Sylvia Arifin Email & Phone Number

Emeryville, California, United States

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Provided strategic and tactical support of leadership alignment, cultural adjustments, retention structures, and transition timelines to ensure the successful integration of founders and newly acquired teams. Conducted talent assessment during due diligence. Provided insights and recommendations to executive sponsors, functional leaders, integration.

Volunteered to lead the Employee Resource Group (ERG) for Asians and allies at Invitae. Organized and hosted monthly virtual socials, facilitated discussions and networking. Created a space of belonging for the Asian community, brought awareness and influence to company-level conversations. Collaborated with DEI leadership on forming strategies and agenda.

Led the Talent Acquisition team on an interim basis. Responsible for tools and processes, reassessed vendors and expenditures, strengthened cross-functional relationships. Managed the contingent workforce program to augment resources fueling our rapid growth. Led change management for an improved headcount/hiring workflow and approval chain.

Maternity leave for twin babies!

San Francisco Bay Area

Shifted from scaling operations to scaling our culture through learning & development programs, reinforcing the foundation that allows our teams to innovate and build resiliency. Planned and executed a sequence of onsite leadership workshops for our geographically distributed organization, designed a coaching framework for high-impact contributors, drafted.

San Francisco, California

Responsible for all areas of people operations including talent acquisition, compensation, benefits administration, learning & development, employee relations, and employee experience. Scaled and managed the people team that supports an organization that grew, through rapid organic growth and acquisitions, from 150 to 1,000 people.

San Francisco Bay Area

First HR hire to support the company's people function. Created a structured onboarding process, including a new employee orientation program, handled benefits and Open Enrollment, facilitated merit cycles and equity grants, acted as the business partner for the entire organization. Partnered with the executive team on building our unique people culture.

Mountain View, CA

CMU Silicon Valley operates under Carnegie Mellon's College of Engineering. The 300-member campus is located in the NASA Ames Research Park at Moffett Field, California. I acted as the sole HR resource at this campus for all prospective affiliates, faculty, and staff, including Carnegie Mellon researchers and engineers at NASA Ames.

Pittsburgh, PA

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Strategy & Organizational Behavior

Capstone: Define a globally consistent onboarding process for new associates at Gartner Consulting, which employs over 800 people in four.

Graduate-Level Courses In Organizational Behavior

Examples of courses taken: Evidence-Based Management, Organizational Design & Implementation, Organizational Change

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Business Administration, Minor In Chemistry

Education record