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As fractional chief people officer I serve as advisor and guide, allowing you to up-level your people foundation from operational to strategic from the earliest stage. 50-70% of spend is salaries at early-stage SaaS companies; your strategy for your biggest investment should be as mature as your product and GTM motion. Together we'll unlock the potential of your people, by hiring, retaining, and unleashing your team for impact. Book time if you're ready to explore what we can do together!Services include embedded fractional COO or Chief People Officer, advisory sessions, strategic projects, and workshop or event facilitation. I have worked with early stage tech startups, transforming mid-stage companies, and nonprofits to mature and elevate their organizations and strategies.Client Examples:- Series B Tech - 100 Employees - immigration support, performance reviews, manager training- Series C Tech - 150 Employees - career frameworks, performance management, benefits benchmarking and open enrollment- Series B Tech - 250 Employees - career and level frameworks, performance management, compensation benchmarking and re-positioning, HR system selection and deployment- Early Stage Nonprofit - event management, content and communications curation- Series A Tech - total addressable market analysis, go to market strategy

Tutored my son in phonics and reading, GC'd a renovation of our home, and was primary parent while my husband traveled significantly for work.

San Francisco, California, Us

As part of the founding team for a new health tech startup enabling value based care contracts, I established the People, Operations and Finance functions.• People: Developed talent brand, scaled 5 > 35 through hiring and acquisition, establishedcareer frameworks, salary bands and talent programs. Implemented ATS, HRIS. Led in-house executive search for CTO and closed top candidate in 34 days from outreach to signed offer.• Operations: Guided setting multi-year strategy and quarterly OKRs, board meeting prep• Finance: With fractional financial team, co-developed first financial model, forecasting and budgeting practice. Established banking and expense management. Integrated acquired S-Corp including conversion from cash to accrual accounting.

San Francisco, California, Us

San Francisco, California, Us

Built the People, Operations and Finance departments, scaling the company from Series A > B.• People: Established multi-year strategy including pivoting hiring to British Columbia adding $6M to runway over 2 yrs. Developed talent brand, culture, performance management, career frameworks and salary bands. Implemented Recruiting, HR, compensation, benefits, and payroll software. Scaled People team 0>4 and grew company 35 > 100.• Operations: Guided multi-year strategy and quarterly OKRs, managed all-company events and communications, oversaw board meetings, managed 3 global facilities• Finance: Partnered with CEO to raise a $30M Series B. Collaborated with fractional financial firm to develop first financial model and run monthly close and international reconciliation. Seized 18% R&D credit with pivot to Canadian R&D operations. Hired Head of Finance + accountant to bring function in-house.

San Francisco, California, Us

Right hand to the VP, leading strategy, operations, communications, and cross-functional engagement.• Developed the BD Operating System: best-in-class tools, templates, systems and processes to scale impact and build the best BD team in tech, currently influencing over 25% of revenue.• Guided interlocked OKR process between the company, BD, engineering, product, and design.• Led BD’s annual and long-term strategy development.

San Francisco, California, Us

Led HR strategy, strategic initiatives, budget, governance, and reporting.• Drove complex, cross-functional efforts including launching Dropbox’s location and Virtual First Strategy, measurably improving retention of under-represented minorities and women, and securing Great Place to Work awards.• DRI for M&A integration and change management of HelloSign and Valt (Dropbox Passwords).• Managed $18M budget within 3% variance; led savings effort that reduced budget 10%

Oakland, California, Us

Crafted and implemented KP IT's HR strategy to drive re-training of 40% of the workforce and statistically significant improvement to satisfaction.• Aligned a federated, geographically-dispersed group of hundreds of employee & executive stakeholders to launch KP IT's first HR strategy in nearly a decade.• Supported the $3B/year, 7K-employee, 7K-contractor IT organization with technical professional development, career programs, and culture programs.• Oversaw program implementation with statistically significant improvement to employee satisfaction (lowest to highest within KP) and re-training of 40% of the workforce.

Oakland, California, Us

Oakland, California, Us

Led strategic initiatives and interim-led philanthropic development.• Built the five-year strategic plan alongside the CEO, COO and board.• Built a new Salesforce-based philanthropic development system to dramatically expand pipeline.• Met $2.5M philanthropic goal, and positioned the team to raise 20% more, allowing expansion of operations to India.Note: Global Citizen Year re-branded to Tilting Futures in May 2024

New York, Ny, Us

Served in operational, strategic and learning & development roles supporting teacher training, then leading fundraising and school partnership work.• Drove strategic initiatives leading to an 8% increase in philanthropic revenue for TFA. • 90% of learners stated training or coaching was helpful & altered their practice.

New York, Ny, Us

New York, Ny, Us

Madison, Wi, Us

Managed operations for the team developing and deploying a digital election data tool• Worked with staff, 1,850 municipal clerks and 72 county clerks to improve election data collection and to clarify new procedures, processes, and forms.• Contacted and assisted over 1,000 reporting units in correcting errors in election data.

Madison, Wisconsin, Us

Recruited, trained and placed reading, math volunteers; led after-school reading program; co-taught Spanish bilingual pre-K summer program.• Tripled the number of students served by volunteer tutors at three elementary schools.

Bachelor Of Arts, International Political Economy, Political Science

Master Of Arts, Leadership And Evangelism

Certificate, Business Foundations Specialization