Vice President of People

• Jan 2023 - Present

VP and Head of People and Culture for OBMedia that specializes in media buying and internet advertising. A company that has long been on the forefront of employee driven culture, we believe people are motivated when given autonomy, flexibility, and the resources needed to succeed and then let them shine. I serve as the executive leader for all of HR, recruiting, culture, training, and people operations. We operate fully remote in over 27 states and throughout Europe. VP and Head of People and Culture for OBMedia that specializes in media buying and internet advertising. A company that has long been on the forefront of employee driven culture, we believe people are motivated when given autonomy, flexibility, and the resources needed to succeed and then let them shine. I serve as the executive leader for all of HR, recruiting, culture, training, and people operations. We operate fully remote in over 27 states and throughout Europe.

President and consultant

• Jan 2015 - Present

President and Executive Coach serving mid-level, hyper-growth organizations to create brave cultures and purpose-driven leaders that drive results and create impact. Helping organizations utilize their strongest asset, their people, through leadership development, culture building, organizational development, corporate social responsibility, and executive coaching to build innovative and courageous workplaces. Services Provided & Areas of Expertise: • Employee Engagement… Show more President and Executive Coach serving mid-level, hyper-growth organizations to create brave cultures and purpose-driven leaders that drive results and create impact. Helping organizations utilize their strongest asset, their people, through leadership development, culture building, organizational development, corporate social responsibility, and executive coaching to build innovative and courageous workplaces. Services Provided & Areas of Expertise: • Employee Engagement, Culture Building, & Implementation • Customized Leadership Programs • Team building & Leadership Development • Executive Coaching • Organizational Development & Reorganization • Talent Strategy & Philosophy • L&D Programs • Change Management • Strategic Direction, Cross-Collaboration, Mentorship, and Guidance to Senior Leadership • Corporate Social Responsibility • Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion • Keynote Speaker & Workshop Facilitator Specializing in turn-around and team intervention practices to build trust and high-performing teams: • Post-layoffs • Reorganizations • Leader transitions • Change Leadership • Navigating leading through crisis and the pandemic Clients include: naviHealth Feeld Legacy Nashville Just Projects International MMS Group Psychiatric Medical Care Leadership Success Hope Again International Rizing LLC And more Show less President and Executive Coach serving mid-level, hyper-growth organizations to create brave cultures and purpose-driven leaders that drive results and create impact. Helping organizations utilize their strongest asset, their people, through leadership development, culture building, organizational development, corporate social responsibility, and executive coaching to build innovative and courageous workplaces. Services Provided & Areas of Expertise: • Employee Engagement… Show more President and Executive Coach serving mid-level, hyper-growth organizations to create brave cultures and purpose-driven leaders that drive results and create impact. Helping organizations utilize their strongest asset, their people, through leadership development, culture building, organizational development, corporate social responsibility, and executive coaching to build innovative and courageous workplaces. Services Provided & Areas of Expertise: • Employee Engagement, Culture Building, & Implementation • Customized Leadership Programs • Team building & Leadership Development • Executive Coaching • Organizational Development & Reorganization • Talent Strategy & Philosophy • L&D Programs • Change Management • Strategic Direction, Cross-Collaboration, Mentorship, and Guidance to Senior Leadership • Corporate Social Responsibility • Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion • Keynote Speaker & Workshop Facilitator Specializing in turn-around and team intervention practices to build trust and high-performing teams: • Post-layoffs • Reorganizations • Leader transitions • Change Leadership • Navigating leading through crisis and the pandemic Clients include: naviHealth Feeld Legacy Nashville Just Projects International MMS Group Psychiatric Medical Care Leadership Success Hope Again International Rizing LLC And more Show less

