HR Business Area Lead and HR Business Partner to CxO leaders responsible for all Palo Alto Networks's R&D, product and service offerings. Member of People Leadership Team reporting to CHRO. Total global scope covers 5,000 employees including responsibility for software development centers in North America, Israel, and India.Palo Alto Networks, the global cybersecurity leader, is shaping the cloud-centric future with technology that is transforming the way people and organizations operate. Our mission is to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life. We help address the world's greatest security challenges with continuous innovation that seizes the latest breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, analytics, automation, and orchestration.

HR Business Area Lead and HR Business Partner to CxO leaders responsible for all VMware’s R&D, product and service offerings. Total scope covered ~15,000 employees across five continents.VMware streamlines the journey for organizations to become digital businesses that deliver better experiences to their customers and empower employees to do their best work. Our software spans App Modernization, Cloud, Networking & Security and Digital Workspace.

Led people strategy to bring VMware Tanzu to market. This included being the People/Culture lead for the Heptio and Pivotal Software acquisitions/integration. Total scope covered ~4,000 employees across four continents.With VMware Tanzu you can:1) BUILD modern applications 2) RUN Kubernetes consistently across environments 3) MANAGE it all from a single point of control

After working at T-Mobile for 8 years and being part of an remarkable Fortune 100 turnaround, I took a sabbatical. We pulled our daughters out of school and traveled through England, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, and Canada following the sage advice to "not let school get in the way of our children's education."

Led high-performing team of 175 recruiting professionals delivering over 23,000 hires per year covering all T-Mobile and MetroPCS roles, locations, and functions. (including Executive, Professional, University, and Frontline). Managed direct budget of $20M plus indirect spend of $20M+.

Provided leadership and oversight for 20 talent programs and a staff of 20 (15 FTE + contractors and loaned Deutsche Telekom X-Change resources) enabling 20,000 hires per year. Managed direct budget of $3M+ plus indirect program spend of $20M+. Responsibilities included all recruiting technology, all sourcing and selection programs, career site (tmobile.careers), university recruiting, employment brand/recruitment media, diversity, and global talent mobility programs.

Accountable for workforce planning, staffing analytics, contingent workforce and affirmative action.

Led workforce planning, workforce metrics and reporting, and recruiting operations functions. Departed following Liberty Mutual's acquisition of Safeco.

Senior HR Planning PartnerFacilitated workforce and associated business planning for USAA Financial Services Group. (5 Divisions/5,600 employees).

Compensation advisor for Investment Management, Life Insurance, and Financial Planning business units. (1800 employees, $46B in assets). Consultant to senior/middle management regarding a full range of non-executive compensation issues

Developed and evaluated comprehensive compensation programs for FORTUNE 500 executives (including annual and long-term incentive design). Developed and presented market data reports the CEO/BOD level.