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Name:: Matt Lafata

City:: Frisco

ZIP/Postal Code: 75034

State/Region (spell it out please, no abbreviations!):: Texas

Country:: US

How do you introduce yourself to people you meet in business?: Matt has over 12 years in the HR industry and has been with HRchitect since 2004. He is responsible for sales, marketing and strategic alliances at HRchitect. He also extensively studies the Talent Management market place and talks to leading vendors on a regular basis to stay on top of trends in this industry. Matt has moderated numerous Talent Management shootouts and panel discussions for software vendors and HR organizations such as IHRIM. He has also been a featured speaker on Talent Management solutions at various industry and vendor conferences.

Matt is the Conference Chair for theHRshow, the largest regional HR technology show to be held in Frisco, Texas in June 2009. Matt is also the host of the “HRchitect HR Technology Happy Hour WebMingle™”

Matt is a long-time business consultant and entrepreneur and has helped build several highly successful businesses for over 20 years. Prior to joining HRchitect, Matt was an Executive VP with Sage Software where he was responsible for corporate development, marketing, sales, product development and more.

Name someone you most admire: Bruce Springsteen

Company or business name:: HRchitect

Website:: http://www.hrchitect.com

Blog:: http://hrchitect.wordpress.com

What kind of networking are you open to?: Open networking, Referrals between friends

Who referred you to RecruitingBlogs.com?: found online

Which combination best describes your professional profile?: Vendor/Consultant

How many years have you been in the business?: 10 - 14 years

Which industries do you work in now?: All Industries

Which online communities do you actively participate in?: LinkedIn

Which conferences do you plan to attend in the next year?: ERE

Which blogs would you recommend people read?: http://hrchitect.wordpress.com
http://hrchitectvendornews.wordpress.com

LinkedIN URL: http://www.linkedin.com/in/mattlafata

Matt Lafata's Blog

January Beauty Pageants Focus on Talent Acquisition Systems and Onboarding Systems – Register Today!

HRchitect has conducted three highly successful beauty pageants so far and they have quickly become the buzz of the industry. On November 14, 2008, iCIMS was crowned the winner of the Talent Acquisition Systems pageant, on November 21, 2008, Cornerstone OnDemand was crowned the winner of the Talent Management Systems pageant, and on December 19, 2008, GeoLearning was crowned the winner of the Learning Management Systems beauty pageant.

2009 will have a full schedule of at least two beauty pagea… Continue

Posted on January 13, 2009 at 4:13pm —

An HRchitect Beauty Pageant – Learning Management Systems on Friday, December 19. Register Today and Don’t Miss it!

We’ve had two very successful beauty pageants so far and they have quickly become the buzz of the industry. On November 14, 2008, iCIMS was crowned the winner of the Talent Acquisition Systems pageant and on November 21, 2008, Cornerstone OnDemand was crowned the winner of the Talent Management Systems pageant.

This week’s beauty pageant will feature leading vendors from the Learning Management Systems world and as of this writing, Cornerstone OnDemand, GeoLearning, OutStart, Plateau Systems, a… Continue

Posted on December 13, 2008 at 9:53am —