Evan Walker

High Growth Operations & People Leader

United States

About

As Global Head of Talent Operations, I steer the strategic course of talent management, organizational development, Compensation, Operations, L&D, and talent acquisition for a leader in CDP space. With over 14+ years of experience spanning diverse sectors such as Digital/Mobile Media, Salesforce.com, Advertising Technology (AdTech) and Marketing Technology (MarTech), I am adept at optimizing processes for efficiency and high growth. My expertise extends to harnessing the power of data and Artificial Intelligence to drive transformative initiatives. Noteworthy accomplishments include revamping hiring practices, implementing cutting-edge sourcing strategies, and negotiating vendor agreements resulting in significant cost savings exceeding $2.9 million. Beyond operational excellence, I am committed to enhancing key metrics including time to hire, career progression planning, and fostering diversity, equity, and inclusion through DE&I initiatives. Certified by McChrystal's Chief of Staff Academy, I bring advanced skills and frameworks to navigate complex challenges with precision, embodying the vision of a forward-thinking Global Leader.

Experience

  • Chief Operating Officer at First Gen Financial
    Sep 2025 - Present · 11 mos

    Operating in the EOS methodology I work directly with the CEO and span oversight for Revenue, Operations, Customer Success, Finance, People Ops, and Business Engineering. My focus is growing top line revenue while systematically bringing structure and process to each group ultimately increasing efficiency and widening our margins. A keen people first approach is my goal and I look to ensure alignment across the management team to foster professional development for each individual that joins! One team one dream!

  • Global Head of Talent Operations at Treasure Data
    Oct 2022 - Nov 2024 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    As the Global Head of Talent Operations, I orchestrate a multifaceted portfolio of responsibilities encompassing Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development, People Operations, Facilities Management, and Compensation. Leading a global team exceeding 10 members, my mandate revolves around achieving more with less, aiming for a 10% increase in productivity while trimming operational expenses by a minimum of 10%. By implementing innovative technologies and restructuring responsibilities, I've achieved tangible cost savings, with a consolidated approach fostering greater efficiency across functions. These optimizations have translated into quantifiable results, such as a 15% reduction in recruitment costs and a 20% improvement in time-to-fill metrics. Furthermore, I prioritize fostering strong relationships with managers, leaders, and employees, driving a collaborative culture that fuels organizational transformation. Through targeted initiatives, my team has bolstered employee engagement and enhanced compensation strategies to retain employees, underscoring the pivotal role of effective people management in our organizational evolution.

  • InMarket (4 yrs 1 mo)
    • Associate Director, Talent Acquisition
      Jan 2021 - Nov 2022 · 1 yr 11 mos

      -Joined as the first talent acquisition hire and the 38th employee -Continued to grow company from 38 people to north of 305 people -Rebuilt greenhouse and hiring practice from the ground up -Developed an inbound and outbound sourcing strategy to attract the best talent -Implemented and lead adoption of Slack as the internal communication tool -Responsible for Career Progression Planning, internal employee NPS survey, onboarding best practices, DE&I interview and hiring training, competitive compensation analysis, etc. -Improved time to hire from 90+ days to <45 days -Negotiated vendor agreements including recruitment vendors, ATS, -Survey tools, and others saving the company more than $2.9M dollars -Currently lead a team of 2 with 3 open headcount

    • Manager, Talent Acquisition
      Nov 2018 - Jan 2021 · 2 yrs 3 mos

      inMarket is the leader in digital advertising and predictive location solutions that help brands sense and respond to consumer needs in real-time. inMarket’s Moments solution drives an average of 5x the performance of traditional digital media and was a key factor in winning Best Mobile Marketing Platform at the 2019 Digiday Awards. inMarket, headquartered in Los Angeles, has offices in Atlanta, Bentonville, Chicago, New York and San Francisco. For more information, visit www.inmarket.com/careers

  • Head of Sales (Interim) at Lately, Inc.
    Jul 2018 - Nov 2018 · 5 mos

    Lately helps humans write better marketing content in collaboration with artificial intelligence and software automation. We also give them confidence, stress-relief, time-savings and the satisfaction of marketing process organization through centralized software. With Lately's AI-powered Marketing Dashboard, marketers can instantly turn longform content into social media posts and repurpose blogs, press releases, newsletters, white papers and video and audio transcripts. And because Lately also automatically organizes this content into a single, centralized tool, marketers can create, schedule, bulk-publish and analyze multi-channel social media posts and campaigns from a single login – while additionally managing tasks, RSS feeds and evergreen content – all inside an automatically populated master marketing calendar and content library. www.trylately.com

  • Director of Customer Development at ExecThread
    Mar 2018 - Jul 2018 · 5 mos

    Overseeing Sales, Sales Ops, and Customer Success. ExecThread is a community built by and for the world's best executives.