Meet the Team
Josh Ramer
Josh Ramer is the co-founder and CEO of PeopleReturn. In that role, he furthers the company’s mission to help stakeholders make data-informed decisions, and understand risks and opportunities with how companies manage their people. Prior to founding PeopleReturn, Josh founded RetailSails, a retail industry benchmarking product that he sold to the market research firm eMarketer. Josh then remained with eMarketer as the company’s Vice President of Product, until the sale of the company to the German publishing house Axel Springer. Before that, Josh spent the first half of his career at Wall Street investment banks, where he built systems and processes to help “count the beans” more efficiently. Josh lives in the New Jersey suburbs with his wife and two daughters.
Hilary Alcock
Hilary Alcock is the co-founder and head of research of PeopleReturn. In that role, she oversees a team of diversity and human capital researchers, as well as the firm’s research methodology, technology, and data collection practices. Prior to co-founding PeopleReturn, Hilary led the research team at eMarketer, a market research firm focused on digital technology, media and commerce. Before that, Hilary honed her research skills in both public and private settings, including at a public library, and in the research unit of a large advertising agency. Hilary and her husband live in a small Texas town, where she’s focused on growing PeopleReturn, tending to her butterfly garden and sewing quilts.