Transform Work

On this episode of the Transform Work podcast, John Winsor checks in with Michael Contreras, the Founder of Ensemble.

Ensemble is a digital transformation agency powered by open talent that delivers innovative solutions to some of the most recognizable public agencies including NASA. Michael is a former general manager at Wipro and Topcoder, and a past AAAS Science & Technology Fellow at the Department of Energy.

Michael Contreras

Ensemble

This edition of the Transform Work podcast welcomes Agnieszka Porebska, the CEO at Talent Alpha.

Talent Alpha is an IT talent marketplace with more than 50,000 experts, based mostly in Central and Eastern Europe, providing rapid access to a broad range of tech specialists for short- and long-term projects. The platform also enables software companies to engage with some of the world’s largest brands and helps them unlock new business opportunities.

Agnieszka Porebska

Talent Alpha

This Transform Work episode welcomes Miles Everson , the CEO of MBO Partners. MBO Partners is a direct sourcing platform that enables independent professionals to do business safely and effectively with enterprise organizations. Its unmatched experience and industry leadership enable it to operate at the forefront of the independent economy.

Miles has worked with many of the world's largest and most prominent organizations, specializing in executive management. He helps companies balance growth, reduce risk, maximize return, and excel in strategic business priorities.

Miles Everson

MBO Partners

PwC

PwC Talent Exchange

Founder of MBO,  Gene Zaino 

State of Independence in America Report

Staffing Industry Analysts


Open Talent Book

This Transform Work podcast episode features  Maari Casey, Founder and CEO of Uncompany.

Uncompany is a hybrid between a creative agency and a creative staffing firm, connecting clients with high-level freelancers. They provide freelance project teams and curated talent pools that allow clients to work quickly and flexibly with top-tier creative talent. 

Maari is an ad agency art director, turned freelancer, turned entrepreneur,  and she is passionate about the future of work and its ability to promote a healthy balance of career, family, and self.

Maari Casey

Uncompany

Una Herlihy

The Indie List

Harvard Business School

David Jones 

Staffing Industry Analysts

Digital Data and Design

Levono

Ollo

Open Talent Book 

This Open Assembly Transform Work podcast edition features Úna Herlihy, Co-founder and curator of The Indie List. The founding story of The Indie List is fantastic, and she and her co-founder Peter McPartlin are creating something special.

The Indie List is Ireland’s online talent-management company representing a diverse range of the best independent talent in the marketing, communications, digital, and e-commerce sectors. They offer seamless access to exceptional talent who deliver brilliant input with real commercial impact.

Úna Herlihy

Peter McPartlin

The Indie List

The Indie List Fractional Marketing Collective

Lee Willoughby

Benjamin Schriel

Bubty

The episode of the Transform Work podcast is with Ilyse Shuster-Frohman, the Founder and CEO of Mothership.

Mothership is a DEI-focused and skills-based open talent marketplace that connects entrepreneurs, enterprises, and high-value SMEs with highly efficient experts who can perform a myriad of creative and professional services. Their marketplace is backed by proprietary technology and AI to seamlessly connect quality hires with quality clients.

The Transform Work podcast welcomes Jason Posel, the founder and CEO of Greenlight.ai. 

GreenLight.ai  works with leading talent marketplaces to help them scale with enterprise clients, and with enterprise clients to help them scale their contingent workforce. They provide API-first, private-label compliance solutions with features designed specifically for staffing businesses and contract workers.  Jason is an expert in managing open talent workforce payroll programs, as well as contractor classification, tax, and labor law issues for corporate clients and staffing firm s.

Open Talent Platform Collective

IR35

Open Talent book

AB5

We Are Rosie

Stephanie Nadi Olson

Crowdsourcing: Why the Power of the Crowd Is Driving the Future of Business by Jeff Howe

Deloitte's Pixel (A): Consulting with Open Talent

Michael L. Tushman

UST

Gloat

Eightfold

Upwork

This edition of the Transform Work podcast features Kelvin Wetherill, the founder and CEO of Supportwave.

Supportwave is an innovative IT services platform that connects businesses with on-demand IT experts. Their unique approach to skill sourcing facilitates hiring IT talent for project-based work and dedicated resources.

Supportwave

Kelvin Wetherill

Open Talent: Leveraging the Global Workforce to Solve Your Biggest Challenges

This installment of the Transform Work Podcast features Darren Murph who is the Vice President of  Workplace Design and Remote Experience at Andela.

Andela is a platform that specializes in helping their highly skilled, global technology talent community connect with hundreds of the world’s leading companies

Darren has been featured in The Forbes Future of Work 50 and cited by CNBC as an Oracle of Remote Work.

This episode of the Transform Work podcast welcomes Danny Gal. Danny is a lead director at Proteams, a company that builds and manages digital teams with Europe’s top freelancers to successfully deliver digital products and services to leading enterprises. Danny is a commercial and operations expert who has led multinational and high-growth tech companies for more than 15 years.

Danny Gal

Proteams

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