United States
I am a seasoned human resources executive with 20+ years of professional experience. Recognized for demonstrating a natural aptitude for employee management solutions, as well as for creating innovative consulting and advising services. Professional focal points also include strategic planning and alignment, policy development, financial services, growth strategies, recruiting and training programs, and numerous facets of cross-functional leadership excellence. Delivering superior administration on the latter areas of expertise requires utilization of effective communication and negotiation skills, as well as resource management to support efficiency and maximum results. Since 2014, I have served as a Human Resources Consultant, delivering exemplary HR consulting services to several fast-paced companies in the San Francisco metropolitan area. This has entailed implementing processes, policies, and guidelines that promote sound organizational structuring, as well as fulfilling duties that focus on payroll and benefits, talent acquisition, vendor negotiations, onboarding, and relocation functions. Earlier in my career, I served as a Human Resources Senior Manager and Partner for leading corporations such as Algolia, Fujitsu, and Alcatel-Lucent. During this time, I assumed accountability for crafting and implementing global HR support models and providing outstanding leadership for cross-functional human resources teams. Colleagues describe me as a progressive, dynamic, and agile human resources executive who can be relied on to offer superior solutions that consistently deliver positive results. I am interested in contacting former colleagues and managers, as well as other professionals in my field. Feel free to contact me through this profile if you wish to connect.
• Excel in providing HR consulting services to several fast-paced companies, from 40 EEs to 4,000 EEs, including tech companies (software, SaaS, Cloud), a publicly-traded, semi-conductor company, as well as a private equity firm in the process of acquiring a San Francisco-based company. • Accountable for implementing processes and guidelines, payroll and benefits, talent acquisition, vendor negotiations, onboarding, and relocation duties. • Facilitate companies in crafting employee handbooks, establishing policies, and organizational structuring, including the setup of human resources functions.
• Devised, structured, and mentored initiatives that supported Algolia’s growth from approximately 240 employees to 400. • Originated the HRBP function and implemented a global HR support model, in addition to structuring HR functions. • Composed global policies highlighting performance management, compensation philosophy, promotion, culture, flexibility, relocation, L&D, onboarding, engagement initiatives, and diversity and inclusion objectives. • Imparted vital support to the Revenue Group globally, which entailed such facets as Business Development, Direct Sales, Channels & Alliances, Pre-Sales, Post-Sales, Customer Success, and Sales Ops; the group consisted of more than 30 managers and approximately 200 employees worldwide. • Oversaw the performance of a team of HR professionals. • Contributed actively to the HR aspect, including the ability to secure a series C funding of over $100 million. • Direct access to co-founders, worked directly with CEO on several critical topics like harassment, ethics, annual compensation review
• Spearheaded a team of ten workers, which comprised of direct and cross-functional reports. • Led duties in association with change management, processes and guidelines implementation, payroll and benefits, talent acquisition, onboarding, performance review, sales incentive plans management, merit increase, and due diligence (acquisition & divestiture). • Conceptualized creation and restructuring of a holding company to support G&A functions, and provided HR services to three Fujitsu companies in North America featuring 50, 110, and 170 EEs, respectively.
• Appointed back to Alcatel-Lucent by the Head of HR to liaise between management teams in Europe and the U.S who were experiencing communication issues and cultural differences. • Delivered a full range of HR services, including recruiting (defining needs, job leveling, and comp), employee reviews, compensation (benchmarking), promotions, benefits questions, OD (including creation of new org following merger of the strategy team with the marketing team and the communication team), and identification and development of high-potential employees. • Teamed effectively with diverse senior stakeholders to define, develop, and implement HR programs and strategy that supported organizational business requirements, including new sales incentive plans. • Orchestrated an in-house training program as a result of a very competitive marketplace; this entailed partnering with the Training department, and 25 open, hard-to-fill reqs were filled by identifying an internal pool of employees who had a core set of skills capable of transitioning into these roles.
Worked simultaneously with Alcatel-Lucent's HRBP role above in association with Genesys Telecommunications Labs, a fully owned subsidiary of Alcatel-Lucent. • Recruited for this position by the VP HR of Genesys in the U.S. due to prior success in this role in Paris, France. • Drove initiatives that increased employee satisfaction by 100% and reduced inpatriate costs by 50%. • Boosted visa approval process by 30% via the identification of a new provider (AIRINC) and implementing a streamlined process.
Supporting CTO R&D organization worldwide (4,000+ employees) Partner with business managers to define, develop and implement HR programs to support the business needs of the organization. Translate business strategies into HR initiatives and actions. Proactively provide counsel, coaching and direction on people issues by assisting managers with developing, coaching, training, disciplining and terminating employees.