Accelerator. Prior to The Startup Accelerator he ran Talent for TrueCar.com where he helped the company scale to a $1b initial public offering. Prior to TrueCar, Tristan was a President’s Club member for Robert Half International, the nation’s oldest and largest recruitment firm. Tristan received his Bachelors Degree in Economics from the University of Connecticut, where he was awarded the Nutmeg Scholar (full four-year academic scholarship), and the University Scholar (highest academic distinction).
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About Cart.com, Conduco, The Startup Accelerator: Conduco is a hiring platform that helps companies attract and hire talents that fit the employment needs.
Sachin Gupta
Co-founder & CEO of HackerEarth
Sachin Gupta is co-founder & CEO at HackerEarth.
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About HackerEarth, MyCareerStack: HackerEarth is adeveloper assessment software that helps companies to accurately measure a developer’s skills through online coding tests.
Tanya Bakalov
CEO and Founder of HelloTeam
Tanya Bakalov is the CEO & Founder of HelloTeam, a modern employee engagement and performance management platform that is redefining the way companies engage and retain top talent. In 2005, Bakalov left her position as a Senior Consultant at Deloitte and Touche to co-found SevOne, where she served as COO and Chief People Officer. Under her leadership, the company grew to more than 500 employees worldwide and generated nearly $100M annually, making it the industry leader in digital infrastructure management software. Using her experiences in scaling SevOne, Tanya created HelloTeam in 2016 to address a growing problem in the workplace: providing business leaders with data and insights needed to build strong and data-driven people strategies. In collaboration with her global team, Bakalov advances the mission to empower each individual within an organization: boosting productivity, transforming the employee experience, and enhancing overall business and company culture. Her groundbreaking work as a two-time female founder earned her several awards, including the prestigious 2016 EY Entrepreneur of the Year® award. Bakalov is also Managing Partner at VT Technology Ventures and a member of the Horn Entrepreneurship National Advisory Board at the University of Delaware. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and MIS from the University of Delaware.
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About HelloTeam, VT Technology Ventures: HelloTeam is the all-in-one employee engagement and performance management platform for the modern workforce.
Luke Fryer
Founder & CEO of Harri
Luke Fryer is a Founder & CEO of Harri.
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About Harri: Harri is an employee engagement platform that enables hospitality businesses with software to build, manage, and engage their teams.
Ian White
Founder, CEO and CTO of ChartHop
Ian White is the Founder, CEO, and CTO at ChartHop.
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About ChartHop: ChartHop is transforming the way companies manage and support their people. By seamlessly consolidating and visualizing disparate sources of people data into one powerful people analytics platform, ChartHop creates more informed, empowered, and connected organizations. From executives to individual contributors to every employee in between, ChartHop is designed for everyone in the organization.
ChartHop plays well with dozens of platforms through robust integrations across the HR tech stack, and serves companies like 1Password, BetterCloud, Starburst, and InVision. Founded in 2019 by Ian White, ChartHop is backed by Andreessen Horowitz. Visit ChartHop.com to learn more and follow ChartHop on Twitter and LinkedIn.
Cameron Yarbrough
Co-Founder and CEO of Torch
Cameron is the Co-founder and CEO of Torch Leadership Labs. He brings 15 years of entrepreneurial experience to his role as CEO, along with a deep background in mindfulness and psychotherapy. After the successful sale of a “click and mortar” retail company in 2005, Cameron spent 30 days on a silent meditation retreat. Insight from that period of silence and subsequent meditation retreats were foundational to his development as a leader, and lead him to study the roots of Freudian and Humanistic psychology at the California Institute of Integral studies, after which he co-found Well Clinic: a mental health company in San Francisco. Under Cameron’s leadership, The Well became the Bay Area’s leading provider of private pay psychotherapy services. Torch is the natural next step in Cameron’s leadership journey, as it aims to democratize coaching by making it available to leaders at every level of an organization. Cameron has also served as an interpersonal dynamics facilitator at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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About Torch: Torch is a leadership development platform that provides coaching, software, and feedback to raise performers to the next level.
