Guenter Bernhard, based in in London, is the strategic HR business partner for the digital product business of IGT and oversees with his team the UK, Austrian and German sites. Before joining IGT Guenter enjoyed roles in both Generalist and Specialist HR leadership for the global food company Mars. Besides his 12 years of HR experience in global companies, he also worked 5 years in the management consulting industry specialising on Change Management and improving Organizational performance through business process management. In addition, Guenter has applied his experience and passion for personnel development and education by delivering several guest lectures at Universities throughout Austria.

David Creelman is best known for his extensive research & writing on the most important areas of human capital. He won numerous awards, such as the best book award for his book “Management Reset” and the Walker Award for his research on Boards & HR. He is the CEO of Creelman Research, which can count among its clients think tanks, consultants, academics and organizations from around the world.

Mark Lawrence has a proven track record in the field of HR and Learning & Development. With a background in Management Consultancy, he was part of IBM’s ‘Top Talent’ community. He serves as an advisor for numerous professional research bodies and is regularly called upon to speak at conferences on topics such as HR analytics and data visualization.

Founder of Analytics in HR, the largest People Analytics community worldwide, writer and popular key-note speaker, Erik is globally recognized as one of the top influencers in the field. He has trained hundreds of HR professionals, including at Executive levels, on how to apply data-driven HR and analytics in their organizations.

Neelie Verlinden is the Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Digital HR Tech. She’s an experienced digital HR & HR Tech writer, speaker, and entrepreneur with an international background. She has written countless articles on all things HR technology.

I am an experienced management consultant specialising in the design and implementation of new HR operating models to deliver business goals. I have worked on over 20 complex transformation programmes with organisations including; BP, John Lewis Partnership, Novartis, United Health Group and UK NHS Trusts.

After gaining an MSc in Cognitive Science and Artificial Intelligence, long before Siri and Watson, I still work at the intersection of people, technology and organisational development.

I am passionate about building better workplaces and spend my time researching, consulting, writing, speaking, training and coaching. My recent work has included publishing a research paper for the Blockchain Research Institute on “Blockchain and the CHRO”.

HR/Digital/Workforce Transformation have similar goals and I help organisations prepare for how work will be delivered in the future.

I am honoured to receive recognition for contributions to my community, including :-

?Top 30 Global Influencers of HR Tech 2018

?Top 30 HR Influencers – Perkbox

?The 30 Best HR Analytics Articles of 2016 and 2017 – David Green

?15 HR and People Analytics Experts to Follow – Jibe

?20 Experts in People Analytics – Sage People

I share my knowledge, research and occasional insights in different ways :-

? Speaking and chairing global HR and technology conferences (including Moscow, Sydney, Budapest, Paris, Amsterdam, Athens & London). Keynote topics include Opportunities for Automation in HR, People Analytics and the Future of Work

? Published over 60 articles for CIPD, HR Zone, HR Transformer Blog, Strategic HR Review, UNLEASH and others

? Board Advisor to start-ups and scale-ups

? Active on twitter @AndySpence with >10k followers

? Fellow of the RSA in London

? Professional member of the Center for Evidence Based Management

? Curate popular “HR Transformation Magazine” on ScoopIt, and “Future of Work and Organisations” on Flipboard