2020 Top 100 HR Tech Influencers

Now more than ever, leaders are needed. Whether it’s CHROs creating innovative benefits packages for struggling workers, product developers pioneering solutions to target the new challenges facing our workforces or industry analysts providing needed guidance and insights to guide this new world of work, strong leadership will be essential to workforces across the world not only as they recover from the global pandemic, but eventually begin thriving again.
The work that lies ahead will need the unique human touch that only HR can provide—and that approach can be magnified by the deployment of smart HR-technology solutions. Expert HR strategies paired with forward-thinking tech tools can see our workforces through the challenges coming down the pike. To recognize the leaders whose work will be critical to this new age of HR, Human Resource Executive® and the HR Technology Conference & Exposition® are honoring their second annual list of 100 Top HR Tech Influencers.
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Jeanne Achille
Founder and CEO; Chair
The Devon Group; Women in HR Tech Summit, U.S. and Singapore
Al Adamsen
CEO & Executive Director
PAFOW / Insight222
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Aron Ain
CEO
Kronos + Ultimate Software
Gretchen Alarcon
Group Vice President, Human Capital Management Strategy
Oracle
Matt Alder
Producer; Talent acquisition and HR tech innovation speaker and consultant
The Recruiting Future Podcast; MetaShift
Cecile Alper-Leroux
Vice President of Human Capital Management Innovation
Ultimate Software
Sarah-Beth Anders
Director of Product Marketing
LinkedIn
Roxanne Armbruster
Assistant dean and Chief Human Resources Officer
Harvard Law School
Jason Averbook
Co-founder and CEO
Leapgen
Meg Bear
SVP of Products, Engineering and Operations
SAP SuccessFactors
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Steven Beauchamp
CEO
Paylocity
Derek Belch
Founder and CEO
STRIVR
Jen Benz
Senior Vice President, Communications Leader
Segal Benz
Doug Berg
Chief Zapper
ZAPinfo
Josh Bersin
Analyst and founder
Josh Bersin Academy
Steve Boese
Co-founder; Co-chair
H3 HR Advisors Inc.; HR Technology Conference & Exposition
John Boudreau
Professor Emeritus of Management and Organization, Senior Research Scientist
Marshall School of Business at University of Southern California
Sarah Brennan
Founder, Principal
Accelir Insights
Ben Brooks
Founder and CEO
Pilot Inc.
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Mimi Brooks
CEO
Logical Design Solutions
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Marcus Buckingham
Head of Research, People and Performance
ADP Research Institute
Yvette Cameron
EVP Ecosystem
Velocity Career Labs
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Kelly Cartwright
Director, Talent Acquisition Tech Strategy
Amazon Web Services Recruiting
Elizabeth Clarke
Executive Editor
Human Resource Executive
Jason Corsello
Founder and CEO
Acadian Ventures
Mervyn Dinnen
Analyst
Two Heads Consulting
Stacy Donovan Zapar
Founder
Tenfold | The Talent Agency
Kris Dunn
Chief Human Resources Officer
Kinetix
Debasis Dutta
VP&GM Product Mgt
Sumtotal Systems
Jonathan Ferrar
Co-founder and CEO
Insight222
Stacia Garr
Co-founder and Principal Analyst
RedThread Research
Adam Grant
Professor of Psychology
The Wharton School, The University of Pennsylvania
David Green
Managing Partner and Executive Director
Insight222
Boris Groysberg
Professor of Business Administration
Harvard Business School
Ron Hanscome
Vice President, Analyst
Gartner
Graham Hardiman
SVP Global Talent Solutions
Pfizer
Stacey Harris
Vice President of Research and Analytics
Sierra-Cedar Inc.
