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Aron Ain (born December 4, 1957) is an American software technology executive and author. Since 2005 he has been the Chief Executive Officer of Kronos Incorporated..[1], a provider of workforce management and human capital management cloud solutions with 5,500 employees worldwide. In 2018, he was elected to Chairman of the Board at Kronos. Ain has spent his entire career at Kronos. Since joining the company in 1979, he has played a role in nearly every functional department.
Early life and education[edit]
Ain was born in Glen Cove, New York and raised in nearby Sea Cliff. He is the son of Pearl and Jacob Ain and one of five children. His mother was an attorney and his father managed a small, family neighborhood plumbing supply store.
Ain received his bachelor’s degree in economics and government from Hamilton College in 1979[2]. He has also participated in a series of executive education programs, including the AEA/Stanford Executive Institute at Stanford University.
Career[edit]
In the early days of Kronos, and as one of the first employees in the startup company in Brighton, Massachusetts, Ain performed almost every function in the company. In 1980, Ain led the efforts to create a national distribution organization, signing up resellers for Kronos products. In 1981, Ain moved to Chicago, Illinois, as one of the first Regional Managers to lead a 12-state region in the Midwest of the U.S. In this role, Ain opened the first Kronos direct sales office in Chicago, and appointed and managed resellers throughout these 12 states.
In 1984, Ain was appointed the National Sales Manager and relocated back to the corporate offices in Massachusetts. In 1988, Ain was appointed Vice President and became an executive officer of the company.
In 2002, Ain became the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Kronos before becoming the CEO in 2005.
In 2007 Ain led the effort to take the company private[3][4], after going public in 1992[5].
Under his leadership, the company has completed a major, multi-year business transformation, changing from a licensed-software model to a cloud, software-as-a-service (SaaS) model[6][7].
Ain has directly participated and led the expansion of Kronos into a global organization with customers in more than 100 countries and operations and staff throughout the world including Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, United Kingdom and United States.
In 2016, Ain was instrumental in introducing new benefits[8] to employees such as open vacation time[9], and student loan repayment[10]. A new manager performance rating was also created, called the Manager Effectiveness Index (MEI), which captures employee judgements about managers’ performance[11].
In 2017, Kronos relocated its headquarters[12][13] to over 500,000 square feet of office space in Crosspoint[14] Towers in Lowell, Massachusetts.
Affiliations[edit]
Ain serves on the Board of Trustees of his alma mater, Hamilton College[15]. He is on the Trustee Advisory Board of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center[16] in Boston, Massachusetts, In addition, Ain is an active member of several other community non-profit organizations and business groups such as the Massachusetts High Technology Council[17], where Ain serves as Council Chairman.
Writing[edit]
Author of WorkInspired: How to Build an Organization Where Everyone Loves to Work (McGraw-Hill Education, 10/9/2018)[18]
This guide reveals the best practices that have earned Kronos distinctions on coveted lists, such as Glassdoor’s 100 Best Places to Work[19], Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work[20], Forbes’s America’s Best Employers[21], and the Boston Globe’s Top Places to Work[22]. These best practices include:
•overcommunicating and truth-telling
•trusting your people (again and again) and keeping them safe
•holding managers accountable for being great at what they do
•allowing employees flexible schedules and open vacation time
•challenging your people to put the company out of business with innovative products
•welcoming back boomerang employees
•empowering the next generation workforce[23]
Honors[edit]
On multiple occasions, Glassdoor has named Ain to its list of Top 100 CEOs in the U.S.[24]
In addition, he has been awarded the Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year award[25], the Massachusetts High Technology Council’s Ray Stata Leadership and Innovation Award[26], and the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council’s CEO of the Year Award[27].
References[edit]
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- ^ "Aron Ain '79 MHT All-Star - News - Hamilton College". www.hamilton.edu. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
- ^ Lipton, Joshua. "Kronos Goes Private". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
- ^ "Today In Business | Buyout Deal For Kronos". Retrieved 2018-08-02.
- ^ "Want to build a billion dollar business? Go overseas". Retrieved 2018-08-02.
- ^ "New Kronos headquarters design mirrors reinvention play". SearchHRSoftware. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
- ^ "Kronos Transitions to SaaS". https://www.bcg.com. Retrieved 2018-08-02. External link in
|website=(help) - ^ "Kronos Incorporated". reviews.greatplacetowork.com. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
- ^ "The CEO of Kronos on Launching an Unlimited Vacation Policy". Harvard Business Review. 2017-11-01. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
- ^ "Paying Down Employees' Student Loans Is the Hot New Perk". Fortune. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
- ^ Fuhrmans, Vanessa (2018-01-03). "This Company Lets Employees Rate Their Bosses Twice a Year". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
- ^ "One of the state's biggest and best tech employers is moving to Lowell". Boston.com. 2016-02-29. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
- ^ "At Lowell's Cross Point, a Towering Coronation for Kronos' New Headquarters". Retrieved 2018-08-02.
- ^ "Cross Point (Lowell, Massachusetts)", Wikipedia, 2018-06-04, retrieved 2018-08-02
- ^ "Hamilton College". Hamilton College. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
- ^ "Beth Israel Deaconess board appoints Newton residents". Newton TAB. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
- ^ "Council Leadership - Mass High Technology Council". Mass High Technology Council. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
- ^ WorkInspired: How to Build an Organization Where Everyone Loves to Work. 2018-09-14. ISBN 978-1260136180.
- ^ "Best Places to Work". Glassdoor. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
- ^ "100 Best Companies to Work For 2018". Fortune. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
- ^ "Kronos on the Forbes America's Best Midsize Employers List". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
- ^ "The 2017 Top Places to Work and how we picked them - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
- ^ results, search (2018-10-09). WorkInspired: How to Build an Organization Where Everyone Loves to Work (1st ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. ISBN 9781260136173.
- ^ "Top CEOs". Glassdoor. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
- ^ Reidy, Chris (July 3, 2012). "Kronos CEO Aron Ain wins an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in tech category". Boston Globe.
- ^ "Kronos CEO Aron Ain Honored with Inaugural Ray Stata Leadership and Innovation Award by Massachusetts High Technology Council". MarketWatch. Retrieved 2018-08-02.
- ^ "MassTLC Leadership Award Winners 2016 | MassTLC". MassTLC. 2016-09-15. Retrieved 2018-08-02.