Aron Ain

Ain joined Kronos in 1979 and has played a role in nearly every functional department at the organization. In October 2005, he was named chief executive officer and a member of the Kronos Board of Directors.[2]

In 2007, Ain led the effort to take the company private,[4][5] after going public in 1992.[6]

Under his leadership, the company completed a major, multi-year business transformation, changing from a licensed-software model to a cloud, software-as-a-service (SaaS) model.[7][8]

In 2016, Ain introduced new benefits[9] to employees such as open vacation time[10] and student loan repayment.[11] A new manager performance rating was also created, called the Manager Effectiveness Index (MEI), which captures employee judgements about managers' performance.[12]

In 2017, Kronos relocated its headquarters[13][14] to over 500,000 square feet of office space in Crosspoint Towers in Lowell, Massachusetts.

Ain serves on the board of trustees of his alma mater, Hamilton College.[15] He is on the Board of Trustees of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center[16] in Boston, Massachusetts.

Author of WorkInspired: How to Build an Organization Where Everyone Loves to Work (McGraw-Hill Education, 10/9/2018).[17][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]

On multiple occasions, Glassdoor has named Ain to its list of Top 100 CEOs in the U.S.[23] In 2019, he ranked 30th out of the 100 highest-rated CEOs throughout North America and parts of Europe across all industries. [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][28][29][30]