ODW – Pay Decisions With AI: Win Talent, Maintain Fairness, and Control Costs

Win Talent, Maintain Fairness, and Control CostsEvery pay decision is a moment of truth. Get it right, and you retain top talent, protect your budget, and reinforce trust. Get it wrong, and you risk losing people, creating equity gaps, or overspending in ways that are hard to undo.

The problem? Pay decisions built on spreadsheets, gut instinct, and outdated data are slow, disconnected, and reactive. And they’re costing your company more than you realize.

Meanwhile, the companies winning the talent war are using AI to make smarter, faster compensation decisions—and the gap between them and everyone else is growing.

TD SYNNEX, a Fortune 100 global distributor, is one of those companies. And in this session, VP of Total Rewards Hywel Jones is pulling back the curtain on exactly how they’re doing it.

You’ll walk away with:

• The inside story of TD SYNNEX’s AI-first transformation (where they started, what surprised them, and how they’re building for what’s next)
• A live look at what precise, consistent pay decisions actually look like in practice
• A practical framework for driving change, earning buy-in, and scaling AI transformation with confidence

Whether we like it or not, AI is reshaping how leading companies approach compensation. The question isn’t whether to act, it’s whether you’ll be ahead of the curve or behind it.

Speaker Info

Maria Colacurcio
CEO, Syndio

Maria Colacurcio is a visionary leader and trusted authority on using technology to transform how organizations value and reward work. As CEO of Syndio, she leads the company pioneering AI-native solutions like Intelligent Pay that helps the world’s best employers hire smarter, spend less, and retain talent with fair, real-time pay recommendations. Prior to Syndio, she co-founded Smartsheet.com, which went public in 2018. Having started her career working on congressional campaigns, Maria has a long history of purpose-driven work. She’s received widespread recognition for her leadership, including being named one of the 100 most exceptional entrepreneurs by Goldman Sachs Builders + Innovators Summit for two consecutive years.

Hywel Jones
Vice President, Total Rewards, TD Synnex

Hywel Jones serves as the Vice President of Total Rewards at TD SYNNEX, a Fortune 100 company and the world’s largest distributor of technology products. With more than 15 years of leadership experience in Human Resources and Total Rewards, Hywel leads a global team responsible for executive and broad-based compensation, benefits, and well-being strategies for 24,000 co-workers across 50 countries.

Before specializing in Total Rewards, Hywel built his career in HR Business Partnering, both at TD SYNNEX and previously at Siemens IT Solutions and Services (now Atos).

He holds a degree in Law and Politics from the University of Wales, Cardiff, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Human Resource Management from Farnborough College of Technology.

Outside of work, Hywel is passionate about fitness and the outdoors—he takes on ultra walking challenges, enjoys the gym, plays golf, and is an avid supporter of Welsh rugby.

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