As senior vice president of research for i4cp, Jay Jamrog has devoted the past 25 years to identifying and analyzing the major issues and trends affecting the management of people in organizations. Jay and his staff follow demographic, social, economic, technological, political, legal, and management trends across more than 50 broad topics. Over the years, he has helped some of the most innovative organizations gain a deeper understanding of the world's changing business environment and has helped them think strategically about today's actions and tomorrow's plans. Jay has confidential access to some of the most progressive organizations, and he's an active adviser to more than a dozen leading corporations. In addition, Jay conducts dozens of seminars annually for major corporations on subjects related to the changing nature of the workplace and workforce.

Prior to i4cp, Jay was executive director of the Human Resource Institute for 25 years and distinguished lecturer at the University of Tampa. He has also held numerous management positions, including vice president of purchasing for a large import-export wholesaler. Jay is also the associate articles editor for the "building a strategic HR function" key knowledge area of the Human Resource Planning Society, has had articles published in several major business magazines, and is frequently quoted in business publications and newspapers. Jay has an MBA, and taught labor relations in the School of Management at the University of Massachusetts.