Top 50 Leaders Shaping the Gig Economy

Next Winner Announcement Date: Jan 31, 2025

Week 6 Winners

Wei Deng is CEO of Clipboard Health, drives a mission to lift as many people as possible up the socioeconomic ladder. Clipboard Health’s leading app-based talent marketplace matches nurses, nursing assistants and other healthcare professionals with facilities that post open shifts.

Fritz Trott

Co-Founder & CEO

Zenjob

Fritz Trott, Co-founder abd CEO of Zenjob, leads the 100% digital platform as they enable businesses to hire flexibly and cost-effectively.

Adarsh Kumar

Co-Founder

PagarBook

Adarsh Kumar, Co-founder of PagarBook, has been instrumental in helping small businesses digitize and streamline essential processes like staff attendance tracking, salary calculations, and salary payouts.

Rahul Harkisanka

CEO

Happay

Rahul Harkisanka is CEO of Happay, which gives businesses 100% real-time visibility & control of their travel expenses while simplifying the business travel experience for employees.

Gergo Vari

Founder & CEO

Lensa

Gergo Vari leads Lensa's sophisticated machine learning candidate matching platform, providing companies with pre-qualified talent that best fit the skills, teams, and company needs.

Art Papas

CEO

Bullhorn

Art Papas is CEO and Co-founder of Bullhorn, industry-leading cloud-based software for the staffing and recruitment industry. Through partnerships with 10,000 customers globally, Bullhorn has helped thousands of firms scale their businesses.

Kashif Aftab

Founder & CEO

SkillGigs

Kashif Aftab is the founder and CEO of SkillGigs, a platform for premier contract, travel nursing, and full-time job opportunities that align effortlessly with your professional goals and earning targets.

Week 5 Winners

Jeff Richards

COO & Co-Founder

SnapCare

Jeff Richards co-founded SnapCare, an innovator in providing flexibility for Per Diem Nurses while enabling facilities to source and hire qualified healthcare clinicians quickly.

Tony Braswell

Founder & CEO

Gale Healthcare

Tony Braswell is the founder of healthcare’s first tech-enabled two-sided marketplace that provides staffing, credentialing and sameday payroll solutions for the Long Term Care, Acute, and Travel industries for 40 states nationwide.

Jim Schimpf

Co-Founder & CEO

Chattr

Jim Schimpf leads the industry’s first AI-powered digital assistant to manage the hourly worker hiring experience from engagement to offer.

Billy Milam

CEO

Employbridge

As workforce specialists, EmployBridge provides value-added workforce solutions and job opportunities through focused specialty divisions including ResourceMFG, ProLogistix, ProDrivers, Select, RemX, Westaff and Remedy

Matt Laurinas

Chief Customer Officer

Bluecrew

By combining pools of work-ready hourly workers, powerful workforce management technology, and actionable data and analytics, Bluecrew provides a flexible team that rapidly adapts to help your business maintain peak productivity and keep costs low.

Week 4 Winners

Mynul Khan

Founder & CEO

Field Nation

Mynul Khan is building the #1 marketplace for IT field services that connects companies and skilled technicians across the United States and Canada

Kimberly Hurd

Chief Growth Officer

Onsi

Kimerly Hurd is a startup veteran building Onsi to provide income protection and financial well-being for gig workers in Europe and rest of the world

Harsh Sarohi

Head of Tech-Sr. Vp IT

TradeIndia

Harsh Sarohi is driving the next phase of growth with technology for scaling TradeIndia's operations for 10+ million businesses

John Ryan

Founder & CEO

Gigable

John Ryan continues to drive technology-led innovation to provide high quality flexible workforce for companies in Ireland and UK

Chirag Mittal

Co-Founder & CEO

Gigforce

Chirag Mittal is on a mission to reinvent the future of staffing

Shay Bloch

Chief Strategy Officer

Talus Pay

Shay builds the fintech and marketplace infrastructure for the home services industry with Jobox.AI at Talus Pay

Kaushik Pendurthi

CTO

Talus Pay

Kaushik builds the fintech and marketplace infrastructure for the home services industry with Jobox.AI at Talus Pay

Week 3 Winners

Novo Constare

Co-Founder & CEO

Indeed Flex

Novo Constare helps Indeed Flex empower job seekers to find shifts that fit their lifestyle and schedules

John A. Martins

President & CEO

Cross Country Health

John A. Martins is CEO of Cross Country Healthcare, a market-leading, tech-enabled workforce solutions platform and advisory firm

