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.