Top 135+ HR Analytics Influencers to Watch this Year: Who Are the Current Experts in the Field of HR Analytics?

Analytics in HR has been a much talked about area in business for a while now due to the way it can support organisations to use their wealth of employee data to make better, more informed decisions relating to their workforce and operational performance.

Analytics enables HR to find ways to attract top talent, accurately forecast future business needs and improve employee satisfaction and engagement (to mention a few), empowering companies to align human resources metrics with strategic goals that are of importance to their business.

From attracting top talent, to accurately forecasting future staffing needs or improving employee satisfaction, HR analytics tools empower organizations to align HR metrics with strategic business goals

But whilst the data gathered from analytics research in HR is proving to be very beneficial to organisations on a whole, it’s the people behind the data that make the most difference.  HR analytics influencers are the experts that take the data and develop strategies that can be shared and adopted by other organisations so they too can reap the benefits of a more data-led approach to achieving their business goals and stay ahead of the times.

Whilst conducting our own research into who is who in the world of HR analytics, we came across very few written resources that would lead us to find a comprehensive list of experts in the field, other than this article by People Analytics Leader, David Green.  It was rightfully acknowledged by David back in 2014 that there were limited articles relating to the top HR analytical influencers in a sea of generalist HR influencer posts and so with analytics in HR being such a prominent subject we wanted to also pay tribute to the most influential HR analytics leaders out there right now.

With a more data driven approach being adopted by Human Resources functions across the Globe, shouldn’t it be worthwhile to know which experts in the industry are influential?  We thought so too, so with help from David’s 4 part article series in which he highlighted 79 thought leaders in HR analytics, we also conducted some more recent research and added a further 10 HR analytics influencers to the list. These 135 plus analytical experts create and share their knowledge on data, HR software, studies and experience all relevant to the analytics revolution.

You can find their names and head over to their LinkedIn profiles using the links provided below!

1.  Morten Kamp Andersen, Human Capital Consultant | HR Analytics Expert | Leadership Development | Professional Speaker | Research | @MortenKamp

2.  Jason Averbook, CEO & Co-Founder at Leapgen 

3.  Kent Barnett, Performitiv Northwestern University – Kellogg School of Management 

4.  David Bernstein, Strategic Partnerships and Business Development at ThisWay Global 

5.  Josh Bersin, Principal and Founder, Bersin by Deloitte 

6.  Michael Beygelman, Visionary Talent Acquisition Leader | Predictive Analytics | RPO | MSP | HCM | Staffing 

7.  Steven Bianchi, People Experience & Organisational Insights 

8.  Dr Stephen Taylor, Global Head of People Analytics at Deutsche Bank 

9.  Naomi Bloom, Artist/writer/traveler/philanthopist/#EnSW opinions/professional theater sponsor/so much more 

10.  Max Blumberg, Workforce and sales force analytics, design & automation 

11.  Laszlo Bock, CEO and co-founder of Humu. Former SVP of People Operations at Google. Author of “Work Rules!”. Advisor. Dad.

12.  Eden Britt, Global Head, HR Analytics & HR Chief Data Officer at HSBC

13.  Eugene Burke, Advisor on talent and analytics

14.  Peter Cheese, CEO at CIPD, the professional body for HR and people development

15.  Simon Constance, Partner People Advisory Services at EY

16.  Patrick Coolen, Manager HR analytics and strategic workforce planning at ABN AMRO Bank N.V.

17.  Tom Davenport, Professor at Babson College

18.  Jonathan Ferrar, HR | Strategy | Analytics | CEO Ochre Rock | Co-Author The Power of People | Co-Founder Insight222 | Board Advisor 

19.  Andrew Gadomski, Talent and Data Analyst with a healthy sense of curiosity, tenacity, and humor 

20.  Jeanne Harris, Competing on Analytics (Expanded and Updated Fall,2017) Co-Author 

21.  Peter Hartmann, Director, Performance, Analytics and HRIS at Getinge Group 

22.  Nick Holley, Director of CRF Learning at Corporate Research Forum 

23.  Michael Housman, Chief Data Science Officer at RapportBoost.AI • I teach machines how to teach people how to communicate more effectively 