Geoffrey Nudd
CEO and Founder of ClearCare
Geoff founded ClearCare after personal experience as a family caregiver.He realized that there had to be a better way to give transparency to family members leading to ClearCare’s early point-of-care innovations and a cycle of ongoing innovation in partnership with ClearCare’s customers. Geoff has over fifteen years of experience in software development and is an alumnus of companies such as Motorola, Andersen Consulting, and Merrill Lynch. Prior to launching ClearCare, Geoff successfully sold his last venture to a Google/Facebook company. Geoff received his B.A. from Northwestern and M.B.A. from Kellogg.
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About ClearCare: ClearCare is a web-based software solution that helps home care agencies efficiently focus on what’s important: providing better care.
Dan Manian
Cofounder & CEO of Donut
Dan is the Co-Founder and CEO at Donut.
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About Alchemist Accelerator, Donut, doubleOone, Mobile Steam Unit, National Science Foundation: Donut helps people get to know their team and company better.
Mike Fitzsimmons
CEO and Co-Founder of Crosschq
Mike has a long history of creating companies that disrupt the status quo to create change that benefits consumers and businesses alike. Born out of his frustration with bad hires, Mike co-founded Crosschq to pioneer a new category for talent acquisition that harnesses the power of people to help companies better source, match and retain the best people. With a mission to build better businesses, Crosschq takes a talent-first approach that prioritizes trust and transparency, minimizes bias and protects privacy. Prior to Crosschq, Mike founded and was CEO at Connekt, Inc., and Delivery Agent, an interactive commerce company acquired by Hillair Capital in 2016. His corporate business expertise, from finance and sales to technology and development, have made him a thought-leader for entrepreneurs and sought after expert for CNBC, CNN, Bloomberg, New York Times and Forbes. Mike’s partnered with top companies like Comcast, CBS, Fox, Disney, HBO, Sony, Amazon, LG and PayPal and successfully raised over $200M in capital from financial and strategic investors. He has a bachelor’s in Economics from Hampden Sydney College and received multiple awards, including Inc. 500 Fastest Growing Media Company, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist and Deloitte & Touche Fast 50 Silicon Valley.
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About Crosschq: Crosschq is a technology platform that provides a human intelligence-based hiring platform.
Kerry Wang
Co-Founder & CEO of Searchlight
Kerry Wang is the Co-Founder and CEO of Searchlight. She was a Course Assistant for From Play to Innovation at Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford ( d.school ). Kerry received a Hastorf Award for Outstanding Service in Human Biology and The Leader Award. Ms. Wang holds a master’s degree in computer science and a bachelor’s degree with distinction in Human Biology – Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Human Behavior at Stanford University.
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About Searchlight: Searchlight is a people-centered Talent Intelligence Platform that helps companies build and retain winning teams.
Michael Guirguis
Founder & CEO of SESO
Michael Guirguis is Co-founder and CEO at SESO.
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About SESO: SESO is a labor marketplace for agriculture.
Dakota Younger
Founder & CEO of Boon
Founder at Boon.
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About Awesome Job, Boon, Sleep Art: Boon is a talent crowdsourcing marketplace that offers a game-changing referral engagement network.
Chris Hedrick
Co-Founder and CEO of NextStep
Before founding NextStep, Hedrick served as CEO of Kepler, an innovative online/offline university program in Rwanda and CEO of Intrepid Learning, a venture capital-backed learning technology and outsourcing company. He previously served as Science and Technology Advisor to the Governor of Washington state. He was also the first employee of the Gates Library Foundation, the precursor organization of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and managed national philanthropic programs for Microsoft. He has a deep background in public health, leading an Africa-wide malaria prevention program, working as country director for the largest Peace Corps program in the world, and serving on the board of PATH, the global health non-profit. A graduate of Stanford University, Hedrick was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University.
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About NextStep: NextStep is an information technology company that provides training and job placement for workers via mobile application platform.
