Natalie Baumgartner, PhD, is the chief workforce scientist and director of the Achievers Workforce Institute, the research and insights arm of Achievers, the employee recognition and engagement platform. She has spent her career advising companies of all sizes, from entrepreneurial startups to Fortune 500 firms, on issues related to company culture. Specifically tackling key-hire assessment and portfolio due-diligence issues, she has found success analyzing what most overlook: the human element.

Previously, Baumgartner was the founder and chief psychologist of RoundPegg, a software platform designed to help companies understand their culture from the ground up to create cultural alignment and higher organizational performance. RoundPegg was acquired by Achievers.

Baumgartner earned her BA in psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, her MA in clinical psychology at UCLA, and her PhD in clinical psychology from the University of Denver, with a specific focus on assessment and additional training in strength-based psychology.

Brie Harvey is a talent management leader and digital strategist who writes and speaks about trends within Human Capital Management and the future of work.

Having served in a variety of leadership roles for HR Technology companies over the last decade, she brings expert level knowledge of Total Rewards, L&D, talent acquisition, and how to cultivate workplace cultures that transform employee engagement and the Employee Value Proposition.

Passionate about the intersection between behavioral science, managerial effectiveness and technology, Brie has partnered with some of the world’s largest, most complex organizations to build high performance cultures centered around authentic appreciation, trust and inclusion.

In her role as an Employee Engagement Evangelist, Brie works with the research arm of Achievers, the Workforce Institute, to share data-based insights about how to enhance employee engagement and recognition strategies for a pandemic-era workplace.