This is Syndio
We are a dedicated team of industry leaders, data scientists and customer advocates. We are committed to equity for everyone in the workplace. We live it. We deliver it.
MEET THE LEADERS
Maria Colacurcio
Maria is Syndio’s Chief Executive Officer. As CEO, Maria is responsible for the company’s vision and strategy for delivering innovative solutions, building an organization of the industry’s most talented people and developing organizational excellence to deliver the highest levels of business value to its customers. Most importantly, she is passionate about issues surrounding equal pay, employee wellness and equity at work.
Recognized as a thought leader in the HRM/HCM industry, Maria is a frequent speaker and author for various organizations, publications and conferences delivering the latest trends and solutions in workplace equality. She is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) - the voice of all things work; and the WorldatWork Organization - the total rewards association.
Prior to joining Syndio, Maria co-founded Smartsheet.com, a work collaboration tool for companies of all sizes. Drawing on more than 20 years of experience in technology and communications at companies including Microsoft, Starbucks and technology start-ups you’ve never heard of, she has a proven track record of building successful companies with strong core values that are dedicated to its people and customers.
She is a mom to six kiddos and makes sure to talk about family finances at the dinner table.
Zev Eigen
Zev is Syndio’s founder and Chief Data Scientist. Dr. Eigen has been at the forefront of cutting edge applications in HR for more than a decade. He combines his uniquely overlapping areas of expertise in labor and employment law with his deep experience in data science, predictive modeling and economic sociological research. He is responsible for all aspects of research & development to ensure that the products provide unbiased and accurate results to inform the very best decisions in resolving pay disparities.
Zev is highly sought after as a speaker and author on all subjects related to pay equity methodology and data sciences. He is a member of the American Law & Economics Association, the Labor & Employment Research Association, Northwestern University Dispute Resolution Research Center Executive Committee, Law & Society Association Publication Committee, among others.
He holds a PhD from MIT, a JD from Cornell Law School and a BS from Cornell University. We can try to summarize his experience by name dropping just a few of the organizations for whom he has worked: Northwestern, Yale, NYU Law, Littler Mendelson, 20th Century Fox. Get the idea? Wicked. Smart.
MEET THE EXECUTIVE TEAM
ROB PORCARELLI
Chief Legal Counsel
Rob is the Chief Legal Officer at Syndio, and a career-long advocate for workplace fairness. Prior to joining Syndio, Rob served as the VP Assistant General Counsel at Starbucks where he led teams responsible for all labor, employment, and EEO issues, as well as general litigation.
Rob directed and oversaw Starbuck’s equal pay efforts since 2005, and was frequently frustrated by the methods of obtaining and analyzing data around pay disparities. He came to Syndio to be a part of the solution.
Prior to Starbucks, Rob was a partner with Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP. He also served in the U.S. Navy JAG Corps, and while on active duty served as a special assistant to the U.S. attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia. He is a graduate of Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland Law School.
Rob knows Syndio’s software is a better way to address pay equity, and wants you to know the same.
ROB PLATZER
Chief Technology Officer
Rob is a 20-year tech industry veteran with experience building innovative data-centric applications. Since early in his career he has held leadership positions, setting tech strategy and building engineering teams. Recently, he was CTO of Bitly and AOL’s Patch.
KATIE BARDARO
VP, Advice and Analytics
As the VP of Analytics and Advice, Katie has more than a decade of experience in compensation data, statistical knowledge, labor economics, and public speaking. She has provided pay equity analyses and commentary for top-tier business and financial media including The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Bloomberg Businessweek, The Economist, CNBC, CNNMoney, USA Today, Forbes, and Business Insider. She also frequently reads these publications on Sunday mornings over coffee.
Katie is willing to travel far and wide in the name of improving fairness in the workplace, and has been a featured speaker at international events like the 2019 World at Work Pay Equity Symposium and 100% Talent Wage Gap Summit.
A passionate economist, data nerd, and mom, Katie holds a B.A. in Economics from the College of Holy Cross and a Masters of Science in Economics from the University of Washington.
WHY JOIN OUR TEAM?
We are a small software start-up with ambition. We are passionate about equal pay, our products and our mission and we are devoted to each other and our company. We value transparency, hustle, clarity, truth, and vulnerability.