HR Data Labs

Send us a text Summary: Sophie Wyne is the Co-founder and CEO of Ariglad, a ticket and issue management software that uses AI to auto-triage employees’ HR-related messages. Though she has experience working in various industries, it was her time working in cybersecurity that ultimately inspired her to launch Ariglad in 2020.  In this episode, Sophie tackles the big question of the moment: with inc...

Send us a text Summary: This is our series finale as we wrap up our interviews from HR Tech '22 with a back-to-back, two-part episode! First, we’ll be hearing from Neena Kovuru, VP of HR Strategy and Technologies at UKG. Then, we’ll be hearing from Joe Kvidera who at the time was the VP of Sales at Lucy AI, an AI-powered knowledge platform.  In this episode, Neena first walks us through what it me...

Send us a text Summary: Zack Johnson is the VP of Embedded Solutions and the GM of Strategic Solutions and Partnerships at Visier, a leading company in people analytics. While attending HR Tech '22, David was able to catch up with Zack and ask him about some takeaways from both the conference and the previous year in HR analytics. In this episode, Zack talks about how people’s increasing obsession...

Send us a text Summary: ADP’s Meeting of the Minds was held in Atlanta, GA in March 2023 and our very own David Turetsky led a session about pay transparency. With an increasing number of states adopting pay transparency legislation, it’s important for companies to not only recognize that pay transparency is now being treated more seriously than ever but also prepare for its adoption.  In this epi...

Send us a text Summary: On February 16, 2023, Representatives John S. Cutler and Brandy Fluker Oakley brought Bill H.1849 to the Massachusetts House with goal of enforcing salary range transparency for companies and organizations across the state. Like other states’ pay transparency legislation, Bill H.1849 serves as a stepping stone toward more honest and fair hiring practices that most often sav...

Send us a text Summary: Mark Hanson is the VP of Strategy with Lightcast (formerly Emsi Burning Glass), a company whose ultimate goal is to connect individuals with the right skills and right jobs in the right places. Throughout his career, Mark has worked as Associate Director of Talent Acquisition at UnitedHealth Group and as Adjunct Professor at Bethel University.  In this episode, Mark talks a...

Send us a text Summary: Robert Mattson is the Founder and Principal of INTRIGUE (formerly ITM Speakers), a company that uses science and art to help organizations craft compelling stories and learn how to be more intriguing and memorable. By combining his professional experience as a high-tech marketing executive at companies like ADP, Ceridian, and SmashFly Technologies with his numerous creative...

Send us a text Summary: Steve Brink is the President and Chief Revenue Officer of uFlexRewards, a digital global total rewards platform that combines multiple data silos into one real-time platform. At uFlexRewards, Steve is responsible for the growth of the client base which includes new clients, partnerships, and potential resellers. As you’ll also hear, Steve was David’s second ever boss! In th...

Send us a text Summary: Robert Sheen and Anuj Mongia are on a mission to revolutionize DEI with the help of data analytics. As the CEO and Founder, and VP of Strategic Alliances and Product respectively, Robert and Anuj help lead the team at Trusaic, a regulatory compliance software company that helps businesses keep up with rapidly changing regulatory requirements. In this episode, Robert and Anu...

Send us a text Summary: Bennett Sung is the head of marketing for Humanly (humanly.io), a conversational AI for recruiting engine that helps surface the most qualified, diverse pool of applicants at scale. He is a creative technologist with 16+ years of experience leading corporate and product marketing functions at startups and public companies. He has also been included in the Most Inclusive HR...

Send us a text Summary: Maya Huber is the Co-founder and CEO of TaTiO, a company that helps recruiters improve their applicant-to-hire ratio for high-volume positions by accessing people from previously untapped sources and assessing their actual job skills. Over the past 15 years, Maya has gained practical and theoretical research experience managing HR companies focusing on the work inclusion of...

Send us a text Summary: Ian Cook is the VP of Research and Strategy at Visier Inc. Using his expertise in people analytics, he helps executives link the human side of their business to its sales and operations. Over the last two years, his insights have been features in the Harvard Business Review, the Economist, Business Insider, and CNBC, just to name a few.  In this episode, Ian talks about how...

