Experience

Exponential Talent LLC

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Organizational Development and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Executive Consultant

  • Jun 2023 - Present

  San Francisco Bay Area •Exponential Talent helps its clients innovate, change and grow in order to tap into the full performance power of today's diverse workforce.



Autodesk

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Vice President, Culture, Diversity & Talent Development

  • Mar 2022 - May 2023

  •Promoted by the Chief People Officer to transform and revitalize the Talent Development Organization. Led the reimagining of Autodesk’s Global Talent Management Strategy and established an impactful centralized Learning & Development function, emphasizing Autodesk’s dedication to maintaining a healthy culture and enhancing equitable opportunities. •Executive sponsor and strategic architect for Autodesk’s post-pandemic hybrid work approach named “Flex Forward.” Prioritized human-centered… Show more •Promoted by the Chief People Officer to transform and revitalize the Talent Development Organization. Led the reimagining of Autodesk’s Global Talent Management Strategy and established an impactful centralized Learning & Development function, emphasizing Autodesk’s dedication to maintaining a healthy culture and enhancing equitable opportunities. •Executive sponsor and strategic architect for Autodesk’s post-pandemic hybrid work approach named “Flex Forward.” Prioritized human-centered design/data-driven insights and established localized decision-making, resulting in improved diversity, belonging, talent attraction, retention, and workforce engagement.

• Vice President, Global Head of Culture, Diversity & Belonging

  • Apr 2020 - Mar 2022

  San Francisco Bay Area Promoted to Vice President, reporting to the Chief People Officer, to influence overall People and Places strategy and continue the positive momentum for the Culture and D&B enterprise-wide impact described below.

• Senior Director, Global Head of Culture, Diversity & Belonging

  • Jul 2019 - Apr 2020

  San Francisco Bay Area Promoted to drive holistic, data-driven, enterprise-wide culture and diversity & belonging (D&B) strategy for SaaS technology company of 11K+ people in 50+ offices globally. Oversee diversity partnerships, hiring manager training, mentorship, employer-recognized groups (ERGs), D&B partnerships, and D&B education. Mentored and coached culture and D&B practitioners and managed a multi-million dollar annual budget. •Created global D&B strategy. Engaged 17 global focus groups to identify… Show more Promoted to drive holistic, data-driven, enterprise-wide culture and diversity & belonging (D&B) strategy for SaaS technology company of 11K+ people in 50+ offices globally. Oversee diversity partnerships, hiring manager training, mentorship, employer-recognized groups (ERGs), D&B partnerships, and D&B education. Mentored and coached culture and D&B practitioners and managed a multi-million dollar annual budget. •Created global D&B strategy. Engaged 17 global focus groups to identify themes and focus areas, assembled D&B strategic advisory group with 2nd-level leaders, designed real-time dashboard to track metrics, and co-presented strategy with CEO at all-hands meeting attended by 4K employees. •Launched diverse slate initiative for directors and above roles in partnership with talent acquisition. •Increased diversity hiring through targeted strategic external partnerships and upskilled managers in inclusive hiring practices and disruption of common interviewing biases. •Evolved ERGs into strategic partners. Established CEO staff as executive sponsors to ERG leads, developed strong governance model and ERG playbook, and increased global reach of ERG participation, and established an ERG Lead 10K yearly bonus. •Launched NEXT LEVEL, a program designed to increase Autodesk’s internal pipeline of Underrepresented People of Color (URPOC) into leadership roles including a full year of executive sponsorship, a personal advisory board and a capstone case competition. •Conducted Career Advancement Retention Effort (CARE) interviews for current, existing, and post-employment URPOC. Launched a CARE SharePoint site for managers to utilize CARE education, toolkits, and interventions to support the retention of employees from all underrepresented groups.

