Dr. Wayne F. Cascio is US Bank Term Professor of Management at the University of Colorado Denver. He has authored more than 135 journal articles and book chapters, and 20 books. A Fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources, the Academy of Management, and the American Psychological Association, he has received the Distinguished Career award from the HR Division of the Academy of Management. He has won two “best paper” awards from the Academy of Management Executive for his research on downsizing and restructuring, and received an honorary doctorate from the University of Geneva (Switzerland). Dr. Cascio has consulted with more than 150 organizations on six continents. His research on staffing, training, performance management, and the economic impact of HR activities has appeared in a number of scholarly journals, and it is cited regularly in the business press.

Dr. John W. Boudreau is Research Director at the Center for Effective Organizations, and Professor of Management and Organization in the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California. He is recognized worldwide for breakthrough research on the bridge between superior human capital, talent, and sustainable competitive advantage. He is a strategy, human resource management, and talent advisor and educator in organizations ranging from early-stage companies, to government agencies and Fortune 100 organizations, to large multinational companies. Dr. Boudreau has published more than fifty books and articles, and his work has been featured in Harvard Business Review, the Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Fast Company, and Business Week, among others. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources and a former director of the Center for Advanced Human Resource Studies at Cornell University, where he was a professor for more than twenty years.