Angie has enjoyed roles as a VP, Global Director of Operations for Talent Acquisition for various organizations throughout her career. Angie joined Arcadis in 2011 and has been a lead system implementor along with managing global teams. Her experience includes being a team lead for the implementation of 3 ATS (recruiting) systems within Arcadis as well as leading multiple projects including Employee Referral, Onboarding, Global system alignment, and process improvement. Most recently, Angie led the global implementation of a Skills Based TA tool that works with the ATS to help shift the hiring into a skills-based approach.

Angie finds passion in her work in collaborating with people globally across an organization. Connecting with people of all backgrounds and nationalities is what makes Arcadis a very interesting place to work and it is something that keeps her job interesting. She has lived and worked in Singapore, Malaysia, and Australia with a prior employer.

Angie lives in Denver, CO where she enjoys all things outdoors. Biking, snowboarding, hiking, and traveling top the list. She is an advocate for rescue animals and has 2 of her own, Charlie and Ellie. Angie holds a Bachelor's Degree in Economics and, as a fun fact, completed the Ironman Florida in 2005.

Pradeep Nair is the Associate Vice President and Global Head of Talent Center at Collabera, where he leads large-scale talent acquisition and global capability operations supporting Fortune 500 and enterprise clients across the U.S. market. With close to two decades of experience in the staffing and talent ecosystem, he brings a practitioner’s lens to building high-performance, ethical, and future-ready hiring organizations.

In his role, Pradeep oversees not only recruiting and delivery teams, but also a broad set of global shared services and capability functions, giving him a holistic view of how hiring decisions intersect with workforce planning, operations, and business outcomes. He has been closely involved in driving AI-enabled transformation across talent processes, with a strong focus on balancing speed, fairness, and human judgment in high-volume hiring environments.

Known for his people-centric leadership style, Pradeep emphasizes integrity, discipline, and long-term workforce impact over short-term hiring wins. He regularly partners with senior leaders to rethink skills-based hiring, recruiter capability building, and the evolving role of talent acquisition as a strategic business function.

Jay Park is the Senior Director, Talent Acquisition & Engagement at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts.

Paige McGlauflin is a journalist at HR Brew, Morning Brew's employment-focused vertical, where she covers recruitment and retention. She previously wrote Fortune's CHRO Daily newsletter. She's from Maine and currently lives in Seattle.

Danielle McCaffrey is a highly accomplished Senior Talent Acquisition Executive with over 25 years of experience driving strategic talent initiatives across diverse industries. Currently serving as the Senior Director of Talent Acquisition at Alorica, Danielle oversees a dynamic team of Recruiting professionals, managing the recruitment and onboarding of more than 20,000 hires annually. Her expertise spans verticals such as healthcare, banking and finance, telecommunications, technology, and retail.

Known for her innovative leadership, Danielle has consistently delivered results by aligning recruitment strategies with business objectives. She excels in building high-performing, inclusive teams, leveraging cutting-edge recruitment technology, and optimizing workflows to ensure efficiency and scalability. Throughout her career, she has held pivotal roles at industry-leading organizations like StarTek, Conduent (Xerox Corporation), Discover Financial Services, and ADP, where she has led initiatives that transformed recruitment practices and enhanced organizational effectiveness.

Danielle’s expertise includes global hiring, employee relations, organizational development, and strategic planning. She has successfully implemented data-driven solutions, streamlined talent acquisition processes, and fostered a culture of continuous improvement, earning recognition for her ability to meet and exceed ambitious goals in high-volume recruitment environments.

Danielle holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Utah. Beyond her professional accomplishments, she enjoys spending time with her family, cheering on the Utes, and pursues hobbies like calligraphy, hiking, and paddle boarding. Residing in Salt Lake City, Utah, Danielle embodies a commitment to both professional excellence and a balanced, fulfilling life.

Soha Kadam Masudi is the Director, Head of Talent Acquisition - Canada at Aramark.

Zeenath Khan is the Global Head of Talent at eBay.

Since 2018, Tim Wesson has served as IQVIA’s Senior Vice President of Global Talent Acquisition. In this role, Tim is responsible for creating and executing a Talent Acquisition strategy that supports IQVIA’s mission of accelerating innovation for a healthier world.

Collectively, Tim has over 22 years of results-driven success in Talent Acquisition across all global regions. Prior to joining IQVIA, Tim held several positions of increasing Talent Acquisition leadership responsibility at Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Salesforce. Earlier in his career, Tim founded a boutique agency specializing in go-to-market recruiting for the technology industry.

Tim has been happily married to his wife, Laura, for the past 28 years. Together, they have two children, Madison and Jack, who have left the nest but visit often. Tim enjoys spending his free time with his family, playing golf and exercising.

Emily McCrary-Ruiz-Esparza is a freelance journalist and From Day One contributing editor who writes about work, the job market, and women’s experiences in the workplace. Her work has appeared in the BBC, The Washington Post, Quartz at Work, Fast Company, and Digiday’s Worklife.

Simon Lusty serves as the Chief Operating Officer of Skill, a recruiting technology company purpose-built to navigate the complexities of enterprise staffing. He integrates decades of international leadership with Skill’s patented AI and agentic recruiting software. By blending the efficiency of a high-volume technology platform with the high-touch expertise of a premier staffing partner, Simon is leading the charge in how AI is disrupting and redefining the talent industry for a new era.

Corinne is a writer, editor and lifelong New Yorker with one ear always trained to a good story. She started her career as a "runner" for the New York Daily News, where she chased crime, covered education and City Hall, and turned copy around for three deadlines on the rewrite desk. 

During this time she dueled with an Olympic fencer, nabbed her first fake ID at 26 and penned an eyewitness account of an NYPD stop-and-frisk. Her extensive reporting on juvenile justice in the Bronx and Harlem won her two fellowships from John Jay College of Criminal Justice and a Newswomen's Club of New York Award for Beat Reporting.

She went on to earn an MFA from Columbia University, where she was awarded a Creative Writing teaching fellowship (she has also taught at Borough of Manhattan Community College and The School of the New York Times). Her journalism, essays and fiction have been published in outlets as varied as Forbes, The London Reader and Lakeshore Review. She has written op-eds about jury duty and teaching in nontraditional settings, reported on the murky, unregulated world of life coaches and plumbed her own experience of reporting an incident to the Manhattan Special Victims Unit. She believes stories can be found in unexpected corners, and she's interested in how even the simplest questions can help us challenge and reframe common perceptions.

Most recently, she worked with entrepreneurs, experts and thought leaders as a deputy editor to help shape their content on Forbes. During her two years there, she also developed and led seminars on journalism skills for staff and contributors.

In November 2024, she launched The Off-Site Writing Workshop, which offers customized writing services for entrepreneurs and companies looking to learn the craft of commentary. She has moderated panels at Future of Work conferences, including at From Day One, Running Remote and Worktech. 

Monica is the Global Head of Early Careers and Talent Pipelines at State Street.

Seth Macdonald is an Employee Gifting Specialist at Corporate Traditions, where he helps HR and People teams simplify employee recognition through thoughtful, scalable gifting programs. Seth partners with organizations to create recognition experiences that make employees feel genuinely valued — without adding complexity or cost burdens to already busy HR teams. A graduate of Brigham Young University, Seth brings a people-first mindset and a practical approach to workplace culture. His work sits at the intersection of employee engagement and operational simplicity, helping companies build recognition programs that are easy to manage and meaningful in impact.