Contributors

  
rick-fletcher-1120081Rick Fletcher - President and Founder of HRchitect

 Rick is the founder and President of HRchitect. Rick has 25 years experience in the human resource software and consulting industries and is responsible for corporate development and overall strategic direction of HRchitect. He is a recognized authority on Human Capital Management systems practices and strategies and is often quoted in the press for his expert market analysis of the HCM software marketplace. Rick has led HCM strategic planning initiatives at hundreds of companies including Blockbuster, FedEx, Southwest Airlines, The Mayo Clinic, Raytheon and Sprint. 

Rick was formerly Managing Director of Consulting Services at The Consulting Team. Previously, he held a variety of management positions with human resource software and consulting firms including CDG & Associates, Dyer Wells and Genesys Software Systems.

Rick has co-developed several of the HRIS industry’s most successful software evaluation and implementation methodologies and has served as an advisor and trainer to many software vendors. He is the founding editor of the IHRIM.Link magazine, the leading human resources systems magazine. He is a 1996 Summit Award winner, the highest honor awarded by the International Association for Human Resource Information Management (IHRIM) and a past member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) HRTM Advisory Board.  He is a frequent writer and speaker and has presented at over 250 HRIS and talent management conferences over the last three decades. Rick holds a B.B.A. from Stephen F Austin University.

E-mail: rfletcher@HRchitect.com

 

matt-lafata-112008Matt Lafata -  Vice-President, Sales and Marketing, for HRchitect

Matt has over 10 years in the HR industry and has been with HRchitect since 2004. He is responsible for sales, marketing and strategic alliances at HRchitect. He also extensively studies the Talent Management market place and talks to leading vendors on a regular basis to stay on top of trends in this industry. Matt has moderated numerous Talent Management shootouts and panel discussions for software vendors and HR organizations such as IHRIM. He has also been a featured speaker on Talent Management solutions at various conferences.

Matt is a long-time business consultant and entrepreneur and has helped build several highly successful businesses for 20 years. Prior to joining HRchitect, Matt was an Executive VP with Sage Software where he was responsible for corporate development, marketing, sales, product development and more.

Matt is also a former two-term City Council member in Frisco, Texas, the second fastest growing city in the U.S., a 2005 recipient of the “21 Leaders of the 21st Century” by Inside Collin County Business, the chairman of the Frisco Chamber of Commerce business networking events, as well as being involved in many other community organizations.

Matt studied finance and business management at Salem State College in Salem, Massachusetts.

Email:  mlafata@HRchitect.com

 

tiffany-appleby-112008-smallTiffany Appleby -  Director of Marketing for HRchitect

Tiffany Appleby joined HRchitect in 2008.  As Director of Marketing, she is responsible for overseeing and executing HRchitect’s marketing efforts.  Prior to HRchitect, Tiffany held marketing positions in both service and product-based industries where she gained extensive experience in the planning and execution of trade shows and special events, public relations, website development and branding development. 

 

Appleby holds a Bachelors of Business Administration in Marketing from the University of Texas at Arlington.

 

Email:  tappleby@hrchitect.com

 

 

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