Christopher J. Dwyer is the Senior Vice President of Research at Ardent Partners and the Managing Director of the Future of Work Exchange. He has been the market’s leading authority on contingent workforce management, staffing, HR and related technology, and talent management for the past 15 years. Dwyer was an early architect of the Future of Work movement and evangelizes the progressive strategies, solutions, and technologies that optimize how work is done. He has written hundreds of research studies on the evolution of talent and work and also serves as the host for the groundbreaking Contingent Workforce Weekly podcast. Dwyer is actively engaged by global business leaders for guidance on staffing technology adoption, business transformation, and work optimization.
Andrew Bartolini is the Founder and Chief Research Officer at Ardent Partners and a future of work evangelist. Andrew published his first report focused on the contingent workforce in 2006 and has been an active voice in the transformation of the extended workforce ever since. At Ardent Partners, Andrew oversees all research and client programs including the annual State of the Market and Metrics that Matter eBook Series’, Technology Advisor Reports, Ardent’s monthly webinar series, as well as its in-person and virtual summits and roundtables. Andrew is also the publisher of CPO Rising, the news and research site for Chief Procurement Officers and other procurement leaders that focuses on the topics that matter to CPOs, including services procurement and complex category management (www.cporising.com).
