Farzeen Foda is a Talent Strategies professional with experience in corporate strategy, talent acquisition, and organizational design. Her experience spans the healthcare and financial services industries where she has leveraged technology, data, and continuous improvement to drive change in alignment with strategic objectives. In her current role, she manages CIBC’s Student Internship Program, designing high-value, high-impact work placements for early talent. In her spare time, she enjoys channeling her creativity toward home decor, crafting and DIY experiments.
 
Farzeen holds an HBSc. Life Sciences, from McMaster University and an MBA from the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto.

Geoff is a director and behavioral scientist leading a strategic research team using science, advanced analytics, and consulting to shape Rogers’ management strategy for its 26,000+ employees. Prior to joining Rogers, Geoff worked at Google’s People Analytics team and 4 Fortune/Forbes Global 1000 Companies, received a PhD specializing in Organizational Behavior at UCLA, and obtained both a Master of Industrial Relations and Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Toronto. His award-winning research has shaped government legislation and organizational policies, been published in prestigious academic journals and best-selling books, and received global media coverage.
 
Geoff holds a Ph.D in Management & Organizations from UCLA, and completed a Master of Industrial Relations and Human Resources and a B.Comm at the University of Toronto.

Miranda McKie is a Data Architecture and Engineering Manager and leads the People Analytics function for Accenture Applied Intelligence Canada. In her role, Miranda helps her clients across various industries including financial services, educational, transportation, and the broader public sector leverage their data as a corporate asset through the development of solution architecture and the implementation of Advanced Analytics. Miranda is passionate about Inclusion and Diversity Analytics and has worked on various initiatives focused on utilizing artificial intelligence capabilities to gain insights on systemic issues that impact women in the workplace. Miranda leads the GTA Women’s ERG and is a Board Member on the Toronto Board of Trade’s Young People’s Committee. She is also very involved in Accenture’s pro-bono practice.
 
Prior to Accenture, Miranda co-founded and was the President of a non-profit, Young Women in Business (YWiB) Toronto, which provides over a thousand Toronto women with a strong and sustainable network of support to enable their professional development. Miranda’s work in advancing women in the workplace led her to be the 2020 recipient of Catalyst Canada’s Emerging Leader Award.

Arjun is the Director of Data Science for the enterprise People Analytics practice at RBC. In this role, he leads a team of data scientists tackling the bank’s most important people related challenges through the use of advanced analytics, machine learning and AI. Arjun is a certified HR leader (CHRL) and brings 12 years of experience in the field. His previous roles include leading a People Analytics practice at BMO, Capacity and Workforce planning in technology consulting, and various other people operations functions. Arjun is a graduate of Queen’s University in Engineering and Economics. He also holds a Masters in Management Analytics (MMA) from the Smith School of Business.

Rob Catalano is passionate about helping companies succeed – by helping them focus on their employee experience. With his unique experience in HR Technology as a founding employee at Achievers, Rob co-founded WorkTango – a solution that helps give employees a voice and companies actionable insight. He has recently been named as a 2019 Top Global Employee Engagement Influencer, and is the Canadian Chairperson for The Enterprise Engagement Alliance, with a mandate to lead and help educate corporate, government and not-for-profit management on a formal process for implementing engagement across the enterprise community. He is an avid hockey and volleyball player, traveller, used to play guitar in a metal band, and in his own terms a ‘pointaholic’ – he collects loyalty points for everything and anything! You can reach him at rob@worktango.com or @RobCatalano on Twitter.
Rob holds a Bachelor Commerce, Marketing & IT, from Ryerson University.

Andrée Laforge holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from Laval University in Quebec City. She has more than 25 years experiences in management position in different organizations. She holds the position of VP Employee Experience and Product Manager at SYNTELL since 2011. She has been involved in several workforce analytics project in SME and large enterprises. She has built a reputation of experts in Workforce analytics in the province of Quebec and she is a frequent guest speaker and lecturer as well as author of several articles and publication on the subject. She is passionate about business intelligence, key performance indicators and human capital. She runs a blog called “Mesurer le capital humain”. In 2018, she was nominated to the “Top 100 HR analytics influencers.”

Carla Spina is a dedicated and experienced human resources professional with over 20 years of experience. She is currently the AVP HR Business Partner at CAA Club Group (CCG), where she oversees employee relations, labour relations, talent acquisition, talent management and organizational design. She has been with CCG for over 17 years, having held many progressive roles in pension and benefits, HRIS management and HR consulting. Prior to CCG she worked at OnX and Mother Parkers Tea & Coffee. Outside of work, she is very passionate about her family and is an advocate for working professionals to find harmony between their career and personal life.
 
Carla holds a Bachelor of Sociology from McMaster University. She has completed the Post Graduate Program – Human Resources at Humber College, the Masters Certificate in Leading Business Excellence at Schulich School of Business, York University, and the Certified Achieve Global Trainer – Leadership and Teamwork Queen’s Mental Health@Work Leadership Certificate.