• Director, Global Head of Culture Transformation

  • Jun 2018 - Jun 2019

  San Francisco Bay Area Transformed and operationalized Autodesk’s culture to align values and ways of working with business objectives during a period of rapid growth and business model transformation. This critical effort resulted in significant and lasting improvements in overall culture, engagement, and belonging scores across all measurable populations. Owned and led Glint-based engagement survey 3x annually, collected and analyzed culture, engagement, and D&B data to inform corporate people-focused goals and… Show more Transformed and operationalized Autodesk’s culture to align values and ways of working with business objectives during a period of rapid growth and business model transformation. This critical effort resulted in significant and lasting improvements in overall culture, engagement, and belonging scores across all measurable populations. Owned and led Glint-based engagement survey 3x annually, collected and analyzed culture, engagement, and D&B data to inform corporate people-focused goals and initiatives. •Crafted, launched, and scaled Autodesk’s Culture Code (Values and Ways We Work) as Autodesk doubled its employee base to over 13k in 50+ global offices. •Designed and executed cross-functional "Culture Fundamentals" workshops globally reaching 5k+ employees with human- centered design volunteer community of 100+ facilitators. •Developed a Culture-to-Action Toolkit enabling 500+ managers to engage their teams in culture dialogue and determine areas of strength and barriers to living the new Culture Code. •Utilized human centered design to plan and deliver 3-month all-company culture “Sprints” that combined digital, in person, and cohort-based learning. Identified Culture Code Sprint topics that required additional focus and behavioral shifts including courage, psychological safety, decision making, and belonging. •Developed and launched a new companywide decision-making architecture with 560 leaders trained in cohorts, 700 manager-facilitated trainings, 1,800 virtual workshops, 200+ “decision moment” facilitators certified, and an active “empower decision makers” slack channel with 600+ people.



DewPoint Consulting

• Principal

  • 2004 - 2018

  San Francisco Bay Area Founded organizational development consulting firm serving public and technology companies such as Salesforce, Glassdoor, SAP, and Autodesk. Optimized client engagement and productivity through customized intrapersonal (coaching), interpersonal (team dynamics), and programmatic interventions. •Fostered sense of belonging and mutual respect across race, gender, and ethnicity by diffusing cross-cultural tensions in public utilities sector organizations, increasing employee engagement… Show more Founded organizational development consulting firm serving public and technology companies such as Salesforce, Glassdoor, SAP, and Autodesk. Optimized client engagement and productivity through customized intrapersonal (coaching), interpersonal (team dynamics), and programmatic interventions. •Fostered sense of belonging and mutual respect across race, gender, and ethnicity by diffusing cross-cultural tensions in public utilities sector organizations, increasing employee engagement scores and productivity. •Delivered team interventions using The Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team model, leading to significant and sustainable improvement in team performance. •Provided executive coaching for CEOs, EVPs, SVPs, and GMs in public/nonprofit orgs and tech companies, realizing significant improvement in leadership capabilities. •Designed and delivered change management curriculum to 90 executive-level leaders in Salesforce’s customer success organization. Presented at Salesforce’s annual G&A employee career day with 500 attendees. •Created culture and digital transformation curriculum for sales consulting leaders managing enterprise accounts. •Intervened in high-conflict situations among board and GMs to enable mutual understanding and contract extension. Show less



California Board Of Psychology

• Licensed Clinical Psychologist, License #16653

  • 2000 - 2018



Private Practice in Clinical Psychology

• Clinical Psychologist in Private Practice

  • 1997 - 2013

  San Francisco Bay Area Clinical practice specializing in treating women and adolescent girls. Areas of specialization include eating disorders, transition from adolescence to early adulthood, female adolescent development (maintaining one's "voice"), navigating negative social media exposure, parenting, coming out mid-life.



University of California, San Francisco

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Consultant

  • 1995 - 1997

  San Francisco, CA Joined the UCSF Infant-Parent Program staff after completion of pre- and post-doctoral training. Provided organizational consulting services to early education centers throughout San Francisco.