Fairfax, Virginia, United States
With over 24 years of global HR leadership experience, including roles at Western Digital and Cisco, I have led transformative changes across HR operations, digital solutions, and employee experience. My primary focus is optimizing people services to enhance efficiency, effectiveness, and impact. Throughout my career, I have built and led global teams in various HR functions, such as HR operations, product solutions, shared services, mobility, payroll, employee relations, workforce transitions, and analytics. I am known for my people-first, collaborative leadership style. As an HR transformation specialist, I drive change, streamline workflows and processes, and implement digital strategies to modernize HR systems. I am passionate about mentoring and leveraging AI to improve efficiency and enhance the overall employee experience.
• Spearheading the development and scaling of operations, enhancing efficiency, scale, and the experience • Championing the integration of AI technologies into HR processes, driving innovation and operational excellence • Overseeing, Global People Operations, Shared Services, HR Systems and Digital Experience, People Analytics, Global Mobility, and Workplace (Facilities) Operations.
Grateful to have had the chance to take a planned short-term sabbatical / career break to allow time to volunteer, recharge, and refocus.
• Oversaw a diverse team of 165 HR professionals across ten countries to drive innovation and operational excellence at Western Digital. • Implemented automated practices to optimize global processes, enhancing efficiency and effectiveness. • Global People Operations, Shared Services, Mobility, Payroll, Digital Experience [Applications and Systems], People Analytics, and Employee Relations
• Led a global team of 218 employees and 230 contingent workers to reimagine HR shared services and support, focusing on customer-centricity and process optimization. • Built and directed Transition Solutions & Offerings teams to design new talent movement experiences, enhancing talent agility and digital capabilities.
• Directed a global team to enhance talent movement experiences and streamline processes. • Developed innovative strategies to optimize talent agility and improve efficiency. • Implemented cutting-edge digital solutions to enhance employee experience.
• Managed a central HR manager team of over 50, including five people leaders, to drive HR services across Engineering's 25K+ global workforce. • Led executive and ecosystem engagement, ops excellence, technical skills development, project management, and delivery simplification and optimization.
• Led a team of HR professionals in managing HR for 8 business units with 1,400 professionals.