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Recognized in 2025 among the Top 100 HR Technology Influencers by HR Executive and listed by Social Micole among leading voices shaping responsible AI and people practices.

Top 100 HR Technology Influencers - 2025

  • Recognized among global leaders shaping the future of HR technology, workforce strategy, and digital transformation through thought leadership and industry impact.
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Most Inclusive HR Influencers - 2025

  • Named for advancing responsible AI perspectives and forward-thinking people practices shaping the future of work globally.
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Business Strategy Accomplishments

My requirements gathering, developmental listening, and solutions architecting capabilities led to:

Achieved Rainmaker million-dollar producer status.

Placed 1000’s of candidates into over 100 of the world’s best companies.

Managed high performance agency and corporate recruiter teams in the USA, Europe and Asia.

Made a name in placing women and people of color long before DEI became trending.

Built an enterprise DEI Center of Excellence, integrating TA, TM and HR.

Focused on placing Women in Technology.

Coached and advised Talent Acquisition all around the world

Throughout my career, I’ve analyzed socio-human employment issues and the reasons why corporations cannot retain employees. I worked in all sides of the TA business functions: Agency, RPO and Corporate and both on shore and overseas too while partnering and advising my client HR & Business/IT counterparts…

Bottom line: Companies interested in building world class TA for TR into their organizations must understand the psychology of the past several growth periods and three recessions. Only twenty years ago there were two generations in the workforce and now there are four. As an experienced leader of multi-generational talent transformation, I have a passion architecting the Future of Work for organizations.

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Career & Impact Timeline

Key milestones across a 20+ year career at the intersection of people, technology, AI, and organizational performance. 

June 2025 – Present
Founder & Executive Director, Global Think Tank for Policy and Program Action
  • Founded and launched a think tank incubated at Saïd Business School, positioning human potential as a core driver of enterprise and sovereign economic performance.
  • Chair a Global Thought Council translating macroeconomic and AI policy trends into action-oriented strategies for CEOs, CHROs, boards, and public institutions.
  • Lead cross-border partnerships and research initiatives that convert workforce disengagement risk into measurable performance gains through targeted engagement, policy alignment, and enterprise execution platforms.
December 2023 – Present
Founder & Principal — Intrinsicana (AI × People & Organization Change)

Founded an AI-first people and organizational transformation advisory that integrates behavioral science, EX and AI governance into scalable GTM and delivery models. 

  • Defined IP, operating models, and advisory frameworks for AI-enabled EX and L&D. 
  • Advises C-suite on governance, adoption roadmaps, and ROI measurement for generative AI in HR functions. 
  • Delivered board / DoD–level roadmaps and “art of the possible” sessions. 
Dec 2023 – Jun 2025
PgDip: Artificial Intelligence in Global Business (Executive) - Said Business School, University of Oxford

Selected as one of 100 global executives; produced highest-scoring capstone (AI Talent Accelerator) and practical governance frameworks used with DoD and multinational clients. 

  • Capstone: strategic national roadmap for AI talent and governance; highest year score. 
  • Delivered applied papers on AI governance, AI-first L&D, and organizational assessment. 
Dec 2022 – Dec 2023
Director, Future of Work / Practice Architect, People & Digital AI - NTT DATA

Conceived and launched the Human Experience & Performance (HEP) advisory suite; led a 20-person team delivering enterprise AI, XLA, and cross-C-suite program design. 

  • Launched HEP advisory, aligning CEO/CHRO/CIO/CFO/CDO agendas across enterprise clients. 
  • Built multi-tower solutioning capabilities including technology cost auditing and experience-level agreements (XLA). 
  • Drove partnerships with academic institutions and UN to strengthen thought leadership. 
Jan 2018 – Oct 2022
Founder & Principal - LeadershipEnvy (CHRO Advisory, Talent & AI OCM) 

Built a future-of-work advisory practice focused on multi-gen transformation, AI-OCM integration, and executive coaching — winning Fortune clients and developing revenue-generating methodologies. 

