Design and facilitate experiential learning sessions for leaders and high potentials on effective teaming, diversity and inclusion, culture building, cross-culture collaboration, and global leadership. Co-work with clients to re-design a Work/Culture that is more suitable for their needs. Starting with awareness, build clarity around needs vs. reality and identify the work necessary to arrive at the desired state. Topics covered may include authentic leadership, diversity and inclusion, navigating cultures, high performance teaming, and global leadership. Coach individuals on career transitions and job search.

Green Monday is a multi-faceted sustainable lifestyle Series B start-up with rich product line of plant-based proteins, culinary experiential restaurants Green Common, and social venture promoting the Green Monday (eating green once a week) movement.• Responsible for people matters (human resources), operations of Green Common restaurants and China offices, and building a community of people interested in a more sustainable lifestyle. • In year one, tripled the office headcount, signed and opened three Green Common restaurants, oversaw the build-out of these restaurants plus an 1,800 m2 office, and established the China Leadership Team that included the recruitment of five business unit heads. • Localized people, administration, and operational policies for the China market that are aligned with corporate values and governance.• As senior representative of the company, spoke at China International Fair for Trade in Services, MOU signing ceremonies, and marketing events.

Aperian's mission is to enable individuals, teams and organizations to work effectively across boundaries. AG offers a uniquely powerful combination of innovative online learning, thought leadership and global reach to meet the talent development needs of our clients worldwide.As Director of Consulting, I designed and delivered customized leadership development programs for clients across Asia. Projects included: * Becoming Global Leaders (for Talents in Asia)* Cross-Cultural Teaming and Collaboration* Unconscious Bias and Inclusive Leadership* Executive Presence and iInfluential Communications* Working Globally and with Country XI also coached senior leaders on role transitions, leading culturally diverse teams, and acclimating to China. Clients included multi-national companies in technology, pharmaceutical, automobile, energy, and professional services industries. Also responsible for managing global accounts.

As one of the first ten employees of Apple Retail in Greater China, built and led a cross- functional talent team to design and deliver innovative talent management processes and tools to open and support over 35 Apple Retail stores across the region. Retail stores ranged from 500 to 100 full-time employees large at opening.This role expanded and evolved multiple times to span from talent acquisition and deployment through onboarding and leadership development - all the while serving as a business partner, HR advisor, and coach to senior retail leaders. Celebrating successes, dissecting our learnings, evolving our methods and assumptions, and working shoulder to shoulder with the team were the keys to our success.

Led and executed projects for multi-national companies and Chinese enterprises across Greater China on individual and team assessment, high potential identification and development, and competency modelling. Developed and managed the leadership assessment and coaching service offerings.

In this HR generalist role with particular focus on talent management and professional development, supported 17 offices in HR and talent needs, covering performance appraisals, recruitment, new hire orientation, expatriate benefits review, individual development plan management, and new corporate/regional initiatives roll-out.

Started up the HR desk for the region. Expanded client list and candidate database while exceeding sales targets each quarter with high closing rate.

Provided talent acquisition/placement service for women in Tokyo. Responsible for business development and client relationship management, as well as facilitating resume and career counseling workshops.

Responsible for business development and partnerships for this education start-up that provided essential business management skills development workshops and coaching for college seniors and new graduates.

Responsible for end-to-end campus and entry-level recruitment for the Midwest region and tasked to fulfill annual staffing requirements for the firm's management trainee program.

Reported directly to Head of HR, responsible for staff modeling and projections, monthly HR reporting on recruitment, staff turnover and retention, diversity & inclusion, and training & development effectiveness.