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Future Proofing Your Staffing Firm

Find out how firms can better leverage different tools—from artificial intelligence-driven recruitment processes to creative payment solutions—to attract, engage, and retain talent in a world where flexibility and agility have become the standard.

Meet the Speakers

Atif Siddiqi

Founder and chief executive officer, Branch

Siddiqi is the founder and chief executive officer of Branch, a workforce payments platform helping working Americans grow financially. After seeing technology for hourly workers had not changed since his first hourly job, Siddiqi founded Branch at technology incubator Idealab. He made the move from Los Angeles to Minneapolis, to participate in the inaugural class of the Techstars Target Retail Accelerator program in 2016, and has continued to grow the company in the Twin Cities.

James Terry

Head of revenue, Indeed Flex

Terry has worked in the HR and staffing sector for over 15 years. Throughout his career, he has built expertise in strategy, sales, and leadership, with a focus on driving high-performing organizations.  His experience has broadened through assignments in multiple countries, delivering results in collaboration with local teams. Terry adopts a client-focused approach to understand unique business needs and design relevant solutions to fulfill their business requirements.

Francis Larson

Founder and chief executive officer, Ascen

Larson is the founder and chief executive officer of Ascen, a technology-enabled back office platform and employer of record backed by Y Combinator, a top seed investor in technology companies. Ascen manages thousands of W-2 employees across the U.S. annually for the staffing industry. Its white-label, all-in-one solution utilizes an application programming interface-driven design and is artificial intelligence enabled, streamlining critical functions like onboarding, payroll, timesheets, and billing to help firms operate more efficiently.

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