Logan Sugarman, Founder & CEO at Refresh
TRANSCRIPT Logan Sugarman, Founder & CEO at Refresh LinkedIn Email Twitter Print Subscribe to Human Cloud Podcast Recorded live at the SHRM Annual Conference 2025 in San Diego, Tony Buffum speaks with Logan Sugarman, Founder and CEO of Refresh, about how HR can make benefits and resources easier for employees to access and actually use. […]
Zain Zaidi, Founder & CEO at TransCrypts
TRANSCRIPT Zain Zaidi, Founder & CEO of TransCrypts LinkedIn Email Twitter Print Subscribe to Human Cloud Podcast Recorded live from SHRM25 in the SHRM Labs booth, host Tony Buffum talks with Zain Zaidi, Founder and CEO of TransCrypts, about how technology can make background checks and verifications faster, smarter, and employee-owned. Zain shares the personal […]
Kris Tait, Chief Business Officer at Croud
TRANSCRIPT Kris Tait, Chief Business Officer at Croud LinkedIn Email Twitter Print Subscribe to Human Cloud Podcast Leaders, In this episode, Kris Tait, Chief Business Officer at Croud, discusses how marketing is evolving in the age of AI and why flexible talent is becoming essential for global brands, from his start in a small English […]
Connor Heaney President EMEA at CXC Global
TRANSCRIPT Connor Heaney President EMEA at CXC Global LinkedIn Email Twitter Print Subscribe to Human Cloud Podcast Leaders, In this episode, Connor Heaney, President EMEA at CXC Global, draws on more than a decade of experience building one of the world’s leading extended workforce firms to reveal what it takes to engage and support independent […]
Craig Short, Co-Founder & CTO of Gigged.ai
TRANSCRIPT Craig Short, Co-Founder & CTO of Gigged.ai LinkedIn Email Twitter Print Subscribe to Human Cloud Podcast Leaders, In this episode, Craig Short, Co-Founder and CTO of Gigged.ai, shares how a side project connecting freelancer friends turned into an enterprise platform trusted by global brands. Craig walks through Gigged’s evolution from a simple gig-matching tool […]
Beau Billington, Founder of The Free Agent
TRANSCRIPT Beau Billington, Founder of The Free Agent LinkedIn Email Twitter Print Subscribe to Human Cloud Podcast Leaders, Beau Billington joins us to share his path from corporate burnout to launching The Free Agent, a boutique talent platform built on transparency, curation, and strategic impact. Motivated by the need for better work-life balance and more […]
Ryan Tlustosch, Founder & CEO of Ourly
TRANSCRIPT Ryan Tlustosch, Founder & CEO of Ourly LinkedIn Email Twitter Print Subscribe to Human Cloud Podcast Leaders, In this episode, Ryan Tlustosch, Founder and CEO of Ourly, brings over two decades of experience in flexible labor marketplaces and 14 years in professional temporary staffing to the conversation. He shares lessons learned from his time […]
Tony Jefts, GM & Head of Topcoder
TRANSCRIPT Tony Jefts, GM & Head of Topcoder LinkedIn Email Twitter Print Subscribe to Human Cloud Podcast Leaders, Tony Jefts, GM and Head of Topcoder, joins us to break down what over two decades of crowdsourced software development can teach us about the future of work. He shares how Topcoder evolved from a coding competition […]
Ian White, Founder & CEO at Charthop
TRANSCRIPT Ian White, Founder & CEO at Charthop LinkedIn Email Twitter Print Subscribe to Human Cloud Podcast Leaders, In this episode, Ian reveals how his journey through tech startups led him to challenge the status quo in HR with Charthop. He discusses breaking into the HR space as an outsider, why traditional HR systems fall […]
Cüneyt Erpolat, Co-Founder & Board Member at Champs
TRANSCRIPT Cüneyt Erpolat, Co-Founder & Board Member at Champs CX LinkedIn Email Twitter Print Subscribe to Human Cloud Podcast Leaders, Cüneyt Erpolat joins us to explore how AI, flexible talent, and global reach are transforming customer experience. With over 30 years in tech, including leadership roles at Microsoft, Alibaba, and now as Co-Founder of Champs […]