24.  Heather James, Associate Director 

25.  Aki Kakko, Serial Entrepreneur: Transforming Recruitment & Redefining HR – @AkiKakko 

26.  Nick Kemsley, Senior Partner at Korn Ferry Hay Group and Executive Fellow at Henley Business School 

27.  Manoj Kumar, ★ Ex-HSBC Head of HR Analytics ★ HR 40Under40 ★ People Analytics Leader ★ Conference Chair/Speaker★Founder: WorkplaceIf 

28.  Andrée Laforge, Vice-présidente Expérience-Employé et chef de produit enthousiaste, analytique RH, workforce analytics 

29.  Sanja Licina, Future of Organizations at Globant 

30.  Matthew Lymbery, Chief Technology Officer at Liaison Financial Services 

31.  Bernard Marr, Internationally best-selling author; keynote speaker; leading business, technology and data expert 

32.  Andrew Marritt, Founder at OrganizationView, a people analytics practice 

33.  Jean Martin, Executive Director and Talent Solutions Architect at CEB, now Gartner 

34.  Tom Monahan, Managing Partner, Norton Street Capital 

35.  Gyan Nagpal, Author of Talent Economics. Data enthusiast. Community builder. Talent Management Professional. @gyannagpal 

36.  Ian O’Keefe, Managing Director of Workforce Analytics at JPMorgan Chase 

37.  J Patil, Former U.S. Chief Data Scientist; built & run product teams @ LinkedIn etc; done a bunch of security and some data too 

38.  Jonathan Goldman, Dir of Data Science at Intuit 

39.  John Pensom, CEO, PeopleInsight Workforce Analytics 

40.  Thomas Rasmussen, GM People Analytics, Insights & Experience 

41.  Remco de Ruiter, HR Account Manager Production Pernis at Shell 

42.  Esther Bongenaar, VP HR Data & Analytics at Shell 

43.  Greta Roberts, CEO, Talent Analytics, Corp. 

44.  Pasha Roberts, Chief Scientist at Talent Analytics, Corp. 

45.  Prasad Setty, Vice President, People Operations — ABC (People Analytics, Benefits, Compensation and Perf Mgmt) 

46.  Jeremy Shapiro, Executive Director, HR. Global Co-Head of HR Data and Analytics 

47.  Phil Simon, Award-winning author, keynote speaker, and lecturer at Arizona State University 

48.  Tracey Smith, Consultant, author & speaker on supply chain analytics, HR Analytics, Business Analytics, KPIs, metrics and data 

49.  Luk Smeyers, Co-Founder & Practice Leader at iNostix by Deloitte, People Analytics 

50.  Jeroen Delmotte, Co-founder at iNostix by Deloitte, Predictive HR Analytics 

51.  Dr John Sullivan, Speaker, Advisor to Management, Author and Professor 

52.  John Sumser, Principal Analyst at HRExaminer 

53.  Vanessa Varney, Company Director of ViVi Chapter 2 Ltd 

54.  Erin (Kieley) Roberts, Business Processes Senior Consultant HR Reporting 

55.  Bart Voorn, Lead HR Analytics at Ahold Delhaize 

56.  Geert-Jan Waasdorp, Co Founder bij Arbeidsmarktkansen.nl 

57.  Ben Waber, President and CEO at Humanyze 

58.  Kevin Wheeler, Strategic advisor, Consultant, Futurist, Global speaker, Entrepreneur 

59.  John Austin, CEO Talegent 

60.  Laurie Bassi, CEO at McBassi & Company, Author of “Good Company” 

61.  Mark Berry, HR Strategist | People Proponent | Process Optimizer | Analytics Innovator 

62.  John Boudreau, Professor and Research Director, University of Southern California

63.  Marcus Champ, Professor and Research Director, University of Southern California 

64.  Salvatore Falletta, Human Capital Research, Ethical People Analytics & Workforce Decisions, and Evidence-Based Management & Strategy 