Global Head of People & Culture

• Apr 2021 - May 2023

The global executive of the HR, Talent, & Culture department of an industry-leading studio & product start-up. Brought on during a critical time of the company's growth to help navigate the transition from a start-up to mid-size organization and expand internationally. - Led a global company re-organization, designed job architecture & leveling for the entire company, and helped build an organizational foundation that allows the company to scale - Integration leader of an… Show more The global executive of the HR, Talent, & Culture department of an industry-leading studio & product start-up. Brought on during a critical time of the company's growth to help navigate the transition from a start-up to mid-size organization and expand internationally. - Led a global company re-organization, designed job architecture & leveling for the entire company, and helped build an organizational foundation that allows the company to scale - Integration leader of an international acquisition. - Navigated multi-state & international compliance of ever-changing COVID mandates, creating back-to-work policies, and advising the company on how to implement a long-term hybrid workplace & culture. - Navigate the challenges to remain competitive in the midst of “The Great Resignation” talent crisis - Built the company's first comprehensive leadership development program - Created the compensation philosophy with a total rewards approach: equity, bonus, and EVP for the company Show less The global executive of the HR, Talent, & Culture department of an industry-leading studio & product start-up. Brought on during a critical time of the company's growth to help navigate the transition from a start-up to mid-size organization and expand internationally. - Led a global company re-organization, designed job architecture & leveling for the entire company, and helped build an organizational foundation that allows the company to scale - Integration leader of an… Show more The global executive of the HR, Talent, & Culture department of an industry-leading studio & product start-up. Brought on during a critical time of the company's growth to help navigate the transition from a start-up to mid-size organization and expand internationally. - Led a global company re-organization, designed job architecture & leveling for the entire company, and helped build an organizational foundation that allows the company to scale - Integration leader of an international acquisition. - Navigated multi-state & international compliance of ever-changing COVID mandates, creating back-to-work policies, and advising the company on how to implement a long-term hybrid workplace & culture. - Navigate the challenges to remain competitive in the midst of “The Great Resignation” talent crisis - Built the company's first comprehensive leadership development program - Created the compensation philosophy with a total rewards approach: equity, bonus, and EVP for the company Show less

Director of Leadership & Talent Development

• Jun 2019 - Jun 2020

Head of Talent Learning & Development team for an innovative healthcare technology company. Business leader that serves the officer group in the area of talent and development initiatives. Responsible for developing world class talent development and management initiatives to retain and develop top talent, drive performance, and produce results through strategic leadership programs: - Strategic career pathing & Leadership Program - Developing and leading the talent strategy and… Show more Head of Talent Learning & Development team for an innovative healthcare technology company. Business leader that serves the officer group in the area of talent and development initiatives. Responsible for developing world class talent development and management initiatives to retain and develop top talent, drive performance, and produce results through strategic leadership programs: - Strategic career pathing & Leadership Program - Developing and leading the talent strategy and philosophy - Customized HIPO Development Program - Partner in developing and aligning Leadership Competencies, and lead the initiative to roll out and implement throughout the organization - Created a comprehensive onboarding program with an emphasis on developing leaders to achieve the breakeven point in under six months - Performance & Executive Coaching - Change Leadership and implementation - Executive development and succession program - CSR and DE&I Show less Head of Talent Learning & Development team for an innovative healthcare technology company. Business leader that serves the officer group in the area of talent and development initiatives. Responsible for developing world class talent development and management initiatives to retain and develop top talent, drive performance, and produce results through strategic leadership programs: - Strategic career pathing & Leadership Program - Developing and leading the talent strategy and… Show more Head of Talent Learning & Development team for an innovative healthcare technology company. Business leader that serves the officer group in the area of talent and development initiatives. Responsible for developing world class talent development and management initiatives to retain and develop top talent, drive performance, and produce results through strategic leadership programs: - Strategic career pathing & Leadership Program - Developing and leading the talent strategy and philosophy - Customized HIPO Development Program - Partner in developing and aligning Leadership Competencies, and lead the initiative to roll out and implement throughout the organization - Created a comprehensive onboarding program with an emphasis on developing leaders to achieve the breakeven point in under six months - Performance & Executive Coaching - Change Leadership and implementation - Executive development and succession program - CSR and DE&I Show less

