Kelli Dragovich Email & Phone Number

California, United States

San Francisco, California, US

kellidragovich.comI coach and advise mid to senior level leaders across all functions with a focus on HR Leaders and Founder/CEOs. Topics range from strategic to tactical always with a lens on practical execution and progress for both the individual and the business. I am also open to interim/fractional/part time roles as a leader or individual.

San Francisco, California, US

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Raleigh, North Carolina, US

Raleigh, North Carolina, US

• Advise as needed on HR related topics to the Chief People Officer & C Suite.
• Partner with GTM and Product leadership on developing Pendo’s Digital Adoption Platform market positioning and key target customer personas.
• Participate in strategic Enterprise deals, cultivate strong customer relationships, and explore channel partnerships.
• Lead external thought leadership efforts including a strong presence at conferences, meet ups, on podcasts and developing online content.

Raleigh, North Carolina, US

• Hired over 600 employees annually and achieved 40-50% ARR growth.
• Increased company eNPS from <40 to 65 within 6 months and <10% voluntary attrition.
• Increased ARR/employee by 100% within 8 months.
• Scaled the global people team from 8 to 60 and implemented a holistic strategy.
• Key priorities included employment brand, DEI efforts, scaling culture via values, executive coaching, elevating management capabilities & compensation/pay transparency.

Menlo Park, CA, US

San Mateo, California, US

San Francisco, California, US

San Francisco, CA, US

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New York, New York, US

Ethena is an all-in-one compliance training platform that helps companies create more inclusive work cultures through world-class content and employee relations tools. Ethena’s library of 150+ courses spans topics like Harassment Prevention, Code of Conduct, and Anti-Bribery and Corruption with a 93% approval rating from over 2 million learners.

San Francisco, CA, US

People Leader Accelerator is the premier development program for strategic HR leaders of investor-backed, founder-led, technology companies.

San Francisco, California, US

New York, US

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Seattle, Washington, US

Mountain View, CA, US

• Lead cross-functional people related integration efforts for Looker’s 12-month integration plan.
• Worked directly with the deal sponsor (Thomas Kurian), Looker Leadership, Cloud leadership and Cloud Corporate Development on milestone-based metrics and criteria for success.
• Led cultural integration efforts for five other Cloud M&A acquisitions outside of Looker.
• Built and implemented a cross-functional M&A integration model across Google Cloud.

Mountain View, CA, US

Santa Cruz, CA, US

• Re-built Looker’s People team with a heavy emphasis on the Business Partner, Compensation and Organization Development teams.
• Led pre-IPO readiness workstreams followed by heavy M&A due diligence work with Google.
• Facilitated all global talent related aspects of the acquisition including key talent selection, communication plans and Google leveling decisions and offer letter processes, resulting in 95% of Looker offer letters.
• Worked with Google leadership and Corporate Development on culture assessment and values alignment months leading up to the acquisition close.

New York, US

• Built the People Ops function and a new Executive Team – hired 200 employees annually.
• Led Hired through a business and organizational transformation to an Enterprise SaaS subscription business model with 400% year over year growth.
• Shaped & sustained Hired’s culture through specific focus on building and upholding values, key talent programs & radical candor within the organization.
• Played strategic roles within Product, Sales, Partnerships and Demand Generation as a key customer persona.
• Extensive thought leadership externally - Diversity, Equity & Inclusion specifically within Gender Wage Gap & Equal Pay practices. *2017 HR Symposium Panelist - Santa Clara, CA*2017 HR West Conference Speaker -Oakland.

San Francisco, California, US

San Francisco, CA, US

• Scaled the company to over 600 employees globally with 70% fully distributed.
• Built the People Ops strategy and team from the foundations up.
• Hired a new executive team including Sales, Marketing, Product leaders within 12 months.
• Worked internally with employees via the GitHub product to design and iterate on first ever people processes and initiatives including: performance feedback, college hiring programs, people analytics, leadership.

New York, US

• Worked directly with the CEO to effectively architect, scale, and develop the rapidly growing and changing “start up” company within Barnes & Noble.
• Hired and on boarded more than 300 employees in less than two years, resulting in a global footprint of over 800 employees.
• Architected a global people team of 18, consisting of HR, Talent Acquisition, and Facilities Mgmt.
• Re-designed the candidate experience, executed on key hiring metrics and implemented internal and external recruiting programs.
• Implemented ongoing feedback mechanisms, on boarding programs, and performance/recognition and management training programs.

Oakland, California, US

• Implemented a first ever Career Pathing & Leveling architecture.
• Worked with the executive team to build RockYou’s culture and values through a creative employee driven approach.
• Designed and rolled out incentive bonus plans for the different game studios within RockYou.
• Launched learning & development initiatives including the intact team workshop “Hiring@RockYou” and a mentoring development program.

Sunnyvale, CA, US

• HR Leader for the Global Platforms Engineering organization of 1,500 employees.
• Led and executed cross-functional teams through the Microsoft/Yahoo! Search Alliance including organizational re-structuring, workforce planning, and global communications processes.
• Designed and implemented quarterly “Functional Talent Summits” specifically for the needs of talent development, mobility and retention planning within Platform Engineering.
• Lead in creating Yahoo!’s first comprehensive Technical New College Graduate Program.

Sunnyvale, CA, US

• HR Leader for 1,100 employees across Sales, Marketing, Business Development and Operations.
• Partnered with the SVP of the Y! Publisher Network to build a new division to serve Yahoo!'s 3rd party partners which included defining and hiring for new roles and designing new sales incentive plans.
• Team leader within the Yahoo! Field Sales Force Integration project where we combined the U.S. Media and Search Sales (acquisition) teams while implementing a new Sales Compensation Structure.

Mountain View, California, US

• Supported Intuit’s Supply Chain Operations and Process Excellence (Six Sigma) organizations in multiple U.S. locations.
• Drove M&A integration and due diligence within the Corporate Development and Strategy organization.

Mountain View, California, US

• Supported Intuit’s Supply Chain Operations and Process Excellence (Six Sigma) organizations in multiple U.S. locations.
• Drove M&A integration and due diligence within the Corporate Development and Strategy organization.
• Structured a rotational model for the Process Excellence organization aimed at attracting high potential internal talent and deploying rotational candidates into various Intuit leadership positions.

Mountain View, California, US

• Supported 240 employees in Intuit’s Outsourced Payroll Operations organizations in San Diego, San Bernardino, and Reno.
• Served as San Bernardino HR site leader and developed site affirmative action plans.
• Member of Intuit’s Employee Relations Response team handling company escalations and leading employee relations investigations.

Mountain View, California, US

• Supported Directors and Sr. HR Business Partners within Intuit’s ten functional groups and moved to work specifically with the CIO and CTO organizations.

Bachelor Of Science In Psychology, Psychology And Economics

Master Of Arts In Organizational Psychology