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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 Institute research project and for her contributions to Chapter 3. It was also a pleasure to collaborate with Jack and Patti Phillips, specifically on that project and other initiatives our two organizations are working on. John Zonneveld, thank you for your continued collaboration and contributions to our work.

I also want to acknowledge a few pioneers who have inspired me in this journey of optimizing human capital investments: Donald Kirkpatrick, Jack Phillips, Jac Fitz-enz, Tom Davenport, Ed Lawler, John Boudreau, Mike Echols, Jeffrey Pfeffer, and Marshall Goldsmith.

I offer hearty thanks to the executives who contributed their thoughts, sprinkled throughout this book. I hope they offer some context and inspiration that with conviction, advanced analytics can be applied to human capital investments, and significant insights can be found. Thank you, in no specific order:

AD Detrick — Learning measurement consultant, Xerox

Amit Mohindra — Vice president, talent management and diversity, McKesson

Brad Pearce — Vice president, analytics manager, Wells Fargo

Buddy Benge — HR analytics leader, Monsanto

Ian O'Keefe — Formerly senior direct, head of talent analytics and reporting, Sears Holdings Corporation

Lisa Van Cappelle — Vice president, global human resources, Quintiles

Mark Berry — Formerly vice president, human resources, ConAgra Foods

Ron Lawrence — Vice president, global talent management, VF Corporation

Tracey Smith — President, Numerical Insights

Melissa Arronte — Senior vice president, HR analytics, Citizens Bank

Candis Fields-Johnson — Manager, organizational effectiveness and talent development, Saint-Gobain

David Kuhl — Executive vice president, chief human resource officer

RJ Milnor — Manager, planning and analytics, Chevron

I would also like to acknowledge and thank our strategic partnership with Bellevue University, Bellevue University's Human Capital Lab, and its PhD program: specifically, President Mary Hawkins, PhD; and Executive Vice President Michael Echols, PhD.

I want to thank our editor at John Wiley & Sons, Sheck Cho, for being such a pleasure to work with. We want to thank the Wiley editorial team, particularly Stacey Rivera, who reviewed every chapter and offered substantial feedback.