Why HR Data is the Key to make Strategic Business Decisions

Session Time: 11:00 am — 12:00 pm

Speaker: Melissa Acton-Buzard, CEO & President, Chameleon Technologies, Inc.

Session Description: According to Deloitte’s Global Human Capital Trends in 2016: “As technology makes data-driven HR decision-making a possibility, 77 percent of executives now rate people analytics as a key priority, up slightly from last year. In response, companies are building people analytics teams, rapidly replacing legacy systems, and combining separate analytics groups within HR into one strategic function. In 2016, 51 percent of companies are now correlating business impact to HR programs, up from 38 percent in 2015. Forty-four percent are now using workforce data to predict business performance, up from 29 percent last year.” And, so the purpose of my presentation is to discuss the importance of HR analytics and business performance. Though HR analytics is now better than ever, organizations need to properly access them, align their information with decision-making, and act accordingly. My goal is to guide and show HR executives how data can help them make valid and strategic business decisions, in hopes that it will improve the behavior of their employees and the overall performance of the business. HR should not only align with the business but drive the company by making better decisions about the workforce. It’s about knowing and applying an in-depth understanding of organizational dynamics based on data.

• Core Competency #1: HR Expertise (HR Knowledge)

• Core Competency #2: Business Acumen

Speaker Bio:
Chameleon Technologies’ CEO and Founder, Melissa Acton-Buzard, has worked in the staffing industry ever since graduating from the University of Washington with a political science degree in 1995. She planned to go to law school but decided to call a time-out from school and get a job for a year. A friend working at one of the nation’s leading staffing companies suggested Melissa apply there. Hired as the vendor coordinator for a large contract the company landed with Microsoft, Melissa quickly fell in love with the fast pace and personal relationships of the staffing business. Goodbye law school, hello totally serendipitous career. After stints at several other staffing and consulting firms, Melissa started Chameleon Technologies in 2000. With invaluable first-hand experience, she was clear about the services and practices she wanted to offer as well as what she would do differently with her firm. With a focus on diversity and inclusion as a woman-owned business, Chameleon Technologies set out to emphasize the importance of diversity in the workplace with an unparalleled focus on outstanding customer service.Chameleon recently started a Professional Data Services division which exclusively focuses on data management and data analytics. Our unique approach to data analytics produces superior results for our clients. We provide strategic data insights with competitive strategies for world-class business management. Key areas of expertise are data analysis and Business Intelligence solutions.