Experience

Amplify Talent

• United States
• Human Resources Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder

  • Dec 2013 - Present

  Global Building a better world of work by elevating the field of HR. Amplify connects, develops, and empowers the next generation of transformative people leaders. We provide HR Executive search services and an HR learning and leadership academy to support and connect the next generation of transformative people leaders. HR Executive Search - Bringing a modern approach to executive search through transparent pricing, unique access to emerging and established leaders, and… Show more Building a better world of work by elevating the field of HR. Amplify connects, develops, and empowers the next generation of transformative people leaders. We provide HR Executive search services and an HR learning and leadership academy to support and connect the next generation of transformative people leaders. HR Executive Search - Bringing a modern approach to executive search through transparent pricing, unique access to emerging and established leaders, and onboarding advisory. Amplify Talent Community - A community where progressive people leaders develop and grow - together. Our community is a modern career development platform for senior HR practitioners and leaders. The robust global community was built to help you - a progressive people leader - build your network equity, diversify your perspectives, and learn from peers. Show less



IESE Business School

• Spain
• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Guest Faculty, IESE School of Founders

  • May 2023 - Present

  Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain Guest Faculty for the IESE School of Founders. Teaching includes: building modern HR & people teams for startups and scaleups, culture & values, optimized recruiting, building for scale, DEIB, employee experience, building high-performing teams, hiring your head of people, and ideal HR tech stack.



LinkedIn

• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• LinkedIn Learning Instructor

  • May 2023 - Present

  Global LinkedIn Learning Instructor teaching modules of their new "HR Foundations" curriculum and new world of work courses.



Fast Company

• United States
• Internet Publishing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Contributing Writer

  • Apr 2017 - Present

  Contributor to Fast Company where I cover stories at the intersection of talent, brand, recruiting, and innovation.



PeopleTech Partners

• United States
• Human Resources Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Advisor

  • Aug 2019 - Present

  San Francisco Bay Area Advising companies in the HR/People tech space on product and business needs.



Kogan Page

• United Kingdom
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Author, "Redefining HR"

  • Jan 2020 - Present

  Washington, District of Columbia, United States Author of the bestselling book, "Redefining HR: Transforming People Teams to Drive Business Performance" by Kogan Page. "This book has the potential to transform the future of HR" - Adam Grant "This book is essential reading for anyone looking to build people teams for today and tomorrow.” - Katarina Berg "Redefining HR is a blueprint for modern HR and people operations." - Claude Silver



HR Open Source (HROS)

• United States
• Human Resources
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder

  • Apr 2015 - Feb 2019

  Worldwide HR Open Source (#HROS) is an initiative designed to bring open source approaches to HR and recruiting. The long-term goal of #HROS is to build a global community of practitioners willing to share some of their practices for the betterment of the HR field - accelerating education and innovation by making it easier for practitioners to access resources, tips, tools, and conversation they need to succeed in today’s world of work.



NPR

• Staffing and Recruiting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Director, Talent Acquisition & Innovation

  • Feb 2011 - Dec 2013

  Washington D.C. Metro Area In this turn-around role I was brought in to lead the rebuilding of the talent acquisition function across NPR as part of a broad HR organizational rebuilding effort. My focus is providing leadership and advocacy for company-wide talent acquisition initiatives that align with NPR’s strategic mission and core values. We achieved this by re-imagining and revamping the NPR recruiting model from a reactive transactional approach that was based on job postings, to a progressive proactive model… Show more In this turn-around role I was brought in to lead the rebuilding of the talent acquisition function across NPR as part of a broad HR organizational rebuilding effort. My focus is providing leadership and advocacy for company-wide talent acquisition initiatives that align with NPR’s strategic mission and core values. We achieved this by re-imagining and revamping the NPR recruiting model from a reactive transactional approach that was based on job postings, to a progressive proactive model leveraging social media, recruitment marketing, brand advocates, and employment branding. Show less



Magento

• Architecture and Planning
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Recruiting/HR Consultant (Contract)

  • Jul 2010 - Feb 2011

  Greater Los Angeles Area Responsible for full life-cycle recruiting for a broad range of technical and corporate roles and developing sustainable talent acquisition, development, and branding strategies and procedures. Helped scale the team from 30 to 100+ over that time, helping position Magento for an acquisition by eBay.



Ticketmaster / Live Nation Entertainment

• Vice President, Human Resources

  • Dec 2008 - Jul 2010

  Greater Los Angeles Area Prior to the Ticketmaster-Live Nation merger, leading teams responsible for recruiting, employee engagement and development and employee communications across Ticketmaster and its related entities. Following the Live Nation-Ticketmaster merger, responsible for developing and leading employee communications strategies and vehicles for the newly formed Live Nation Entertainment as well as various HR projects.



Ticketmaster Entertainment

• United States

• Senior Director, Global Talent Acquisition

  • Jun 2003 - Dec 2008

  Greater Los Angeles Area Joined Ticketmaster in June 2003 as a Senior Recruiter and took on increasing levels of recruiting and leadership responsibility. Responsible for leading and developing a geographically dispersed team, developing global employment branding strategies, and hands-on recruiting for global leadership and key positions across the Ticketmaster and it's subsidiaries.



Intersperse

• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Recruiter

  • Sep 2001 - May 2003

  Greater Los Angeles Area Hired by CTO to create and execute recruiting process in support of a changed business model after they secured their 2nd round of funding from Kleiner Perkins. Hired 40+ technical employees in the first 18 months.



Pencom Systems

• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Account Manager/Senior Technical Recruiter

  • May 1998 - Aug 2001

  Greater Los Angeles Area Responsible for account management and recruiting for this 25 year old software services and technical recruiting firm.