The modern HR tech stack wasn’t built for what’s coming next. As work becomes more dynamic, AI agents enter the workforce, and decision cycles accelerate, legacy systems are fragmenting under pressure. To lead in this environment, CHROs need more than integration—they need orchestration. A unified platform approach can align people, insights, and intelligent systems in real time, enabling better decisions and more adaptive teams.

This isn’t just about technology. It’s about creating an infrastructure that gives you visibility across your workforce, precision in talent deployment, and the ability to move from reactive to strategic in every moment that matters. When your systems are connected, your workforce is too—and that’s how performance scales.

Discussion points

How to modernize your HR tech stack into a single platform that aligns talent, business needs, and intelligent tools
How to manage both human and AI contributors through shared data, workflows, and performance insights
How to Drives faster, smarter decisions by bringing people strategy, planning, and execution into one system of action

Panelists

Jon Lester, VP, HR Technology, Data & AI, IBM
Donovan Mattole, Chief HR Officer, Langan Engineering
Maryann Abbajay, Chief Revenue Officer, SAP SuccessFactors
Serena Rahme, Global VP People Excellence Luxury Division & NEA Cosmetics, Beiersdorf
Nikhil Shahane, VP, Global Head of People Development, TechnipFMC
[Moderated by] Tim Gregory, Managing Director, HR Innovation and Workforce Technology, Delta Air Lines
[Event Chair]: Chris Rainey, CEO & Co-Founder at HR Leaders

This panel is part of the 2nd Annual Global AI HR Summit 2025. It brought together 100+ world-class speakers across 16 different panels who shared actionable insights, practical takeaways and how they are using AI in HR. View all Sessions:

Panel #1 Watch here: Workforce Innovation in the Age of AI: The CHRO’s New Role
Panel #2 Watch here: Work Re-Architected: Redesigning Jobs, Roles, and Skills in the Age of AI
Panel #3 Watch here: How to Turn Skills into Strategy: Orchestrating Talent, Tech & Marketplaces for Enterprise Impact
Panel #4 Watch here: Reimagining the HR Tech Stack to Power People, Performance, and AI at Scale
Panel #5 Watch here: The Workforce Intelligence Advantage: How to Predict, Plan, and Perform Using People Analytics
Panel #6 Watch here: How Future of Work Executives are Connecting the Dots: Data, Technology and People
Panel #7 Watch here: Re‑Imagining, Re‑Building, Re‑Doing: How to Design Work for Human and AI
Panel #8 Watch here: The Perfect Pair: How Chief HR Officers and Chief AI Officers are Shaping the Future of Work
Panel #9 Watch here: From Transactional to Transformational: The Future of Employee Experience in the AI Era
Panel #10 Watch here: Reimagining Workforce Design: Aligning Human Strengths with AI at Scale
Panel #11 Watch here: Human + Machine: Inside the C-Suite Alliance Re-Architecting Work for the AI Age
Panel #12 Watch here: Intuition vs Intelligence: Preserving Culture and the Human Touch in an Algorithmic & Agentic AI World
Panel #13 Watch here: Driving AI Adoption Cross-Functionally Across the Workforce: The AI-Coached Enterprise
Panel #14 Watch here: Humans + AI Agents: The Strategic Transformation of Talent Acquisition
Panel #15 Watch here: Re-Architecting Work at Scale: Redesigning Jobs, Skills, and Organizations for the AI Age
Panel #16 Watch here: The Chief People Officer's Role in Enterprise AI Transformation