  • Pioneered an AI-driven Organizational Change Model (Multi-Gen Transformation Model). 
  • Secured engagements with Fortune 500 clients, delivered AI & L&D programs pre-OpenAI era. 
  • Published frameworks synthesizing Agile/ADKAR/S7 into proprietary consulting solutions. 
March 2016 – Dec 2017
Principal, Talent & Organization Business Partner — Post-M&A Transformation Architect — L3Harris Technologies

Led human capital integration for the $4.8B ITT/Exelis & Harris merger; architected the “Harris One” shared services model and captured $17M in hard cost savings. 

  • Delivered $17M cost capture through tech rationalization and organizational redesign. 
  • Redesigned Peoplefluent ATS (6-month redesign) for 40% operational efficiency gain and $300K+ annual vendor savings. 
  • Managed risk and continuity for TS/SA personnel and unified HCM platforms across business units. 
Jan 2015 – Dec 2015
Strategic Accounts Advisor & Global Talent Operations Lead (Oil & Gas Technology) - Infosys

Advised C-suite teams at major oil & gas clients on high-tech modernization, translating complex ERP/predictive maintenance technology needs into workforce strategies. 

  • Supported $640M Global Technology portfolio with strategic resource allocation and run-with-the-sun delivery optimization. 
  • Acted as SME on high-technology talent & workforce planning for enterprise accounts. 
Jan 2013 – Dec 2014
Founder / Business Officer — Leadership AI (EX SaaS platform)

Built an employee-experience pulse SaaS product (EX diagnostics), validated with a DoD beta engagement; led GTM strategy and early product architecture. 

  • Developed EX pulse platform; won DoD beta validation. 
  • Designed GTM, franchising model and product iteration informed by client feedback and academic studies. 
Mar 2012 – Oct 2012
Director, Talent Acquisition, Technology (Mid-Market & MetLife account) — Eliassen Group

Led strategic MSP functions, executive headcount delivery and served as the MetLife account lead for complex talent models. 

  • Managed MSP advisory & complex client relationships across high-value enterprise accounts.
May 2010 – Jul 2011
Director, Talent Acquisition, Technology — Kforce Global Solutions 

Top-performing Director in the Technology practice; achieved national sales rankings and built strategic compensation and talent advisory services for large clients. 

  • Achieved Top 5 national rank and million-dollar producer status; drove +137% quota. 
Mar 2007 – May 2010
Director, Talent Acquisition (Financial Services & Pharma accounts) — The Connors Group

Led enterprise search & strategic TA for clients such as AIG and Regeneron; developed digital thought leadership and C-suite recruitment events. 

  • Million-dollar producer with +115% YoY quota performance; advised CHRO/CIO on org design and compensation.
Education & Executive Studies
  • PgDip, Artificial Intelligence in Global Business — Said Business School, University of Oxford (Dec 2023–Jun 2025).  
  • Ed.M., Adult Learning & Leadership — Columbia University.  
  • MBA, Management of Technology — New Jersey Institute of Technology.  
  • GD, Organizational Development & Leadership — NYU Stern.  
  • BA, Organizational Communications — The Ohio State University.

Blended Human Capital accomplishments to deeply understand 2023 and beyond

Advisory to a 100-company portfolio of the world’s best companies in short and long-term Talent Acquisition, Development & Retention, with a successful documented record.

Corporate Trainer of Learning & Development, developing employees’ skills and capabilities in while listening intently to how and why they did well or struggled.

Two-office managing director of Talent Staffing services firms. Spent years in the trenches of several economic growth periods and recessions. As demand for talent increased, new generations entered the workforce and hyper-speed of processing always took center stage. From associate to area team leader, I managed several small teams, gaining valuable experience managing sector and industry-heavy corporate account portfolios. My leadership-by-example coaching style, consistent quota achievements made me a two-office branch manager and the only non-family board member of a private firm.