Send us a text Summary: As the Co-Founder and CEO of Leapgen, Jason Averbook helps executives rethink, redesign, and better deliver employee services. He has more than 25 years of experience in the HR and technology industries, and he has guided industry-leading companies through strategic HR transformations. Jason has also authored two books: HR from Now to Next and The Ultimate Guide to a Digita...

Send us a text Summary: Chris Havrilla is the global leader of Talent Product Strategy for Oracle Cloud Human Capital Management. Before joining Oracle, she led human capital technology research, strategy, and advisory as a VP and Lead Tech Industry Analyst at Deloitte. Her recent accolades include being named one of HR Executive’s Top 100 HR Tech Influencers, peopleHum’s Top 30 Women in HR Tech,...

Send us a text Summary: Al Adamsen is all about “People Data for Good”. He’s the Founder and CEO of the People Analytics & Future of Work (PAFOW) Community and Conference Series, which is a global network committed to promoting the responsible and ethical use of people data, analytics, and artificial intelligence (AI) for the benefit of individuals, teams, groups, organizations, and society at lar...

Send us a text Summary: Karin Buchbinder manages the team of compensation consultants at Salary.com. She is also, as it turns out, an Excel wizard. Having developed and implemented solutions globally, she’s familiar with myriad compensation management tools, including Excel. The latest version of Excel may have powerful business tools for managing compensation data, but that doesn’t mean it should...

Send us a text Summary: Tim Sackett is an HR Technology Analyst, a Top 10 Global HR Influencer, and the President of HRU Technical Resources. Over his 20+ years as an HR and talent professional, Tim has worked both in recruitment roles and in various HR generalist roles, which have all helped him understand HR from every angle possible.  In this episode, Tim looks back at 2022 and looks forward to...

Send us a text Summary: Joe Phoenix is the Co-founder and CEO of Givinga, a Philantech (i.e., philanthropic technology) firm that designs customized giving solutions. Seven years ago, Joe saw that the culture around corporate giving was changing and that employees were holding their employers to a higher standard. He left his longtime employment as Head of Global Institutional Management at Putnam...

Send us a text Summary: Sapient Insights Group is a women-owned, research and advisory firm that is passionate about adding value to clients, partners, and the HR and Finance communities they work within. They are also the proud organizers behind a massive annual HR technology survey that seeks to shed light on HR professionals’ relationships with existing and emerging technologies. What’s more, t...

Send us a text Summary: Tara Furiani is an executive, a business team builder, an influencer, a board member, a writer, a speaker, and a people leader. What’s more, she’s also the creator, executive producer, and host of Not the HR Lady and Workcations!  She is an accomplished Chief People Officer and has worked across many industries & countries with companies of all sizes, both as the top “peopl...

Send us a text Summary: As Season 4 of the HR Data Labs podcast comes to a close, David and Dwight take a look back at its episodes, its guests, and some key lessons. They revisit their predictions from last seasons and bring some new predictions for the future of HR to the table.  Chapters: [0:00 - 5:55] Introduction Welcome… David and Dwight! Today’s Topic: Season 4 Recap [5:56 - 17:42] Looking...

Send us a text Summary: Amy Mosher is the Chief People Officer at isolved where she’s responsible for the overall people strategy. She has over 20 years of global human resources experience, and she has contributed to the success of several progressive multi-national companies in various industries including biotechnology, hardware, and software. She is a subject matter expert in organizational de...

Send us a text Summary: Gerry McDonough leads the Advanced Human Capital practice within Ankura, where he also developed the firm’s proprietary Human Equity Value methodology and Culture Key culture measurement system. Prior to joining Ankura, Gerry ran his own human capital consulting firm for 23 years, where he worked on everything from organizational design to executive development and successi...

Send us a text Summary: Dr. Adam McKinnon is the People Data and Analytics Lead at Reece Group in Australia. Over the course of his career, he’s focused on driving individual, team, and organizational performance through the development and implementation of tailored analytics frameworks and methodologies.  Martha Curioni is the Associate Director of HR at IQVIA in Italy. She leverages her technic...

Send us a text Summary: After a successful career that saw him in multiple CHRO roles for a variety of major companies, Dermot O’Brien now serves as a board member of multiple advisory boards. He’s passionate about diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEI) and has extensive experience with using data analytics to help organizations successfully implement DEI plans and, in turn, improve ove...