Nicholas Lillios

CEO

Nowsta

Nowsta CEO, Nicholas Lillios, works with businesses to create flex worker pools, supporting a range of industries from hospitality to events and industrial

Florent Malbranche

CEO & Co-Founder

Brigad

CEO Florent Malbranche guides Brigad’s growth strategy as they expand the reach of their platform that helps freelancers find hospitality work in the UK and France

Lukasz Chachurski

CTO

Appjobs

CTO Lukasz Chachurski leads Appjobs as they build a platform that makes it easy for gig workers find opportunities and earn income on gig work platforms

Jorge Ramirez

CEO

Liberr App

Jorge Ramirez is focusing on building technology to support workers' freedom and flexibility

Week 2 Winners

Ania Smith

CEO

Taskrabbit

Ania Smith directs Taskrabbit’s next phase of growth by ensuring autonomy and independence for home service providers

Allan Njoroge

Founder & CEO

Actriv Healthcare

Allan Njoroge drives innovation in healthcare staffing with Actriv’s innovation platform built for clinicians to pursue flexible shifts

Hunter Sebresos

CEO

Bacon Work

Hunter Sebrosos leads Bacon as they connect businesses with local gig workers

Mike Shebat

CEO & Co-Founder

Traba

Mike Shebat leads Traba as they connect light industrial workers with critical vacancies

Nemanja Stefanovic

CEO & Co-founder

HireApp

Nemanja Stefanovic brings innovation to staffing as a service with HireApp

Akshay Buddiga

Co-Founder & CTO

Traba

Akshay Buddiga guides Traba as they connect light industrial workers with critical vacancies

Week 1 Winners

Jarah Euston

Co-Founder & CEO

WorkWhile

Jarah Euston builds the light industrial juggernaut WorkWhile for on-demand staffing

Curtis Anderson

Founder & CEO

Nursa

Curtis Anderson Transforms Healthcare Staffing with Nursa

Todd Walrath

Founder & CEO

ShiftMed

Todd Walrath builds #1 marketplace for Nurse Staffing

Yong Kim

Co-Founder & CEO

Wonolo

Yong Kim changes the way businesses find talent for immediate job opportunities with Wonolo

Keith Forshew

CEO

Snagajob

Keith Forshew builds Snagajob to connect 700,00 employers with hourly workers

Amol Jain

Co-Founder and CTO

WorkWhile

Amol Jain builds the light industrial juggernaut WorkWhile for on-demand staffing

About

The growth of the gig work economy is led by key companies and leaders who have the vision to innovate – creating a remarkable $3.8 Trillion in revenue in 2022 from $2 Trillion in only two years. The predictions continue to rise, expecting a market size of $20 Trillion in 2030.

We want to celebrate the leaders and innovators who are accelerating change in the gig economy, shaping the shift of work from scheduled to on-demand, and driving the transformation from manual processes to tech-enabled workflows ushering in the efficiency of digital automation.

Is there someone in your company who should be acknowledged by joining this group of leaders? Nominate them today!

Nominations will close on February 16. Voting for the nominations runs through March 8, 2024. Winner announcements will begin on March 13, 2024.

About

The growth of the gig work economy is led by key companies and leaders who have the vision to innovate – creating a remarkable $3.8 Trillion in revenue in 2022 from $2 Trillion in only two years. The predictions continue to rise, expecting a market size of $20 Trillion in 2030.

We want to celebrate the leaders and innovators who are accelerating change in the gig economy, shaping the shift of work from scheduled to on-demand, and driving the transformation from manual processes to tech-enabled workflows ushering in the efficiency of digital automation.

How It Works

Nomination For the Award

An employee or a partner nominates the leader for the award. Nominations close on February 16, 2024

Nomination Acceptance

Nominee accepts the nomination and provides additional information

Public Voting

Public voting for the selection of the winner. Voting concludes on March 8, 2024

Winner Announcement

Top 50 leaders will be announced based on three criteria - industry leadership, technology, and votes. 5 winners will be announced every two weeks, starting on March 13, 2024

Selection Process

Nomination For the Award

A member of the shift work community nominates the leader for the award. Nominations are accepted through Dec 31, 2024

Public Voting

Public voting for the selection of the winner. Voting continues through Jan 31, 2025 as more winners are announced each week

Winner Announcement

Top 50 leaders will be announced based on three criteria - industry leadership, technology, and votes. winners will be announced every two weeks with the final group of leaders announced by Feb 28, 2025

Nominees

Voting is open through January 31 2025. Cast your votes for the nominees today!