​Presenter

Alyssa Perez is a Consultant for Human Capital Growth (HCG). She works part-time at HCG in aiding clients in implementing scientific, evidence-based solutions to organizational concerns. She is currently a Industrial/Organizational (I/O) Psychology Ph.D student at the University of Central Florida. Her doctoral research includes topics of diversity, discrimination, and cross-cultural business concerns. She also works as a Research Assistant at The University of Central Florida’s Institute for Simulation and Training, where she works on important grant projects for clients such as NASA and the Army Research Lab (ARL). She also has experience in teaching undergraduate students in I/O psychology and psychometrics.

​Dr. Shreya Sarkar-Barney is the CEO and founder of Human Capital Growth. Shreya’s consulting and analytics work has helped decision makers in Fortune 100 organizations make better choices related to talent and program investments. She has taught at Illinois Institute of Technology, University of Hartford, and the University of California, Berkeley. Shreya has over 30 publications and is a frequent speaker at professional conferences. Shreya has a Masters and Ph.D. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Bowling Green State University.