Alexi Robichaux
CEO & Co-Founder of BetterUp
Alexi Robichaux is the co-founder and CEO of BetterUp. He founded the company in 2013 with a mission to enable all professionals to live with greater purpose, clarity and passion through one-on-one coaching. Prior to BetterUp, Alexi was the Director or Product Management at VMware and co-founded Youth Leadership America, a non-profit organization that fosters peer-to-peer leadership in high school students.
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About BetterUp: BetterUp develops an AI-driven platform that helps people and businesses grow personally and professionally through coaching.
Jason Hanold
Founder, CEO & Managing Partner of Hanold Associates, LLC
The founder, Managing Partner, and CEO of Hanold Associates LLC, in Chicago, Jason Hanold possesses a track record of success in conducting executive talent searches for key global firms in a range of industries. Focusing his efforts on human resources leadership positions, Hanold has placed learning officers, division leaders, talent management directors, and more with small and large companies in the public and private spheres alike. Since launching his firm in 2010, his team has served clients including Fossil, PG&E, CDW, ServiceMaster, Carnival Corporation, and Google. Jason Hanold assists clients by drawing on both his education and his considerable experience with notable firms. He completed his undergraduate studies at Illinois State University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Interpersonal Communications. He also enrolled in the School of Communications at Northwestern University, where he obtained his Master of Science in Leadership Interaction and Influence. Additionally, Jason Hanold studied advanced management principles at the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Before founding his company, Hanold gained experience in executive-level human resources roles with Whirlpool Corporation, McKinsey & Company, Deloitte Consulting, and Russell Reynolds Associates. Recognized in the industry for his expertise, Jason Hanold has shared his insights with others in several capacities. For instance, he contributed the article “Rigorous OnBoarding Can Help Win the War for Talent” to an issue of Recruiting Edge, published by Authoria, Inc. In the article, Hanold discusses the advantages inherent in close communication between recruiters and new hires within the first year of employment. He also examines the importance of highlighting career goals from the start, which help move both companies and employees forward.
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About Hanold Associates, LLC: HR executive search firm with the speed, agility, and adaptability with relationships, reach and sophistication of the major multinationals.
Nikos Moraitakis
CEO of Workable
Nikos is an entrepreneur and private investor with a proven track record in product marketing and international business development. He is the CEO of Workable, a technology startup he co-founded that aims to re-invent hiring for enterprises. Previously, in the role of VP Business Development at Upstream,he played a key role in the company’s growth from startup into one of the world’s top marketing technology companies, where he was actively involved in enterprise sales across 40 countries in 4 continents.
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About Workable: Workable is the world’s leading hiring platform, where companies find, evaluate and hire better candidates, faster.
Steve Anevski
CEO & Co-Founder of Upshift
Steve Anevski is the CEO & Co-Founder at Upshift
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About Upshift: Upshift is an on-demand staffing platform that connects businesses to pre-vetted W2 Upshifters.
Keith Waddell
President and CEO of Robert Half International
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About Robert Half International: Robert Half is a professional services company and is the world’s first and largest accounting and finance staffing firm.
Harold Messmer
Chief Executive Officer of Robert Half International
Harold M. Messmer, Jr. holds an AB from Loyola University Chicago and is currently the chief executive officer of Robert Half International, the Menlo Park, California-based professional staffing and consulting firm that operates over 400 locations worldwide. Messmer was featured in a 2002 BusinessWeek cover story “The Good CEO” that highlighted ethical CEOs who ran strong companies without bending the rules. The article noted Messmer’s insistence on building up the company from within and resisting the pressure from Wall Street to buy up other firms through risky mergers and acquisitions. In addition to Robert Half, Messmer has been a partner at the law firm of OMelveny & Myers, and is affiliated with the boards of First Interstate Bancorp, Spieker Properties, Inc., Airborne, Inc., and Accountemps Inc., a branch of Robert Half.
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About Robert Half International: Robert Half is a professional services company and is the world’s first and largest accounting and finance staffing firm.
Venkat Janapareddy
Founder & CEO of Jobiak
Venkat Janapareddy is the Founder & CEO at Jobiak.
