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Dr. Shari Simpson Dr. Shari Simpson Senior Manager Thought Leadership | Paylocity

Shari Simpson, EdD, is the host of HR Mixtape and a senior thought leadership leader at Paylocity. With over two decades of experience across training, talent, payroll, and employee relations, she brings curiosity, candor, and real-world perspective to every episode. Shari holds a Doctor of Education in Leadership and Innovation, along with an MBA, MHRM, and SHRM-SCP certification. 

John Sansoucie John Sansoucie Founder & CEO | CogNet

John Sansoucie is the Founder & CEO of CogNet, a global business process management company that helps HR service firms, staffing companies, and payroll providers scale their operations through specialized offshore teams and process automation. With more than 30 years of experience across payroll, HR technology, PEOs, and operational leadership, John brings a practical operator’s perspective to conversations around HR operations, AI, and the future of work.

Speaking CFO: Winning the Budget Conversation with Finance

Finance doesn't fund ideas. It funds numbers.

HR asks for a new system, more headcount, a bigger training budget. Finance says no. The instinct is to assume the idea wasn't good enough.

Key takeaways:

  • Why HR requests get denied even when they're worth funding, and what a CFO is actually listening for before approving a budget line
  • How to turn a list of 28,000 possible metrics into the three numbers a CFO will remember
  • What cost to serve measures and how to calculate it for any HR function
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