Executive Director, HR & Organizational Development Advisor

• Jan 2015 - May 2019

• Director and consultant to the Executive Leadership board to strategize and create a five-year plan for talent and organizational structuring. Utilized team surveys and engagement polls to develop solutions to identified areas of improvement and expansion. • Provided needs assessment and intake to create the organization’s growth strategies and culture plan. Partnered with the department leaders to design and roll-out a culture initiative by identifying and building a team of Culture… Show more • Director and consultant to the Executive Leadership board to strategize and create a five-year plan for talent and organizational structuring. Utilized team surveys and engagement polls to develop solutions to identified areas of improvement and expansion. • Provided needs assessment and intake to create the organization’s growth strategies and culture plan. Partnered with the department leaders to design and roll-out a culture initiative by identifying and building a team of Culture and Brand Champions. • Coached the executive team on employee coaching, building effective teams, employee evaluations, and performance management. • Performed organizational redesign, compensation analysis and planning, workforce planning, developed policies and procedures, and stood up people operations for the organization • Helped to achieve a 25% increase in employee retention and led to overall higher ratings in 360 surveys. Show less • Director and consultant to the Executive Leadership board to strategize and create a five-year plan for talent and organizational structuring. Utilized team surveys and engagement polls to develop solutions to identified areas of improvement and expansion. • Provided needs assessment and intake to create the organization’s growth strategies and culture plan. Partnered with the department leaders to design and roll-out a culture initiative by identifying and building a team of Culture… Show more • Director and consultant to the Executive Leadership board to strategize and create a five-year plan for talent and organizational structuring. Utilized team surveys and engagement polls to develop solutions to identified areas of improvement and expansion. • Provided needs assessment and intake to create the organization’s growth strategies and culture plan. Partnered with the department leaders to design and roll-out a culture initiative by identifying and building a team of Culture and Brand Champions. • Coached the executive team on employee coaching, building effective teams, employee evaluations, and performance management. • Performed organizational redesign, compensation analysis and planning, workforce planning, developed policies and procedures, and stood up people operations for the organization • Helped to achieve a 25% increase in employee retention and led to overall higher ratings in 360 surveys. Show less

Head of Everyday Leadership, Learning and Development

• Oct 2016 - Feb 2019

Led the team that develops and implements the Leadership & Talent Development programs and employee L&D tools for Asurion, across the global enterprise. Includes all Leadership & Talent Development programs, ranging from frontline to executive level development. • Lead the team that designs, builds curriculum, and executes the talent development strategies in partnership with HR, Executive leadership, and end users. Oversees the Coaching & Employee Development Program, which encompasses… Show more Led the team that develops and implements the Leadership & Talent Development programs and employee L&D tools for Asurion, across the global enterprise. Includes all Leadership & Talent Development programs, ranging from frontline to executive level development. • Lead the team that designs, builds curriculum, and executes the talent development strategies in partnership with HR, Executive leadership, and end users. Oversees the Coaching & Employee Development Program, which encompasses a blended learning approach. The program spans across five countries to over 15,000 employees, providing growth strategies and career pathing. Internationally recognized as a top leadership development program. • Proven, measured results in identifying and filling skills gaps of employees to create bench strength across the organization. Results include: doubling retention rates in less than two years, which led to over 88% of jobs filled by internal candidates in 2017. • Oversaw the deployment of the Performance Management program. The program encourages ongoing development conversations and individualized plans for employees, and also provides feedback to leaders to create customized, specific action plans for teams. Resulted in such success it’s first year that it was rolled out to the enterprise in 2019. Oversaw the restructuring, training, and measurement of effectiveness for the program. • The program has won twelve awards, to date, for various categories, such as: Best Coaching Program, Best Training Program, Best Leadership Development Program, and Best Change Management Initiative. • Developed customized training to equip the organization for rapid growth plan trajectory while reinforcing the Company’s culture, vision, and values. Example program: Popup School: employees receive training on various topics, such as Coaching, Diversity & Inclusion, and feedback. The program doubled its first-year employee engagement goal in less than nine months. Show less Led the team that develops and implements the Leadership & Talent Development programs and employee L&D tools for Asurion, across the global enterprise. Includes all Leadership & Talent Development programs, ranging from frontline to executive level development. • Lead the team that designs, builds curriculum, and executes the talent development strategies in partnership with HR, Executive leadership, and end users. Oversees the Coaching & Employee Development Program, which encompasses… Show more Led the team that develops and implements the Leadership & Talent Development programs and employee L&D tools for Asurion, across the global enterprise. Includes all Leadership & Talent Development programs, ranging from frontline to executive level development. • Lead the team that designs, builds curriculum, and executes the talent development strategies in partnership with HR, Executive leadership, and end users. Oversees the Coaching & Employee Development Program, which encompasses a blended learning approach. The program spans across five countries to over 15,000 employees, providing growth strategies and career pathing. Internationally recognized as a top leadership development program. • Proven, measured results in identifying and filling skills gaps of employees to create bench strength across the organization. Results include: doubling retention rates in less than two years, which led to over 88% of jobs filled by internal candidates in 2017. • Oversaw the deployment of the Performance Management program. The program encourages ongoing development conversations and individualized plans for employees, and also provides feedback to leaders to create customized, specific action plans for teams. Resulted in such success it’s first year that it was rolled out to the enterprise in 2019. Oversaw the restructuring, training, and measurement of effectiveness for the program. • The program has won twelve awards, to date, for various categories, such as: Best Coaching Program, Best Training Program, Best Leadership Development Program, and Best Change Management Initiative. • Developed customized training to equip the organization for rapid growth plan trajectory while reinforcing the Company’s culture, vision, and values. Example program: Popup School: employees receive training on various topics, such as Coaching, Diversity & Inclusion, and feedback. The program doubled its first-year employee engagement goal in less than nine months. Show less