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About AKAR Ventures llc, Dragonfly Data Factory, Jobiak: Jobiak is an AI-based recruitment marketing platform that publishes job postings to Google, accelerating the flow of qualified candidates.
James Sinclair
Principal and CEO of alumniEX
James Sinclair is the Principal and CEO of alumniEX. He is also self-employed in 42v.
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About alumniEX: alumniEX is an Alumni Experience Platform to enable organizations to manage, connect and engage with their former employees.
Troy Sultan
Co-founder & CEO of Resource
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About Resource: Resource operates as a recruiting outreach and engagement platform.
Andrew Myers
Founder & CEO of RippleMatch
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About RippleMatch: RippleMatch is a platform for early career hiring that helps build diverse teams and hire the right talent virtually.
Dhiraj Sharma
Founder & CEO of Simpplr
Dhiraj Sharma is the founder and CEO at Simpplr.
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About Simpplr: Simpplr is a provider intranet software platform for companies to engage with and manage employees.
Ware Sykes
CEO of Seasoned.co
CEO at Seasoned.
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About Seasoned.co: Community, Marketplace, Restaurants
Karson Humiston
CEO of Vangst
Karson is the Founder & CEO of Vangst, the cannabis industry’s largest recruiting platform. Through Vangst Gigs, their on-demand staffing platform, and Direct Hire, Vangst has connected thousands of professionals around the US & Canada with careers in the rapidly emerging cannabis industry.
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About Vangst: Vangst is a recruiting platform that connects job seekers with opportunities in the cannabis industry.
Keegan Peterson
Founder & CEO of Wurk
Keegan has a passion for helping organizations (large and small) improve the quality and quantity of their workforce by utilizing technology solutions. In particular, he love building strategies around attracting and retaining millennial workforces and consumers. Our world is evolving every day! How can your businesses evolve at a rate fast enough to maintain your competitive advantages? He states, “If we aren’t challenging our businesses with this question everyday, we will soon become irrelevant in our marketplace.” He is considered a thought-leader in the areas of: Highly Regulated Workforce management, Business analytics, Hiring software, Hiring processes, Learning tools, Employee training, Employee scheduling, Enterprise Sales
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About Wurk: Wurk is a provider of cannabis software and services to manage HR, time keeping, payroll, and scheduling.
Elise Smith
Co-Founder & CEO of Praxis Labs
Elise Smith is a co-founder and CEO at Praxis Labs. Prior to co-founding Praxis Labs, Elise invested in and coached entrepreneurs developing diversity and inclusion solutions at NewSchools Venture Fund, a venture philanthropy. Prior to that work, she developed ed-tech products and led ed-tech partnerships at IBM Watson. Elise holds a B.A. in Geography & Social Inequity from Dartmouth College and an MBA and MA in Education from Stanford University. Inspired by her parents’ fight for educational equity, Elise is dedicated to scaling access and opportunity with the goal of creating a more equitable society.
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About Praxis Labs: Praxis reimagines corporate bias training, integrating research-backed curriculum with cutting-edge VR technology.
Mike Putman
Founder & CEO of Custom Travel Solutions LLC
Mike Putman is the Founder of Custom Travel Solutions.
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About Custom Travel Solutions LLC, MikePutman, Trip-Smart.Com: Recruit and retain the right people with the world’s largest travel club builder.
Claire Schmidt
Founder and CEO of AllVoices
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About AllVoices: AllVoices is an employee feedback management platform that enables employees to share feedback directly to their company’s leadership.
John Graham Cvinar
CEO of BPOSeats.com
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About BPOSeats.com: BPOSeats.com allows business to run BPO and call-center solutions with video-centric facility, recruitment, and payroll solutions.
Paul Mifsud
Founder , President & CEO of Melita Group
Paul is Founder & CEO of Melita. He started Melita in 1992 to provide comprehensive HR and benefits consulting and outsourcing services to businesses of all sizes. Under Paul’s leadership, Melita has evolved over the years to become a leader in helping businesses of all sizes achieve great HR and build an engaged workplace. Prior to Melita, Paul was the founder and CEO of ClearBenefits, one of the pioneers in the cloud-based benefits software industry.
