Gratitude. Learning. Achievement. Delight.Discover Flow with GLADsome Work: Partnering for Success with You and Your Teams.Offering people & talent operations services, coaching, and LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® facilitation

With more than two decades of diverse experience, I am a seasoned Agile executive operator specializing in people and talent operations. My journey spans various industries, from startups to Fortune 100 enterprises, where I've held leadership roles in sales, product management, and people operations/HR.My professional portfolio includes scaling hyper-growth companies and building the people operations/HR and talent recruiting functions, steering the Agile transformation of engineering and product teams for a global tech company, managing markets exceeding $125M in revenue within the financial services industry, and founding and managing my own businesses.My educational background includes an MBA from Vanderbilt University's Owen Graduate School of Management and a BA in broadcast journalism and modern foreign language from Syracuse University.Driven by a mission to empower individuals and teams to discover new, enriching ways of working, my expertise as a coach and consultant has positively impacted hundreds of business founders and leaders. Key areas of specialization encompass inclusive culture building, team dynamics, total rewards design and implementation (compensation, equity, benefits, perks, rewards), talent recruiting, change management, business growth, organizational design, executive, personal, and career coaching, and the establishment of diverse, Agile HR and recruiting teams.Central to my approach is the integration of Positive Intelligence™, Agile, and LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® into relationships, fostering a transformative and empowering journey for individuals and organizations alike. Let’s refine work dynamics and unlock the potential for lasting success. I'll meet you where you are in your journey.

Clarify Health’s analytics platform cuts through the fog. We help you thrive in a post-pandemic world by delivering precise insights into provider performance, patient journeys, and therapy adoption.* Re-built people operations and talent recruiting functions and led the new team in order to grow headcount 2.5x and enable the company's growth from Series B to D.* Led culture, HR, and recruiting transformation work to convert to a remote-hybrid company, re-opening offices in SF and NYC, and adding D.C. location while maintaining remote workforce.* Wrote and published the first company compensation philosophy and updated compensation structures; which moved the company toward greater compensation transparency as required by our diversity, equity, and inclusion commitment and by new regulations. * Revamped the performance rating system and calibration process and achieved most equitable distribution of ratings in company history while introducing an annual compensation and rating audit.* Launched L&D for people managers and hiring teams and introduced employee surveys to benchmark and track engagement that informed the prioritization of new programming.* Established Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Sustainability commitment -https://clarifyhealth.com/about/dei-sustainability/HR Tech stack: Lever, Lattice, Paylocity, Trello, Confluence, Microsoft Office Suite, Trello, Slack, Sparrow, Spring Health

Bolster is the marketplace to connect high-growth companies with trusted and flexible executive talent. Our platform matches executives with startup and scaleup CEOs based on each company’s unique needs and each executive’s unique experience.I am excited to be part of the Bolster executive advisor member group to help companies build exceptional people & talent operations from the start.Areas of expertise: organizational design, culture building, coaching, people manager training, team building, onboarding, recruiting, candidate and employee experience, compensation design, performance management, goal setting, succession planning, learning and development, communications, change management, scaling, remote and distributed work

Fit Small Business is the leading digital resource for small business owners. We provide clear, comprehensive, and actionable content they need to succeed. Small business owners are passionate and driven about what they do, and so are we.As Chief People Officer, I built the people operations team and systems for our hyper-scaling organization. This included organizational design, recruiting, onboarding, employee relations, manager and team member coaching and training, forming and guiding the work of the DEI and Culture committees, introducing a job skills matrix with leveling and compensation banding, performance management and reviews, all HR/people operations and compliance including payroll, 401k administration, facilities management and IT; and rolling out agile methodologies for operations across the organization. As a member of the executive team, I served as a partner to the CEO and senior management team, advised on and co-created companywide communications, and facilitated the creation of the organization's mission, vision, and values.HR Stack: Greenhouse, CultureAmp, Trello, Guru, GSuite, Donut, Glassdoor, Zoom, SlackLearning & Development Partner: LifeLabs LearningHighlights: Inc. 500 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America 2018-2019, Inc. 5000 2020, Forbes Best Startup Employers 2020https://www.inc.com/profile/fitsmallbusinesscomhttps://www.forbes.com/companies/fit-small-business/https://fitsmallbusiness.com/about-us/

Hired to create this role at an entrepreneurial, global technology company. Employees are based in NYC, CT, and distributed globally.• People operations partner to executive team• Change management lead • People lead for engineering, product management, and corporate support • Agile Product Owner• Culture cultivator• Areas of expertise: Coaching, Talent Management, Recruiting & Onboarding, Compensation, Employee Branding, Learning & Development, Communication Tools• Recruiterbox, TrakStar, Slack, Confluence, JIRA, Discourse, Stack Overflow, GitHub, Zoom, Microsoft Office Suite, JustWorks

• Led NY, TN and KY teams of 180+ people who generated $125MM in annual revenue and represented 82,000 insured households• Recruited Allstate Agency Owners and managed the opening of 44 locations• Advised tenured and start-up business owners on all aspects of owning and operating their agencies• Coordinated a cross-functional corporate team of subject matter experts to achieve market goals• Oversaw all market compliance• Consistently met or exceeded growth plans

• Led an agency owner incubator program.• Designed, taught and scaled a workshop for agency owners that coached them on how to recruit, train, and retain agency staff. Became part of company-wide Producing on Purpose training series.• Increased team’s production 245% in a year.

• Hired by Allstate to teach other agency owners how to open, run, and scale their businesses as I had.• Co-developed Producing on Purpose training workshops with the Regional Sales Leader; scaled programs regionally and coursework adopted across the corporation.

• Owned an insurance agency as an independent contractor with Allstate Insurance Company• Managed all aspects of the business – sales, human resources, finance, operations, marketing• Sold property, casualty, life, health, and variable insurance and financial services products• Earned Honor Ring award for overall sales production• Earned award for top commercial insurance sales producer in the state of KY • Earned Ashland Alliance Business of the Week

• Managed, wrote and designed top-rated newscasts for 250,000 viewers for the number one station in the market.• Coordinated a team of twenty people including anchors, reporters, photographers, and writers.• Wrote and produced newscasts for election nights.• Line produced during the live newscasts, included managing breaking news.