Head of HR and Talent Acquisitions

• Apr 2014 - Oct 2016

Head of HR, People & Culture, and Talent Acquisition, growing the departments from the ground up. Developed HR operations, business partnership, talent acquisition, implemented and scaled programs such as performance management, learning & development, retention planning, on-boarding, training, social responsibility, and rewards & recognition. Helped scale the company during hyper-growth. My role allowed me to work closely with our employees and customers to ensure our programs ran and were… Show more Head of HR, People & Culture, and Talent Acquisition, growing the departments from the ground up. Developed HR operations, business partnership, talent acquisition, implemented and scaled programs such as performance management, learning & development, retention planning, on-boarding, training, social responsibility, and rewards & recognition. Helped scale the company during hyper-growth. My role allowed me to work closely with our employees and customers to ensure our programs ran and were implemented efficiently, and we exceed our customer's expectations from implementation and ongoing. I grew and scaled multiple teams within the organization while it was experiencing hyper-growth. Worked closely with our partner administrations in providing strategic oversight and leadership as a strategic business partner. Show less Head of HR, People & Culture, and Talent Acquisition, growing the departments from the ground up. Developed HR operations, business partnership, talent acquisition, implemented and scaled programs such as performance management, learning & development, retention planning, on-boarding, training, social responsibility, and rewards & recognition. Helped scale the company during hyper-growth. My role allowed me to work closely with our employees and customers to ensure our programs ran and were… Show more Head of HR, People & Culture, and Talent Acquisition, growing the departments from the ground up. Developed HR operations, business partnership, talent acquisition, implemented and scaled programs such as performance management, learning & development, retention planning, on-boarding, training, social responsibility, and rewards & recognition. Helped scale the company during hyper-growth. My role allowed me to work closely with our employees and customers to ensure our programs ran and were implemented efficiently, and we exceed our customer's expectations from implementation and ongoing. I grew and scaled multiple teams within the organization while it was experiencing hyper-growth. Worked closely with our partner administrations in providing strategic oversight and leadership as a strategic business partner. Show less

