Tony Buffum, VP of HR Client Strategy, Upwork

Tony Buffum, VP of HR Client Strategy, is a key member of Upwork’s senior-level executive client strategy team. Buffum is responsible for accelerating growth for current and prospective Upwork enterprise clients and helping them solve HR challenges related to finance, procurement and talent transformation. Buffum came to Upwork as an accomplished HR professional with more than two decades of experience leading global HR teams, driving transformational change in company culture, organizational design, performance management, and employee integration and engagement.

Duncan Casemore, CTO & Co-Founder, Applaud 

Duncan co-founded Applaud and has served as our Chief Technology Officer and as a member of our board of directors since February 2010. Prior to founding Applaud, Duncan spent 10 years advising organizations on enterprise HR technology deployment, and before that worked in Oracle's own HR Development team building out their core HCM products.