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Santa Clara, California, Us

Mountain View, California, Us

Drove strategic and innovative talent initiatives, fostering a culture of growth, development, and employee well-being. Integrated all stages of the employee lifecycle, from recruitment and performance to promotion and recognition. Fostered thriving strengths-based company culture with the implementation of Clifton Strengths for all employees, supplemented by individual and team coaching. Resolved complex DEI challenges and increased under-represented minority employee representation.* Championed diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives including developing and delivering education programs, implementing recruiting goals, and measuring and reporting on progress* Boosted employee engagement score 14 points during tenure by implementing third party vendor surveys and business-aligned strategy focused on company culture.* Revolutionized company culture through co-development of seven core behaviors with CEO to create clear paths to success for individuals and teams. * Ensured business continuity and adaptation to changing workforce trends by reinforcing a successful hybrid work structure post-pandemic.

Santa Clara, California, Us

Led and managed Benefits, Talent Acquisition, HR Business Partnership, Talent Management and Inclusion & Diversity functions for the Americas region with 1500 employees. * Restructured HR Business Partnership model to better align with geographically diverse individual contributors and line managers as well as enabling senior HRBPs to focus on strategic work. * Drove huge career pathing initiative, partnering closely with the business, HR operations, compensation and learning and development. * Partnered closely with robust people analytics team, driving D&I, employee engagement and culture as well as recruiter scorecards and effectiveness dashboards.

San Jose, Ca, Us

Reporting to SVP, General Counsel and HR, co-led the HR function alongside Senior Director of HR Operations for multinational firm of approximately 800 employees in the midst of a cultural and business transition, managing teams in USA, Europe and Asia* Developed and managed succession planning, performance calibration, and talent management programs, driving a transformation toward pay-for-performance culture. * Partnering with GLINT, implemented quarterly engagement surveys to capture, measure and communicate employee sentiment with capability to drill down into granular data which drove decisions and ultimately change management. * Developed curriculum for management training program based on Everything DiSC and facilitated this quarter-long pilot program with the company’s largest division, improving manager capabilities and supporting a cultural change of growth and development* Partnered with talent acquisition leadership to broaden candidate sources to improve candidate diversity and drive toward inclusion and belonging * Served as strategic advisor and coach to senior executive leadership team

Advised management on the administration, development, revision and implementation of human resources policies and procedures. Analyzed organization's current HR programs and recommended solutions. Worked collaboratively with HR directors, teams, and other staff to ensure consistent application of labor relations, employee relations, EEO/diversity and various other HR practices, strategies and implementations,. Monitored employee engagement and satisfaction through on-boarding processes and other feedback to identify any action needs.

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San Jose, Ca, Us

Director, HR Infrastructure, 2007-2009* Authored HR M&A playbook, leveraging learnings from integration of prior target companies to reduce downtime repetition and enable resource optimizationHR Business Partner, 2006-2007* Served as “custodian of records” on behalf of the company in a federal trial involving one of the company’s former executives

San Jose, California, Us

Reporting to CEO, led and grew entire HR function for purely organic rapid growth phase from 35 to 185 employees in 1.5 years, balancing strategic, operational and tactical efforts.* Implemented business-essential unilateral salary reduction with 0% attrition which enabled company to successfully reach IPO * Streamlined, documented and reinforced the entire talent acquisition process, retaining the strong elements and improving others according to best practices and 0 external recruiters

Mountain View, Ca, Us

Reporting to CFO, led and grew HR function, including stock administration for rapid growth phase from 135 to 880 employees in four years* Led HR M&A integration efforts for 10 acquisitions, expanding domestic and international presence

Milpitas, California, Us

Master'S Degree, Mental Health Counseling/Counselor

Ba, Liberal Arts

Mfa, Liberal Arts