Hrexaminer Radio Hour #hrrh

Hosts Stacey Harris and John Sumser discuss important news and topics in recruiting and HR technology. Listen live every Thursday at 8AM Pacific – 11AM Eastern, or catch up on full episodes with show transcripts here.

For over 25 years, Richard Milam has empowered leaders in financial services, healthcare, insurance, and other industries improve productivity in their organizations by recognizing and eliminating time-consuming business processes. Richard is founder and CEO of EnableSoft, an Inc. 5000 company and developer of Robotic Process Automation “robot” software known as Foxtrot. Over 500 organizations use Foxtrot by EnableSoft technology to automate tasks inside of almost any software application. He is also a regular contributor to many media outlets, including Bloomberg, CEO Magazine, TalkRadio, CNBC, American Banker, and elsewhere. 

  Hosts Stacey Harris and John Sumser discuss important news and topics in recruiting and HR technology. Listen live every Thursday at 8AM Pacific – 11AM Eastern, or catch up on full episodes with show transcripts here.

Mike Erlin is a human capital technology veteran & entrepreneur, with two decades experience spanning the coal-face of e-learning with DigitalThink with pioneers such as Josh Bersin, to leadership roles in innovative technology companies such as DigitalThink, Blackboard, Cornerstone & now, AbilityMap. AbilityMap was born at the intersection of Mike’s business & athletic passions. As a former America’s Cup Sailor & Offensive Lineman for the Oregon Ducks, Erlin saw how much data went into the selection of a team of athletes & how matching the individual to the role, always hand-in-glove, was absolutely critical.  Turn to hiring in the business world & there was nothing even close.  People-focus not role-focus was the standard.  With hiring managers consistently reporting they would not rehire one third of the people they’ve employed, it was clear to Mike that something needed to change. Then a chance meeting with employment industry veteran & behavioural psychologist, Kevin Chandler

Hosts Stacey Harris and John Sumser discuss important news and topics in recruiting and HR technology. Listen live every Thursday at 8AM Pacific – 11AM Eastern, or catch up on full episodes with show transcripts here.

Beth White has over 15 years experience as a Human Resources professional and 10 years experience in developing software technology, with an emphasis on disrupting business processes. Beth saw an opportunity to help HR initiate AI and machine learning processes by leveraging chatbots to act as Virtual Assistants for HR.  Through chatbot interactions, HR is able to obtain valuable real time data that can be used to drive employee engagement strategies. Beth founded MeBeBot in 2018 and the HR TalkBot solution as the first step for an HR path to an AI strategies.  By automating routine HR frequently asked questions, HR gains valuable time back in their day for strategic tasks and employees have access to HR anytime, from anywhere (via mobile and computer devices). The HR TalkBot improves efficiencies, saves costs and drives optimum performance and productivity.  Beth ives in Austin, Texas and has a BA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and an MBA from St. Edward's University (where she was also an Ad

Hosts Stacey Harris and John Sumser discuss important news and topics in recruiting and HR technology. Listen live every Thursday at 8AM Pacific – 11AM Eastern, or catch up on full episodes with show transcripts here.

Jason Finkelstein is an entrepreneur and technology business leader obsessed with work tech and the future of work. A computer scientist turned product manager turned strategic marketer, Jason is now the CRO of Traitify, a new category of HR tech company using personality science to change hiring for the modern era. Traitify measures personality data to radically improve candidate and employee experience, inform data-driven hiring and give value to both workers and companies across the employee lifecycle. Previously, he was CMO of publicly traded company AVG Technologies (acquired by Avast for $1.3 billion) and CMO of growth-stage company Location Labs (acquired by AVG for $220 million). Jason has an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School and a bachelor's in computer science and economics from Duke University. He is based in San Francisco.

Hosts Stacey Harris and John Sumser discuss important news and topics in recruiting and HR technology. Listen live every Thursday at 8AM Pacific – 11AM Eastern, or catch up on full episodes with show transcripts here.

