Tyrone Smith Jr. is a global strategy and people analytics leader who inspires human resources innovation and transformation. He has provided human capital management, people analytics, and workforce planning solutions at various organizations including Ryan, a global tax services and software provider; GM Financial; John Deere; and Oracle. Tyrone is an award-winning scholar, accomplished leader, consultant, coach, practitioner, and researcher who builds high-performing collaborative teams and effectively partners with business leaders and team members to identify, analyze, and solve complex business problems that help the organization meet its goals to drive business outcomes.
His academic career includes a BS in business administration from Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, a Global MBA from the University of Houston-Victoria, and an EdD in leadership and innovation focused on his research interests in people analytics for talent management and the future of work from St. Thomas University.