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.

Kenneth Matos, Ph.D. is Director of Market Insights - HCM at HiBob. He leads HiBob’s research on global trends in employee experience and HR best practices. Dr. Matos uses that research to educate the HiBob and media communities on the strategic impact of emerging trends in human capital management and people analytics. 

Prior to HiBob, Dr. Matos led a global consulting team advising organizations on how best to collect, interpret, and respond to HR data and insights. His published research covers issues of inclusion, employee experience and wellbeing, leadership, and organizational culture. 

He completed his undergraduate work in psychology at Amherst College, received his master’s in Industrial and Labor Relations from Cornell University, and earned his Ph.D. in I/O Psychology at The George Washington University.

Dr. Matos is an accomplished speaker on issues of engagement, inclusion, remote and flexible work, and workplace culture.

Lynnette is the Director, Head of Global Learning & Development at Steelcase.

Tim began is career in pharmaceuticals as a sales representative.  After 25 years across sales, marketing, and sales operations, Tim joined AbbVie’s Human Resources in 2014 building out AbbVie’s Talent Development capability and leadership development solutions.  In 2017, he established the Organizational Excellence capability and team.  In 2019, he became the leader for Talent Management.  In January of 2024, Tim returned to a focus on talent development in his current role where his team is responsible for developing AbbVie’s leadership pipeline from interns to senior executives while building the skills and careers of all employees.

Jaime is the AVP, Workforce Solutions: Learning & Development at Voya Financial.

Kara has spent 25 years in the vibrant chaos of Toronto start-ups, mainly toggling between quiet non-profits and social enterprises. After 15 years as Product Leader, Kara switched sides of the house and joined the People team. Currently, she is the VP of People and Operations at DealMaker. Believing that start-ups should be the birthplace of HR innovation, Kara is on a mission to bring product methodologies into the heart of the People function.