HR Bytes

Season 2: Episode 3 - Jay Polaki, Founder and CEO of HR Geckos ( https://hrgeckos.com ), in conversation with Michelle Jimenez, Director of HR at Settlement Housing Fund in New York City. Michelle has over 15 years of experience and is passionate about everything HR!   Visit #HRBytes' Web Home at https://hrgeckos.com     Reach Jay on Social:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jpolaki/ Twitter:...

Jay Polaki, Founder and CEO of HR Geckos ( https://hrgeckos.com ), in conversation with Minh Hua, seasoned global talent executive. Previously he had leadership roles at Amazon, JP Morgan, and General Electric. In his board work, Minh provides a customer perspective on the development and commercialization of people technology. Minh lives in Atlanta, where he enjoys hiking, football, and hiding fr...

Season 2: Episode1 Jay Polaki, Founder and CEO of HR Geckos ( https://hrgeckos.com ), in conversation with Kelli Scroggin, Director of HR Systems at Astellas Pharma. Kelli is an accomplished senior leader with over 20 years of experience in HR Systems. Recognized as a top female leader,  Kelli is passionate about leveraging technology for some of HR’s greatest challenges. She believes that technol...

Episode 25 - Jay Polaki, Founder and CEO of HR Geckos ( https://hrgeckos.com ) in conversation with Patty Hampton, Managing Partner at Non-Profit HR ( https://nonprofithr.com ). Patty is a passionate and committed leadership and talent management champion for social enterprises. As an executive in residence, Patty is the creator of the firm’s new social enterprise collaborative and spearheads mult...

Episode 24 - Jay Polaki, Founder and CEO of HR Geckos ( https://hrgeckos.com ) in conversation with Andrew Saidy, a truly global HR/People Leader. Currently, Andrew leads the Global Talent function at Ubisoft. Prior to Ubisoft, Andrew led Talent Mobility and Employer Branding Programs at Seagate Technology, a world leader in Data Solutions and Storage. Prior to his role at Seagate, Andrew led Schn...

Episode 23 - Jay Polaki, Founder and CEO of HR Geckos ( https://hrgeckos.com ) in conversation with Dr. Sy Islam, Associate Professor at SUNY Farmingdale, and co-founder and  Vice President of Consulting with Talent Metrics ( www.talentmetrics.io ). In his role at Talent Metrics, he collaborates with organizations to conduct people analytics initiatives, design surveys, evaluate training programs...

Episode 22 - Jay Polaki, Founder and CEO of HR Geckos ( https://hrgeckos.com ) in conversation with Lars Schmidt, Founder of Amplify x r/HR Accelerator. Most recently, he wrote the best-selling book, Redefining HR. Lars is an entrepreneur, writer, speaker, podcaster, and advocate for modern HR and people practices.   Reach Jay on Social:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jpolaki/ Twitter: @ja...

Episode 21 - Jay Polaki, Founder and CEO of HR Geckos ( https://hrgeckos.com ) in conversation with Rohini Shankar, Chief Human Resources (HR) Officer for Ciox Health. Rohini has over 20 years of experience in the human resources function and has led global HR teams here in the US and in India.   Reach Jay on Social:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jpolaki/ Twitter: @jaypolaki https://twitt...

Episode 20 - Jay Polaki, Founder and CEO of HR Geckos ( https://hrgeckos.com ) in conversation with Michael Mullady, HR Business Partner at Genesys. Michael has over 20 years of experience in employee relations management, workforce planning, change management, training, performance management, leadership development, and succession planning for global organizations.   Reach Jay on Social:  Linked...

Episode 19 - Jay Polaki, Founder and CEO of HR Geckos ( https://hrgeckos.com ) in conversation with Vadim Liberman also known as the Liberace of HR (even if he's the only one who calls himself that). He is also editor of TLNT and ERE.net (the devil wears TJ Maxx), where he advances how we think, work, and live. He has previously worked as a strategy consultant to HR and recruiting tech companies a...

Episode 18 - Jay Polaki, Founder and CEO of HR Geckos ( https://hrgeckos.com ) in conversation with Dr. Krish Shankar, National President, NHRDN & EVP & Group Head HRD, Infosys. Krish has over 32 years of experience and has led several global HR functions in organizations like Bharti Airtel, Hindustan Unilever, and Unilever. Krish holds a postgraduate diploma in HR from XLRI, Jamshedpur, and has r...

Episode 17 - Jay Polaki, Founder and CEO of HR Geckos ( https://hrgeckos.com ) in conversation with Nicole Roberts, VP of People & Culture, MVAH Partners where she guides the overall people and culture strategy, fostering and strengthening a culture of collaboration, innovation, excellence, and initiative. Nicole has over 17 years of experience throughout Human Resources, specifically in the manuf...