Vice President and Executive Director

• Jun 2010 - Oct 2016

Vice President of international and domestic operations. Key spokes person on behalf of the organization and Head of training, oversaw the design and implementation of operational structuring, people operations, board of directors, and community training programs. Led the execution of domestic programs, cross-functionally, in partnership with outside government and business leaders. Co-led the development of the organizational policies & procedures, structuring, and by-laws for the… Show more Vice President of international and domestic operations. Key spokes person on behalf of the organization and Head of training, oversaw the design and implementation of operational structuring, people operations, board of directors, and community training programs. Led the execution of domestic programs, cross-functionally, in partnership with outside government and business leaders. Co-led the development of the organizational policies & procedures, structuring, and by-laws for the organization. Research and raising awareness for social issues of human trafficking, both domestically and internationally. Show less Vice President of international and domestic operations. Key spokes person on behalf of the organization and Head of training, oversaw the design and implementation of operational structuring, people operations, board of directors, and community training programs. Led the execution of domestic programs, cross-functionally, in partnership with outside government and business leaders. Co-led the development of the organizational policies & procedures, structuring, and by-laws for the… Show more Vice President of international and domestic operations. Key spokes person on behalf of the organization and Head of training, oversaw the design and implementation of operational structuring, people operations, board of directors, and community training programs. Led the execution of domestic programs, cross-functionally, in partnership with outside government and business leaders. Co-led the development of the organizational policies & procedures, structuring, and by-laws for the organization. Research and raising awareness for social issues of human trafficking, both domestically and internationally. Show less

Consultant, Operations & HR

• Nov 2013 - Sep 2016

Client: JPI/PROJECT AK-47 is a mid-level NGO that works to rescue and restore children who are child soldiers and victims of human trafficking. Head of compliance and legal. • Assisted the Operations Director, VP of Operations, and President with an overhaul of the organization’s people operations; developing on-boarding and talent strategies, implementing new systems, policies, and processes. • Implemented an overhaul of the organizations advocacy program and functioned as the… Show more Client: JPI/PROJECT AK-47 is a mid-level NGO that works to rescue and restore children who are child soldiers and victims of human trafficking. Head of compliance and legal. • Assisted the Operations Director, VP of Operations, and President with an overhaul of the organization’s people operations; developing on-boarding and talent strategies, implementing new systems, policies, and processes. • Implemented an overhaul of the organizations advocacy program and functioned as the Executive Director during the start-up. • Created and rolled-out the organization’s communications plan and developed a plan to prevent attrition. Show less Client: JPI/PROJECT AK-47 is a mid-level NGO that works to rescue and restore children who are child soldiers and victims of human trafficking. Head of compliance and legal. • Assisted the Operations Director, VP of Operations, and President with an overhaul of the organization’s people operations; developing on-boarding and talent strategies, implementing new systems, policies, and processes. • Implemented an overhaul of the organizations advocacy program and functioned as the… Show more Client: JPI/PROJECT AK-47 is a mid-level NGO that works to rescue and restore children who are child soldiers and victims of human trafficking. Head of compliance and legal. • Assisted the Operations Director, VP of Operations, and President with an overhaul of the organization’s people operations; developing on-boarding and talent strategies, implementing new systems, policies, and processes. • Implemented an overhaul of the organizations advocacy program and functioned as the Executive Director during the start-up. • Created and rolled-out the organization’s communications plan and developed a plan to prevent attrition. Show less

Consultant: Talent & Project Manager

• Jul 2013 - Dec 2014

Client for Brave Leaders Group: Oversaw talent implementation, project planning, and talent acquisition for a prominent health care company's new line of business implementation. Responsible for project management, recruiting, and hiring initiatives for new territory and pilot program. Client for Brave Leaders Group: Oversaw talent implementation, project planning, and talent acquisition for a prominent health care company's new line of business implementation. Responsible for project management, recruiting, and hiring initiatives for new territory and pilot program.

HR & Office Manager

• Nov 2011 - Aug 2013

HR, Recruiting, and Operations Supervisor

• Aug 2008 - Oct 2011

Oversaw HR, administrative operations, and talent recruiting and on-boarding for major retailer. Oversaw HR, administrative operations, and talent recruiting and on-boarding for major retailer.