Allovus is a design + recruiting firm offering highly skilled creatives for full-time work, temporary placement, and fully-managed offsite design teams. http://allovus.com/Team

Leading team of 20 professionals across HR, Talent Acquisition and Learning & Development

www.github.com• Scaling the company from 220 to over 580 global employees distributed across 38 states and 18 international countries; including the development of the company’s first enterprise sales organization.• Partnered with executive team to introduce and lead the human resource business partner model focusing on the how to most effectively inspire, support and develop their team members.• Worked internally through crowdsourcing with employees via dog-fooding our GitHub products to design and iterate on the company’s first ever Performance Feedback processes, Learning & Development programs, and Compensation Philosophy guidelines. • Lead efforts to design and implement the company’s first ever career-pathing and cross function leveling programs.• Lead efforts to design and implement cutting edge, and more inclusive health care benefits to attract and retain our diverse team members.• Designed and lead new employee relations and performance management processes.• Provided leadership to create implement a world class on-boarding program encompassing pre-hire, first week, and functional boot-camps.• Lead the selection and implementation of the company’s new HRIS.• Successful development and management of a multi-million annual operating budget.

An exciting global company whose mission is to change how people read and learn by being positioned to seize the incredible growth opportunity in the nascent digital content market. With its vast relationships with publishers, unique ability to reach readers and students and its award- winning devices, NOOK Media is well positioned to thrive as a leading digital content and technology company. • Partnered with the Sr Director of HR and the executive team to introduce and implement the human resource business partner model focusing on the how to most effectively manage and develop the team talent in order to deliver our ever-changing business goals. • Manage the 11 person HR, Facilities and Security team members that support NOOK employees in Palo Alto, Redmond, Europe and Asia. • In partnership with our recruiting team, deliver a WOW candidate experience through implementing a world class on-boarding program encompassing pre-hire, first day and follow up events.• Drive consistent career path planning, culture evangelism, and manager/leader competency programs and workshops, across all functional areas.• Mentored our Recruiting Programs Manager through the design and implementation of our first company-wide summer internship program.• Mentored our HR Generalist through the creation and implementation of a new and consistent employee relations process, including internal wiki pages, manager tools, and employee trainings

Responsible for providing comprehensive HR support by developing and implementing HR strategies for multiple global teams to maximize their business impact. Diagnose organizational effectiveness gaps, design and deploy interventions that enhance organizational effectiveness, manage financial considerations and business/employee risk. Drive the talent management processes, manage leadership selection and assimilation, and engage and utilize HR core platforms as needed to obtain consultative support and common tools, systems, and processes. • Partnered with C-level executive clients and leadership support to develop entirely new business teams after the company acquisition based on the new company strategies and key business drivers.• Assisted new leadership in the creation of our first Advance Technologies & Platforms organization including developing the companies first internal and external rotation programs, and strategizing innovative ways to foster further growth through the guidance of an external governing board. • Created and led the Site Leadership Forum – A quarterly forum that focuses on culture, remote site specific projects and issues. • Served as regional HR lead for company acquisitions, divestitures and reductions in force.• Project leader for global initiative to raise the competency level of people managers resulting in the roll-out of mandatory, multi-day course offerings world-wide. • Project leader for a global initiative to provide people managers with an introduction to their role, responsibilities, and tools through a new manager orientation program.• Served as the Mobile Devices business unit leader for annual engagement survey.• Served as the lead HR team member for the Silicon Valley & North America Software Center. Responsible for leading corporate initiatives and issues such as culture enhancement, adherence to California laws/practices, employee engagement, retention planning, and crisis & continuity plans.

A $500+ million global manufacturer and marketer of branded consumer housewares products including Pyrex, CorningWare and Corelle. Currently in a turn-around situation due to bankruptcy and subsequent sale after the consolidation of three organizations through leveraged buy-outs.; Responsible for the human capital management and resource strategy planning for the HouseHold Products Division including staff in Asia, Latin America and Canada• Responsible for the human capital management and resource strategy planning for the HouseHold Products Division including staff in Asia, Latin America and Canada• Managed all functions of human resources for company’s largest business unit including employee relations, training, recruiting, and organizational development.• Spearheaded culture reformation in partnership with the President, senior leadership and staff • Developed and implemented recruiting strategies and interview programs for all position levels of the business unit from VP/officer to specialist (resulting in an annual cost savings of $200K)• Teamed with OD Manager and senior leadership to implement new competency structure as a foundation for the performance management, recruiting and succession planning initiatives• Provided executive/management coaching for vice presidents, directors and management staff on performance, conflict resolution, gap analysis, communication and culture change• Developed and facilitated trainings on management, harassment, diversity and performance• Managed multi-million dollar construction and relocation of our 35,000 square foot office • Successful development and management of a $2 million annual operating budget• Manage and develop a staff of 4 full-time HR professionals