Manish Goel is Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer at TrustSphere, pioneer of next-generation Relationship Analytics. Under his stewardship, the company has achieved exponential growth including successfully partnering with many of the world’s leading technology platforms such as IBM, Salesforce.com. Manish has over 20 years of experience in the software and services sector, having started his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Strategic Change Consulting practice. He then went on to become an Investment Director at PwC Venture Partners, the firm’s London based principal investment unit. There he led the Investment Selection team and, built a personal specializiation in the Financial Services Technology (FinTech) sector.  Manish believes strongly in contributing to the technology ecosystem. For several years he Chaired the Online Trust Alliance (OTA), an industry alliance formed to protect the vitality of the online ecosystem, promote individual privacy and best practices, which enhance trust in e- c

Hosts Stacey Harris and John Sumser discuss important news and topics in recruiting and HR technology. Listen live every Thursday at 8AM Pacific – 11AM Eastern, or catch up on full episodes with show transcripts here.

As Chief Technology Officer, Loren Larsen is responsible for guiding HireVue’s product direction through the product management, user experience, and engineering teams. Larsen is an award-winning technology veteran with more than 20 years of engineering and research experience. Prior to joining HireVue, Larsen led the development of innovative mobile device applications and video relay services for the deaf as director of Engineering and Mobile Products at Sorenson Communications. Earlier in his career, he served as Vice President of Engineering at Move Networks – where he was responsible for development of the Move online HD video player, which was deployed to over 50 million users – and as Chief Software Architect at World Wide Packets where he architected carrier-grade ethernet platforms. Larsen was previously co-founder and board member for Pepun.com, which enables independent filmmakers to market and monetize their films online. He has earned both a master’s degree and a bachelor’s degree in Computer Sc

Hosts Stacey Harris and John Sumser discuss important news and topics in recruiting and HR technology. Listen live every Thursday at 8AM Pacific – 11AM Eastern, or catch up on full episodes with show transcripts here.  

Chris Butler is an HR data and analytics expert and consequently the founder and CEO of One Model.  Chris started his career working with HR data many years ago at Infohrm, the first HR analytics software company.  With hundreds of HR data warehouse deployments under the belt and the successful acquisition of Infohrm by SuccessFactors, and subsequently SAP, Chris could see that no vendor was able to scratch the itch HR departments had to build an analytics function that would first enable them and then grow with them as they matured their capabilities. One Model was born to deliver it's customers with a complete HR data strategy that would complement and work independently of the HR technology the customer currently chooses to use.   With a focus on understanding the construction, and behaviors of each system One Model is able to deliver analytics as a by product of good data management and allow customers to effectively switch transactional technologies without skipping a beat (or losing a data point).  

Hosts Stacey Harris and John Sumser discuss important news and topics in recruiting and HR technology. Listen live every Thursday at 8AM Pacific – 11AM Eastern, or catch up on full episodes with show transcripts here.

Michael Carden is the founder of Joyous.

Hosts Stacey Harris and John Sumser discuss important news and topics in recruiting and HR technology. Listen live every Thursday at 8AM Pacific – 11AM Eastern, or catch up on full episodes with show transcripts here.  

Mike Riordan is the Director of Sales & Operations for BenefitEd.  Mike helped launch BenefitEd within the Nelnet Innovation Hub and forge a partnership with Ameritas.   He has a passion for helping companies better recruit and retain talent through education benefits. Mike holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Franciscan University of Steubenville and an MBA from the University of Nebraska.  Mike spent time in public accounting where he earned his CPA certificate and also spent time in service as a full time job at Boystown. He and his wife took care of high school aged girls who needed out of home placement due to behavioral issues. Mike resides in Lincoln with his wife and growing family.  He volunteers with various organizations in his community and is active in his local parish.

Hosts Stacey Harris and John Sumser discuss important news and topics in recruiting and HR technology. Listen live every Thursday at 7AM Pacific – 10AM Eastern, or catch up on full episodes with show transcripts here.  

Michael Kannisto is the founder of MindemicLab, a think tank that uses a Scenario Planning format to bring remarkable people together in an ongoing conversation about the future of work.  He started off as a research scientist, but has spent most of his career running talent acquisition for large global organizations.  Dr. Kannisto received a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Texas A&M University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Materials Science and Engineering department at the University of Michigan. He has two teenage children, and is an amateur artist.