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About Melita Group: Discover what you can achieve when HR & Benefits become a strategic force driving your business.
Andrea J. Ayers
President & CEO of Convergys
Andrea Ayers is President and Chief Executive Officer of Convergys Corporation (NYSE: CVG), a global leader in customer management. Convergys has annual revenues approximating $3 billion and more than 130,000 employees who serve clients from locations in North America, Latin America, EMEA, India and the Philippines. With a 30-year legacy of helping global brands serve their customers with quality and consistency, Convergys is a recognized leader in the customer management industry. Andrea became a member of the Convergys Board of Directors and was appointed Chief Executive Officer in October 2012. Prior to that, she forged a 20-plus-year track record of success and business growth in a variety of executive positions, including President and Chief Operating Officer; President of the company’s Relationship Technology Management line of business; President of Convergys’s Government, Retail, Healthcare, Automotive, and Financial Services vertical service sectors; Vice President of Marketing, and General Manager of the Direct Broadcast Services (DBS) business unit. Andrea is committed to job creation, improving educational opportunities to develop the workforce of tomorrow, and enhancing the quality of life in the communities in which Convergys employees live and work. She is an active member of The Business Roundtable, Cincinnati Arts and Technology Center, and G100. In addition, Andrea is the Chair of the Greater Cincinnati American Heart Association’s 2016 Go Red for Women campaign. In addition, Andrea was named to the Board of Directors for Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., in December 2014. She has also been involved with the Greater Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce, the Cincinnati Business Committee, and the Ohio Business Roundtable. Andrea earned a bachelor’s degree in management and administration from Louisiana State University, Shreveport.
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About Convergys: Convergys provides relationship management solutions that operates in customer, information, and human resources management sectors.
Sara Sutton
Founder & CEO of FlexJobs Corporation
OFFICIAL BIO: Sara Sutton is passionate about helping people find jobs that make their lives better. For the past 12+ years, she has been the CEO and Founder of FlexJobs, the leading service for professional flexible job opportunities, and she started her career in 1995 when she co-Founded the first online entry-level job service JobDirect (sold to Korn|Ferry International in 2000). Sutton has been featured as an expert on the employment market and future of work in a wide variety of media outlets, including Time, Fast Company, CNN, NBC, Forbes, Inc., and hundreds of others, as well as has been a speaker on a wide variety of employment and future of work topics at various World Economic Forum’s events, SXSW, Dell Technologies World, and many smaller scale conferences and summits. Sara deeply believes that a modern workplace should address the needs of today’s workforce, and that utilizing workplace technology to support telecommuting, freelance, part-time, and flexible work will achieve societal, environmental, and economic benefits for both employees and employers. As a result, she is committed to providing education and awareness about the viability and benefits of remote working and work flexibility. In addition to FlexJobs, Sara has launched an advocacy initiative, 1 Million for Work Flexibility in 2013; a resource for integrating remote work into business models, Remote.co in 2015; and most recently in 2016 The TRaD* Works Forum (*Telecommuting, Remote, & Distributed), a conference that brings together organizations looking to further leverage the benefits of telecommuting, remote and distributed teams. For her work in the employment and technology fields, she was named as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and is honored to serve on the Advisory Group for the YGL program. She also is an active angel investor with a focus on companies using technology for societal good in an impactful way. Sara holds a BA in Society, Technology, and the Environment from the University of California at Berkeley, and resides in Boulder, Colorado, USA with her two children.
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About FlexJobs Corporation, Remote.co: FlexJobs is the most trusted job service for helping people find flexible jobs – remote, freelance, part-time, and flexible schedules.
Myra Norton
President & CEO of Arena Analytics
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About Arena Analytics: Arena Analytics applies predictive analytics and machine learning to talent acquisition challenges.
Jonathan Silber
CEO & Co-Founder of Purple Squirrel
Jon Silber is the Principal & Strategy at YouTube.
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About Purple Squirrel, YouTube: Purple Squirrel gives job seekers access to employees at the best companies in the world so that they can make friends in high places
