Chris Taylor Email & Phone Number

San Francisco Bay Area

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San Francisco Bay Area

Santa Clara

• Tabula was a programmable logic start up that pioneered a new and complex technology with a lean and highly talented team who brought the product into the marketplace.
• Reported to CEO, grew the company from 70 to 130 employees at its peak
• Built meaningful collaborative relationships with all business leaders including consultation on organizational issues to meet business goals
• Conducted ongoing org assessments and made organizational structure changes based on evolving stages of product development and market entry strategies
• Transitioned the company from a research to a product focus, resulting in product completion and initial introduction into a highly competitive marketplace
• Facilitated clear, crisp definition of team deliverables and cross-functional interdependencies to ensure everyone was connected to the same mission

San Jose, CA

• Xilinx is a high growth, global company that became the market leader in programmable logic. During my tenure, grew from 300M to over 1B in revenue, with 60+% profit margins, and from 500 to 2000 employees
• Reported to CEO, built a team of 22 consisting of highly collaborative and results-oriented HR professionals
• Drove all aspects of global human resources including talent acquisition and integration, compensation and benefits, leadership development, performance management, employee communications, organizational design and.
• Made recommendations to the Compensation Committee and implemented executive compensation programs
• Lead an innovative process for identifying and reinforcing desirable attributes and values that served as underpinnings for a strong company culture
• Collaborated with executive and senior management teams to drive a company culture that produced high levels of achievement and retention rates well above industry average

San Francisco Bay Area

• Consulted with high quality start-ups including very early stage and established companies
• Created HR practices, performed leadership training, and coached executive teams
• Specialized in collaborating with Board members on effective people strategies, especially in the area of compensation and benefits and talent acquisition
• Worked with senior teams to build strong company cultures, resolving employee relations issues, and creating uncomplicated, scalable processes
• Client list included LSI Logic, Veritas Software, Cell Genesys, Onyx Pharmaceuticals

Santa Clara, CA

Increasingly responsible positions including manager of 75 person Staffing and Administration function for California site.