Carl C. Hoffman

Carl C. Hoffmann, Ph.D., has been engaged for more than 30 years in helping companies worldwide meet the challenges of formulating and implementing effective strategies that support their business goals.  From 1978 until 1999, when his company was purchased by PricewaterhouseCoopers, Dr. Hoffmann was CEO of a successful private consulting firm that focused on helping companies collect and analyze data to support strategic workforce decisions. He then joined PwC as a Partner, where he developed and led the Integrated Analytics practice for the Americas and the global Workforce Analytics practice (Analytics and data warehousing for HR, Finance, Supply Chain and Marketing). In 2002, when IBM acquired the PwC Management Consulting Group, he became a Partner and Vice President of IBM’s Global Business Services group where he led the workforce analytics practice globally. Since leaving IBM in 2007, he established a private consulting firm, Human Capital Management and Performance LLC (HCMP) that continues to work with large international corporate executives to make fact-based decisions that integrate workforce activities effectively with line operations to achieve business strategy. Dr. Hoffmann is lead author of a book on workforce analytics published by Harvard Business Press called “Calculating Success: How the New Workplace Analytics Will Revitalize Your Organization” published in 2012.  He has authored numerous publications, reports, and white papers dealing with analytics and research methodology. More recently he was a peer reviewer for the National Academy of Science publication on the use of “Data Science Methods for the Department of Defense” and has published extensively on selection and training. He holds a Ph.D. in sociology with a concentration in biostatistics from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He can be reached at Carl.C.Hoffmann@gmail.com.