Zoe Harte
SVP of HR and Talent Innovation
Upwork
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Chris Havrilla
Vice President of HR Technology and Solution Provider Research
Deloitte Consulting
Emily He
Senior Vice President of Human Capital Management, Cloud Business Group
Oracle
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Loren Heeringa
SVP and CHRO
Land O'Lakes
Kathleen Hogan
Chief People Officer
Microsoft
Jim Holincheck
VP of Advisory Services
LeapGen
Jon Ingham
Consultant and author
The Social Organization
Ilonka Jankovich
Fund manager
Randstad Innovation Fund
Neil Jensen
VP Product Strategy
Workday
Ravin Jesuthasan
Managing Director
Willis Towers Watson
Katherine Jones
Independent Analyst
David Karandish
Founder and CEO
Capacity
Gaurav Kataria
VP of Product
Betterup
Kelly Kauffman
CHRO
Milwaukee Bucks
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Jennifer Kraszewski
Vice President of Human Resources
Paycom
Brian Kropp
Chief of Research and Group Vice President
Gartner
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Michael Krupa
Senior Director, Technology and Platform Strategy
Cisco
Bill Kutik
Host and Managing Editor
Firing Line with Bill Kutik®
Madeline Laurano
Co-founder and Chief Research Officer
Aptitude Research
Jason Lauritsen
Keynote speaker, author and consultant
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Melanie Lougee
Head of Strategy for Employee Workflows
ServiceNow
Lexy Martin
Principal, Research and Customer Value
Visier
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Trish McFarlane
CEO and Principal Analyst
H3 HR Advisors Inc.
Rebecca McKenna
Vice President of Global Events and HRE‘s Publisher
LRP Media Group
Jeanne Meister
Founding Partner
Future Workplace
Donna Morris
EVP, Chief People Officer
Walmart
Holger Mueller
Vice President and Principal Analyst
Constellation Research Inc.
David Ossip
Chairman and CEO
Ceridian
Jason Phillips
VP People Experiences
Cisco
Frida Polli
CEO and Co-founder
pymetrics
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David Rodriguez
Global CHRO
Marriott
Laurie Ruettimann
CEO
Let's Fix Work
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Tim Sackett
President
HRU Technical Resources
Eva Sage-Gavin
Senior Managing Director, Strategy Talent and Organization
Accenture
Andrew Saidy
VP Talent Digitization
Schneider Electric
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Robin Schooling
Managing Partner, HR + People Strategy
Peridus Group
Jonathan Sears
Principal, People Advisory Services
Ernst & Young LLP
Sarah Sheffer
Director, Strategic Workforce Planning
Henry Ford Health System
Ellyn Shook
Chief Leadership and Human Resources Officer
Accenture
Al Smith
Chief Technology Officer
iCIMS
Tyrone Smith Jr.
People Operations and Workforce Analytics Leader
Ryan LLC
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Brian Sommer
Founder and President
TechVentive Inc.
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Andy Spence
Workforce Futurist
Glass Bead Consulting
Erin Spencer
Senior Research Analyst
Deloitte Consulting LLP
Heidi Spirgi
Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer
Cornerstone OnDemand
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Dan Staley
Global HR Technology Leader
PwC
Mark Stelzner
Founder and Managing Principal
Inflexion Advisors LLC
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Lisa Sterling
Founder and CEO
R3-Engage
Jill Strange
Director Talent Development
Keurig Dr. Pepper Inc.
John Sumser
Founder, Principal Author and Editor-in-Chief
HRExaminer
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Jerome Ternynck
Founder and CEO
SmartRecruiters
Matthias Thurner
Chief Product Officer
Unit4
Dave Ulrich
Partner; Rensis Likert Professor
The RBL Group; Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
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Erica Volini
Global Human Capital Leader
Deloitte Consulting LLP
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Phil Wainewright
Co-founder
Diginomica
Ray Wang
Principal Analyst and Founder
Constellation Research Inc.
Don Weinstein
Corporate Vice President, Global Product and Technology
ADP
Jeroen Wels
Executive Vice President for HR
Unilever
Colleen Wood
Chief People Officer
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