Episode 16 - Jay Polaki, Founder and CEO of HR Geckos ( https://hrgeckos.com ) in conversation with Ritesh Daryani. Ritesh is a seasoned HR executive with over 20+ years of experience both locally and internationally and is currently the Global Vice President, People & Culture, at Edifecs.   Reach Jay on Social:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jpolaki/ Twitter: @jaypolaki https://twitter.co...

Episode 15 - Jay Polaki, Founder and CEO of HR Geckos ( www.hrgeckos.com ) in conversation with Ipsita Malla, People Consultant at Google. Ipsita is as global as you can get in HR. She is originally from Delhi, India but now based in Austin, Texas. She obtained her undergrad in Business Management from the University of Warwick, UK, then worked in India for a few years before coming to the US to p...

Episode 14 - Jay Polaki, Founder and CEO of HR Geckos ( www.hrgeckos.com ) in conversation with Jeffrey Shapiro, Director of Talent Acquisition with RadNet, a publicly traded organization consisting of 8500+ employees from coast to coast. Jeffrey’s mission statement: Adapt, react, project, plan, implement, make mistakes, learn…repeat.   Reach Jay on Social:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/j...

Episode 13 - Jay Polaki , Founder and CEO of HR Geckos ( www.hrgeckos.com ) in conversation with Mark Crowley, Leadership Speaker, Consultant & Change Agent For Workplace Engagement & Culture. Author of "Lead From The Heart." "There’s a clear reason  #EmployeeEngagement  scores across the world haven’t meaningfully improved over the past two decades. The way we collectively lead and manage is enti...

Episode 12 - Jay Polaki, Founder and CEO of HR Geckos ( www.hrgeckos.com ) in conversation with Wendy Dailey, a Talent management professional in the healthcare industry with 20 years of Human Resources experience. Wendy co-hosts the HR Social Hour podcast, an all-in-all HR Wonder Woman!   Reach Jay on Social:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jpolaki/ Twitter: @jaypolaki https://twitter.com/...

Episode 11 - Jay Polaki, Founder and CEO of HR Geckos ( www.hrgeckos.com ) in conversation with Amit Parmar, Co-Founder, and CEO of Cliquify . Amit has over 15 years of experience leading global HR/Talent teams in Fortune 100 companies.    Reach Jay on Social:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jpolaki/ Twitter: @jaypolaki https://twitter.com/jaypolaki   FaceBook: @JayPolaki https://www.facebo...

Episode 10 - Jay Polaki, Founder and CEO of HR Geckos ( www.hrgeckos.com ) in conversation with Jennifer Benton. Jen is an HR leader with over twenty years experience supporting the staffing and technology services fields. She currently serves as the Global Director of Human Resources for a technology services company based in Maryland. In her role, she leads human resource teams located around th...

Episode 9 - Jay Polaki, Founder and CEO of HR Geckos ( www.hrgeckos.com ) in conversation with Dr. Melanie Peacock, Associate Professor with the Bissett School of Business at Mount Royal University, Canada. Melanie also runs Double M Training & Consulting ( https://www.doublemconsulting.net/ ), which provides her with opportunities to contribute to the strategic HR success of clients from a variet...

Episode 8 - Jay Polaki, Founder and CEO of HR Geckos ( www.hrgeckos.com ) in conversation with Enrique Rubio, HR tech and future of work expert. He’s the Founder of  Hacking HR , a global learning community at the intersection of the future of work, technology, business, people, and organizations with thousands of members from all over the world.  Reach Jay on Social:  LinkedIn: https://www.linked...

Episode 7 - Jay Polaki, Founder and CEO of HR Geckos ( www.hrgeckos.com ) in conversation with Tish McFadden, Head of People and Culture at Maryland Oncology. With over 20 years of HR experience, a few of the highlights in Tish’s career include completing several hotel acquisitions, creating Realistic Job Previews to trim turnover, working with Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corp and Anne Arun...

Episode 6 - Jay Polaki, Founder and CEO of HR Geckos ( www.hrgeckos.com ) in conversation with Vibha Jain Miller, Vice President of Human Resources at Cogent Communications. Vibha is an agile human resources executive with over 20 years of global experience and was named a 2019 HR Leader of the Year in Washington DC.   Reach Jay on Social:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jpolaki/ Twitter: @...

Episode 5 - Jay Polaki, Founder and CEO of HR Geckos ( www.hrgeckos.com ) in conversation with William Tincup, President & Editor-at-Large of RecruitingDaily . At the intersection of HR and technology, he’s a writer, speaker, advisor, consultant, investor, storyteller & teacher.  Reach Jay on Social:  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jpolaki/ Twitter: @jaypolaki https://twitter.com/jaypolaki...

Episode 4 - Jay Polaki, Founder and CEO of HR Geckos ( www.hrgeckos.com ) in conversation with Julie Turney, an HR influencer with over 15 years of experience in HR. Julie is the founder of HR AT Heart Consulting ( https://hratheart.co/ ) in Barbados and hosts the popular HR Sound Off podcast.  She is also the Lead Organizer of Disrupt HR Caribbean which includes Barbados, Jamaica & Trinidad.   Re...