I'm Katerina - an HR enterprise architect with 18 years inside SAP SuccessFactors and the systems around it. This is where I write down the architecture decisions, vendor reality checks and questions that don't make it into the slide deck.
Most ATS platforms are designed for hiring salaried office workers. Blue-collar, campus, executive, contingent and internal mobility hiring each need something different - and the gaps show up in production, not in the demo.
A capability-led HR tech roadmap in three steps: pick a Technology Layer, HR Functional or Hybrid view, set a 12, 24 or 36-month horizon, then add your own swimlanes.
Bersin, Gartner, Brandon Hall, Fosway and Deloitte each describe AI maturity differently. A comparison without the vendor gloss.
For anyone sitting through demo season. Red pen included.
Small, focused pieces of advisory work for HR and HRIT leaders. One person (me) and only a few pieces at a time, so each one gets my full attention.
Everything is fixed scope and fixed fee, agreed upfront. Remote by default, in person where it helps.
An independent review of a proposed HR tech architecture, integration design or solution blueprint - before the budget is committed.
A vendor-neutral partner through your selection. I help shape the RFP and requirements, write demo scripts around your awkward cases, then sit at the table with your team through demos and evaluation - so you see each product on a bad day as well as a good one.
A capability-led HR technology roadmap, built with your team in two working sessions using the same method as my Roadmap builder.
Your AI use cases sorted by value and readiness, with the data and governance questions to answer before anything goes live.
Eighteen years in the ecosystem, condensed into a focused review of configuration, permissions, integrations and release readiness.
A standing hour a month for CHROs and HRIT leaders who want an outside view from someone with nothing to sell them. Bring whatever is on your desk.
Longer engagements are on the table too - hands-on implementation support, or an experienced architect embedded in your team for a while. Tell me what you're planning and we can work out whether, and how, I can help.
Let's talk it through →Things I built because I needed them on a project and the market didn't have a sensible version.
Turn a capability map into a 12, 24 or 36-month roadmap. Three templates, custom swimlanes, ready for the steering committee.
A workbook for scoring where your HR technology really stands, capability by capability, before anyone starts talking about a platform.
Eighteen years in the SAP SuccessFactors ecosystem - from technical consulting to in-house product ownership to enterprise architecture. These days I'm more interested in the whole HR stack than in any one vendor in it.
I write for CHROs, HRIT leaders and architects who have sat through a polished demo and wondered how it behaves on a Tuesday in payroll week.
No schedule, no fluff - a short email when there's something worth reading.
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