65.  Jac Fitz-enz, Owner, Human Capital Source and Human Resources Consultant 

66.  Adam Grant, Author: GIVE AND TAKE, ORIGINALS, OPTION B; Wharton professor; NYT writer 

67.  Placid Jover, VP HR UK & Ireland 

68.  Michael Kennedy, Marketing at Fisher Shipping Company 

69.  Alec Levenson, Economist / Senior Research Scientist at Center for Effective Organizations, University of Southern California 

70.  John R Mattox, Managing Consultant at Gartner 

71.  Alan Paling, Global HR MI Lead at Barclays Bank PLC 

72.  Gene Pease, People analytics thinker & author, Award winning entrepreneur, Board member, CEO, Senior advisor, Speaker 

73.  Michael Rosenbaum, Chairman and CEO at Arena 

74.  James Sesil, University of Wisconsin-Madison 

75.  Naveen Seshardi, University of Wisconsin-Madison 

76.  Gene Tange, CEO, PearlHPS Inc. 

77.  Benjamin Taylor, Want AI in 2017? Chief Data Officer at ZIFF, Inc. #unrecruitable 

78.  Heather Torres, Recruiting Analytics at Facebook 

79.  David Green, People Analytics leader | Award Winning Writer | Speaker / Chair | LinkedIn HR Power Profile | @david_green_uk 

80.  Andrew Spence, Strategic Workforce Advisor

81.  Evan Sinar, Chief Scientist and Vice President at DDI 

82.  Dave Milner, Executive Consulting Partner, IBM Workforce Science (Known as @HRCurator) 

83.  Richard Rosenow, People Analytics at Facebook 

84.  Ms Michael M Moon, Helping create data-driven HR functions through the application of evidenced-based practices 

85.  Madhura Chakrabarti, Research Leader, People Analytics and Employee Engagement 

86.  Sarah Andresen, Head of People Science at Sage People (formerly Fairsail) 

87.  Tito Magobet, Empowering Talent Engagement & Attraction @ Scale 

88.  Dr Ernest Ng, Senior Director, Employee Success at salesforce.com 

89.  Ross Sparkman, Head of Strategic Workforce Planning at Facebook 

90.  Doug Hamor, Workforce Planning & Strategies Leader, Suncor Energy

91.  Michelle Deneau, Director of HR Business Intelligence at Intuit 

92.  Nicholas Garbis, HR Executive leading workforce planning, analytics & HR operations 

93.  Al Adamsen, Founder & Executive Director at Insight222

94.  Dave Sutherland, Advanced Global Strategic Workforce Planning, Workforce Analytics, & Workforce Reporting/Data Management Practice Leader 

95.  Dan George, Delivering value, developing leaders as an Associate Director @ Deloitte

96.  Lisa Rowan, Research Vice President, HR software & services Research at IDC 

97.  Jaana Saramies, Strategic developer / HRD, HR reporting, people analytics, knowledge sharing, development, analytics, BI, finance

98.  Ramesh Soundararajan, Consulting on HR analytics and Architecting high performance systems, Author 

99.  Kuldeep Singh, Sr HR Professional 

100.  John Gunawan, Global HR Ops and Workforce Analytics at PepsiCo, M.S. Predictive Analytics

101.  RJ Milnor, VP, Talent Management Operations at McKesson

102.  J. Damien DeLuca, Senior Director at PepsiCo

103.  Ray Esboldt, Workforce Planning and Analytics Manager at 3M

104.  Holly Allen, Manager of Workforce Insight at CH2M HILL; workforce reporting, analytics & metrics, and strategic workforce planning

105.  Carrie Milnes, Team Lead – Strategic Staffing at Chevron 

106.  Rupert Bader, Enabling Expedia to meet current and future talent needs in a predictable, proactive and scalable way

