Folsom, California, United States
With over 30 years of experience, I specialize in fostering career development and building robust People Operations frameworks. My consultancy focuses on partnering with professionals to design impactful programs that enhance talent acquisition, training, and employee engagement. By leveraging insights into candidate management and HR best practices, I help create sustainable strategies that drive organizational and individual success. Most recently, at Brightseed, I led Talent Acquisition and People Operations, collaborating across multidisciplinary teams to strengthen hiring processes and optimize workforce initiatives. My mission remains to empower organizations and individuals alike, aligning people-centric solutions with business priorities to create meaningful and lasting impact.
Clients: Semgrep (SaaS) - Leader in code security for builders, helping teams catch and fix real security issues before they ship. DMC Biotechnologies, Inc. (Biotechnology Research) - Transforming how the world makes chemicals - sustainably produced bio-based chemicals through precision fermentation. With 30 years of experience across People and organizational leadership, I partner with professionals and leadership teams to design and implement scalable programs that drive measurable impact. From career development frameworks and performance systems to talent strategy and operational processes, I focus on building structures that improve clarity, accountability, and growth. My approach combines practical insight with execution discipline to strengthen the People function and enable organizations to perform at their highest level.
We are a team of scientists, technologists, metabolomics researchers, biologists, natural product chemists, doctors, process engineers, supply chain builders, marketers, business leaders, and finance gurus. We are also foodies, dog people, cat people, plant people, moms, dads, and lifelong learners.
(2019 Acquisition by Red Ventures) Health seekers have made us the fastest growing health information site. Over 200 million people turn to Healthline every month.
Hired as the first recruitment professional to search for and onboard business critical, advanced degreed skill sets from a global market. Responsible for employment marketing and branding initiatives with an emphasis on global candidate engagement. Hired and mentored Talent Team and designed and implemented an efficient end-to-end recruitment process to support disruptive growth from 35 - 150 employees. Nurtured executive relationships to gain a deep understanding of their business agenda and priorities. Fostered a simple hiring environment for every role, including executive search, which embraced the candidate experience with a personal connection to our mission and myself every step of the way. Nuts and bolts as well: Job Description Development, ATS, LinkedIn Recruiter, University Recruitment, Team Building, Employee Relations, Compensation Benchmarking, Radford, Job Performance Metrics, Cheerleader, Professional Listener, Therapist, People Hunter, Fist Bump Champion and Cat Herder.
Developed recruitment and human capital strategies for multiple companies across diverse sectors ranging from 20 – 500+ employees throughout multiple states. Managed the recruitment process from inception through on-boarding. Executive training and development on hiring practices and procedures.