Developed a name and became a highly sought out talent advisor of women in technology focusing on Equity & Equality over a decade before pandemic.

As a founder of an Employee Experience (EX) SaaS technology start-up, I gained invaluable experience in designing and prototyping the conversion of a leadership consulting practice into a technology concept and product design and pitching the beta to the US Government, the largest employer in the world.

At a global Indian consulting firm, I successfully managed relationship duties in their international “Run-with-the-Sun” model during the launch of an international vertical.

As an enterprise HCM principal consultant, I had a two-year journey in a multi-billion post M&A. I managed multiple projects and programs leading senior personnel, but my joy came when I was given the opportunity to integrate multiple business functions for world class DEI strategy.

I created my own DEI & Belonging x Employee Experience Leadership research and advisory practice integrated extensive corporate, academic and external ecosystems to engineer solutions for the root cause of Employee Disengagement.

As a leader and speaker in associations across the industry such as ATAP, Hacking HR, OAGE, NJBIA, SHRM and others, I successfully led cutting edge initiatives to present strategy for the future world-of-work.

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I started my career in Technology Talent Acquisition / HR Strategy Consulting

In TA strategy, it’s all about understanding corporate culture and the employee needs. I spent many years walking the halls of my corporate clients, listening to my HR partners and meeting each hiring leaders needs while soaking up the sensory information within their environments.

I was charged with speaking to every candidate and listening intently to what they want – what’s never on the resume. I spent many years’ speaking to and learning why job seekers want to leave bad jobs and are willing to leave their good jobs.

Today, the humanistic art of Talent Acquisition barely exists, yet there are far more people in Talent Acquisition because companies struggle to hone in on what matters to employees most – but are statistically universal truisms:

  • #1 reason why employees leave is bad managers
  • #2 reason is toxic workplace culture
  • #3 compensation

I suggest a miscalculation of Job Seeker & Candidate value, expectations, motivations are major reasons why the World-of-Work is experiencing unprecedented Hiring Dilemmas

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Throughout my career I’ve had unique Talent Development & Management experiences

As leader of human capital strategy and operations, I’ve spent my career learning and improving key aspects of people management and culture. This came from providing best-in-class solutions to a large portfolio of companies, managing teams of people and many years of research in business academia.

But at the other end of the bell curve, I also spent a large part of my career listening to the increasing level of employee disengagement, the lack of development given to employees as well as the growing spectrum of employee needs. Before the pandemic, these have largely not been given priority in our national and global cultures. Now we have unbelievable levels of inequality, inequity and disengagement.

I help companies make change from pre-pandemic processes and policies to designing new era People-First systems

Simply put, until the highest levels of executive management prioritize new era organizational reengineering and next gen employee engagement, it’s simply rinse and repeat antiquated thinking. This is the root of the problems today.

Those who want to just throw technology at the problem are not transformation architects, or new era thought leaders. We have a 21st century workforce, largely operating in a 20th century human capital structure and priorities.

The costs of disengagement to companies are tremendous, yet many companies can’t understand why.

The damage to nations is catastrophic and nothing short of multi-generational.

The individual suffering, the job seeker and the employee is struggle and suffering.

The transformation for the new world-of-work needs multi-discipline strategy experts with hands-on experience

What I’ve come to learn is that candidate and employee engagement is one of the most misunderstood areas of organizations because companies do not spend enough time in root cause organizational analysis and rarely apply intersectional integration to weave the interconnected fields of human capital.

Multi-Generational Thought Leader

To lead organizations in the future-of-work, I developed multi-dimensional capabilities to become a hands-on transformation architect:

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Finding Self Motivated Engagement

A comprehensive guide exploring why motivation, performance, and meaning are breaking down in today’s hyper-driven workplaces and what leaders can do about it. Blending behavioral insight with real-world leadership practice, the book offers practical frameworks to help emerging and senior leaders build resilient mindsets, sustain engagement, and lead with clarity in times of constant change.

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