Optimize Your Greatest Asset -- Your People: How to Apply Analytics to Big Data to Improve Your Human Capital Investments

Acknowledgments

This is the third book I have authored, and Sara Jensen has collaborated with me on every one. She is a first-rate researcher and editor and all around a good person. Sara in many cases turns my gibberish into English. You are a pleasure to work with, Sara—thank you. Mia Heckendorf also has been part of our team for each book. Mia deserves a special thank you for keeping me organized and on schedule. Without these two incredible, talented women, I would not be able to run a company full time and share our research with the industry. Sincere thanks, ladies, for your assistance and putting up with my crazy ideas and unpredictable schedule.

For the past decade, I have been blessed to have the good fortune of working with a tremendous amount of talented colleagues at Vestrics (formerly Capital Analytics). Thank you for your inspiration, mentoring, and collaboration. Dr. Phil Buchanan, Barrie Trinkle, and Dr. Andy Collins have been my investment partners this entire journey and deserve a special thank you. Thank you, also, to Dr. Joan Troy-Ontjes, who has also been my business partner since the beginning.

I have known Brian Kelly for over five years, and recently he joined Vestrics as our first president. It was time for me to hand some of the day-to-day responsibilities over to someone, and I couldn't be more pleased that he shared our vision and decided to join. Thank you, Brian, for writing the Foreword.

Stacey Boyle, PhD, deserves credit for coordinating the Vestrics/ROI ...