107.  Aaron Holsinger, Director of Workforce Analytics at Ingersoll Rand

108.  John Bruce, PHR, HR Data Hound / Analytics Junkie / Workforce Planning Enthusiast

109.  Jen Miller, Senior Manager Talent Analytics at Kohler Co.

110.  Tim Harris (Harris-Cáceres), Director, Workforce Analytics at Magellan Health

111.  David Slicker, HR Analytics and Reporting Manager at Southern Company

112.  Corey Bucher, VP, HR Analytics & Workforce Planning at Voya Financial

113.  Dr. Daniel Mühlbauer, People Analytics @ function(HR) || HR Consultant @ bhm consulting || Curator of Nerd Words for HR

114.  Jordan Pettman, Global Head, People Data, Analytics and Planning at Nestlé 

115.  Littal Shemer Haim, People Analytics Consultant, HR Data Strategist, Organizational Researcher 

116.  Erik van Vulpen, HR Analytics Expert and Writer 

117.  Patti P. Phillips, PhD, Researcher | Consultant | Author | Educator

118.  Jack Phillips, Ph.D., Researcher | Consultant | Author | Educator | Speaker 

119.  Mostafa Azzam, Senior HR Advisor | Digital/Analytics HR Leader | Global HRM Consultant | Master Facilitator | Speaker | Writer 

120.  Tom Haak, Director at HR Trend Institute | Writes and speaks about HR Trends and HR Tech | Sharp, entertaining and inspiring 

121.   Fiona Jamison, Ph.D., CEO | Spring International | Custom Research, People Analytics and Consulting | Speaker 

122.  Mike Guglielmo, Assistant Professor of HR at Temple University | Business Professional with 35+ years of experience in HR, IT, & Finance 

123.  Kevin Moore SWP, Director Human Capital Analytics at Fannie Mae 

124.  Jouko van Aggelen, Executive Director, Head of People Analytics at Cubiks 

125.  Soumyasanto Sen, HR Technology, Transformation & People Analytics Leader and Advisor | Evangelist Future of Work | Speaker & Writer 

126.  Raja Sengupta, Head Of Product Development & Principal Consultant @ Workplaceif 

127.   Irma Doze, Consultant HR-analytics & Enterprise Intelligence 

128.  Gido Van Puijenbroek, HR Analytics Translator & Managing Director AnalitiQs 

129.  Tony Petrucci, PhD, Academic Director of Leadership Development Temple University & CEO of The Leadership Analytics Group 

130.  Wouter Minten, Global Head HR Data Analytics at Red Bull 

131.  Tom McKeown, CEO and Co-Founder at TrenData 

132.   Fatih Mehmet Subasi, Analytics Global Lead for Support Functions at Vodafone 

133.   Mattijs Mol, Global Program Head Recruitment Processes & Analytics @ ASML 

134.   Addie van Rooij, Vice President People Operations, L&D services, M&A HR services and Labor Relations at Hewlett Packard Enterprise 

135.   Jared Valdron, People Analytics @ GitHub | Organizational Consultant 

136.   Olaf Backofen, VP HR Steering & Analytics LH Group bei Lufthansa 

137.   Anna Lena Fritzsche, Manager People Analytics Consultancy & Organization Development 

138.   Gustavo Canton, VP of People Analytics @ Schneider Electric 

139.   Charles Occhino, Chief Technology Officer at PredictiveHR 

140.   Paul Borza, BSc. MSc in Machine Learning. MBA Candidate @ UW 

141.   Dr. Tyrone Smith, Global Strategy Leader | People Analytics & Workforce Intelligence, AI, RPA, Human Capital Management 

We hope that by compiling this list of the top HR Analytics Influencers to follow, who are currently driving the data movement forward, may help some of you find inspiration for your own HR analytics strategy.

If you are aware of any HR analytics influencers we may have missed that deserve a place on this list, leave us a comment and we will update accordingly!

Robyn.

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