Tony Buffum, VP of HR Client Strategy at Upwork, CHRO, Senior Human Resources Executive
Expert Insights Tony BuffumVP of HR Client StrategyUpwork Leaders, Tony Buffum is a former CHRO and freelance economy champion that will teach us how HR is embracing the freelance economy. His portal couldn’t be more perfectly timed with how HR leaders need to navigate layoffs, hiring freezes, and inflation. Our Favorite Quotes What are some […]
Sean Ring, VP On-Demand Talent Solutions, People 2.0
Expert Insights Sean RingVP On-Demand Talent Solutions, People 2.0 Leaders, Sean Ring is a window into the future, he is a founder and leader building one of the most important trends in our space, the shift to enterprises accessing multiple freelance marketplaces. Sean was the Co-Founder of Fulcrum, one of the earliest startups tackling a multi-marketplace aggregator model, and now […]
Allen Larson, President & Chief Talent Officer, Civilized Rebellion
Expert Insights Allen LarsonPresident & Chief Talent Officer, CIVILIZED REBELLION Leaders, To deeply understand the current freelance economy, we must understand the origins of innovation first introduced by the staffing industry. Robert Half is one of the staffing industries leading firms that used technology early to revolutionize how they hired internally. This is where Allen […]
Dan Curran, Founder & CEO, PowerPublish
Expert Insights Dan CurranFounder & CEO, PowerPublish Leaders, Dan Curran, without any predetermined master plan, found himself immersed in the freelance economy amid the Covid pandemic. Recognizing the opportunity, he pivoted his publishing company into an expert marketplace, seamlessly connecting niche journalists and consultants with complex/regulated B2B brands. What sets Dan apart is his unique […]
Lee Willoughby, Co-Founder, Bubty
Expert Insights Lee WilloughbyCo-Founder, Bubty Leaders, Lee’s Expert Insight covers both the teaching of where this industry is going and how software can disrupt the current state of the freelance industry. A bit on Lee, he represents the fresh blood of the freelance economy challenging norms yet surrounded by industry vets. He has been active in […]
Jon Younger, Author, Forbes Contributor, Human Cloud Partner
Expert Insights Jon YoungerAuthor, Forbes Contributor, Human Cloud Partner,‘Godfather’ of the Freelance Revolution Leaders, Jon Younger is the ‘OG’ of our industry. He recently led the most comprehensive global study on freelancers with the University of Toronto. In this episode he broke down quantitative and qualitative data like how there’s 15 million full time freelancers, […]
Steve King, Founder, Emergent Research
Expert Insights Steve KingFounder, Emergent Research Leaders, Steve King and Jon Younger are the brains behind many of our industries leading stats. What’s unique about Steve is that he’s the perfect example of freelancing becoming the natural evolution of work. Steve wasn’t a pissed off employee that wanted to ‘ditch the 9-5 to sit on […]
Rachel Renock, Co-founder, CEO, Wethos
Expert Insights Rachel RenockCo-Founder & CEO, Wethos Leaders, Rachel is solving arguably the most difficult challenge in the freelance economy – how to power individual freelancers to scale, meaning scale their freelancing into a sustainable career path rather than a fun side gig. She isn’t the first one to try this, Bonsai in 2016 was the first […]
Linda Mann, US Co-Founder & CPO, FlexC
Expert Insights Linda MannUS Co-founder & Chief Product Officer, FlexC Leaders, Linda is our industry’s superhero in building freelance programs at scale. She built PWC’s Talent Exchange, she was MBO’s Chief Experience Officer, and now is the Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at FlexC, a somewhat new yet prominently established marketplace. A couple of themes to listen […]
Barry Matthews, CEO, Open Assembly
Expert Insights Barry MatthewsCEO, Open Assembly Leaders, We need to talk about how organizations can scale their freelance usage. The freelance economy V1 & V2 was built for entrepreneurs and small businesses, not large companies. The problem as Barry Matthews, CEO of Open Assembly and 20+ year vet describes it, is that Enterprises don’t know which […]