Tom Gadberry

Associate Partner

Atlanta, Georgia, United States10 yrs 10 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led M&A integration for global People Ops at PepsiCo.
Developed innovative attrition analysis tool saving hours of manual work.
Taught HR analytics to MBA students at BYU.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Human Resources and Talent Operations expert in the corporate sector.

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Skills

Core Skills

Change ManagementTransformationProject ManagementDigital TransformationProcess ImprovementTraining OperationsHuman ResourcesNegotiationTeachingHr AnalyticsRecruitmentFinancial AnalysisTalent OperationsAnalyticsEmployee Lifecycle Management

Other Skills

Customer ServiceCoachingLeadershipSocial MediaResearchMicrosoft OfficeData AnalysisPowerPointMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft WordTrainingProgram DevelopmentProject PlanningPersonnel ManagementTime Management

About

HR Operations Professional with prior experience in Change Management, Transformation, as an HR Business Partner, and in the Talent Operations space. BYU MBA.

Experience

10 yrs 10 mos

Total Experience

3 yrs 8 mos

Average Tenure

6 yrs 2 mos

Current Experience

Pepsico

5 roles

Director, People Ops Integration & Transformation

Promoted

Nov 2025 – Present · 6 mos

Playing a primary lead role for our global People Ops and Experience team for integration work related to Mergers & Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, and Divestitures. Driving standardization and best practice work for HR Operations Integrations capabilities and roadmap efforts. Supporting continued business structural transformation efforts by providing People Operations guidance for large-scale transformational initiatives.

Change ManagementTransformation

Senior Manager Human Resources Operations

Promoted

Nov 2023 – Nov 2025 · 2 yrs

As a member of the Global HR Ops Team (with a core focus on Pepsi Beverages), I led project management efforts for our Employee Relations Center of Excellence by specifically transitioning work to Global Capability Centers and interacting with our ServiceNow team. Improved Service Enablement, Digital Transformation, Service Delivery Performance Management, and partnership with our Global Business Services unit. Interfaced with HRIS team to drive changes needed for future state of key business initiatives.

Project ManagementDigital Transformation

Change Management Operations Manager

Feb 2023 – Nov 2023 · 9 mos

Drove Organizational Change Management efforts in a PMO-like capacity for company-wide ERP implementation, including building overall metrics strategy, leadership and end user alignment activities, and process improvement efforts. Responsible for playbook building, organizing leadership status efforts, and driving efficiencies across broader Change Management team.

Change ManagementProcess Improvement

Associate Manager, Training Operations - Transformation

Promoted

May 2021 – Feb 2023 · 1 yr 9 mos

As a member of the Digital Transformation and Change Management team, I was responsible for training analytics, operations, and process improvement for an upcoming SAP S/4Hana implementation. Utilized Power BI, Excel, Alteryx, and WalkMe analytics to gain valuable people insights into the training space and provide real-time training analysis to improve training over the multi-year project. Project owner for two pieces of critical training technology- Schoox (our core LMS) and Degreed (front door for long-term training). Strong emphasis on project management to ensure training was delivered on time in a scalable manner.

Training OperationsDigital Transformation

Human Resources Representative

Jun 2020 – May 2021 · 11 mos

As the HR Business Partner, played a pivotal role in union contract negotiations for one of the largest sales locations in all of PBNA. Achieved 4 year contract and major company contract objectives while ensuring fair wages for all employees. Set record time for fastest negotiations for this facility.
Built innovative attrition analysis tool that allowed deeper insights than ever before into Warehouse and Frontline attrition, saving countless hours of manual data work for better insights.

Human ResourcesNegotiation

Hold up history

Co-Host and Co-Founder

May 2023 – Present · 3 yrs · Atlanta, Georgia, United States · Remote

Podcast that focuses on key historical events and leaders and applying lessons learned into modern-day business settings.

Brigham young university marriott school of business

Adjunct Professor- HR Analytics

Jan 2020 – Apr 2020 · 3 mos · Provo, Utah, United States

Taught a joint MBA/undergrad people analytics class focused on storytelling with data, power BI, and building strong HR analysis skills

TeachingHR Analytics

Pepsico

Human Resources Intern

May 2019 – Aug 2019 · 3 mos · Tulsa, Oklahoma Area

Developed and piloted local and national job shadow program to help high performing employees explore different career paths
Built financial model assessing the impact of shifting the labor mix for servicing a large PepsiCo customer, identifying preliminary savings of more than $50,000 for the Tulsa market alone

Cougar talent solutions

Director of Client Relations and Sr. Consultant

Jan 2019 – Apr 2020 · 1 yr 3 mos · Provo, Utah Area

Qualtrics

2 roles

Talent Operations and Analytics Lead

May 2017 – Jul 2018 · 1 yr 2 mos · Provo, Utah Area

Established the first ever non-recruiter role on the Qualtrics Talent Acquisition team with a focus on backbone operations, analytics, and program management for the 40-person department
Implemented and administered brand new LinkedIn Enterprise Recruiting agreements; increased number of LinkedIn Recruiter Seats by 14x and saw a 6% increase in company hires from non-recruiters sending messages
Built and presented monthly and quarterly presentations for the CEO, COO, and other members of executive staff, providing new macro-level view of Talent Acquisition efforts for Qualtrics leadership
Owned all recruiting technologies, including LinkedIn Recruiter and Greenhouse ATS system efforts. Partnered with finance team on Greenhouse/Workday integrations.

RecruitmentFinancial Analysis

Talent Acquisition

Nov 2014 – May 2017 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Provo, Utah Area

Led all recruiting efforts for US-based operations organization
Formulated major portions of Qualtrics’ first defined campus recruiting plan, specifically focusing on a talent incubator inside of the operations department
Initiated employee lifecycle efforts, including designing, implementing, and administering onboarding and exit surveys and interviews
Organized and directed 9-pronged candidate experience project, resulting in 83% of candidates saying they would recommend Qualtrics to a friend and a 13% improvement in overall interview experience

Talent OperationsAnalytics

Gps capital markets, inc.

2 roles

University Recruiter and Jr. Project Manager

Promoted

Aug 2014 – Nov 2014 · 3 mos

Worked with various universities to increase GPS internship awareness among targeted
groups by 100% over 2013. Analyzed client onboarding process and developing new method of onboarding clients; expected to increase client document signing by a minimum of 25%.

RecruitmentEmployee Lifecycle Management

FX Corporate Strategy Intern

May 2014 – Aug 2014 · 3 mos

Developed and implemented a LinkedIn training program for eight interns, increasing intern search efficiency by 15%. Led campaign to develop a marketing strategy for banks, culminating in a flier that was sent to over 175 banks and increased manager’s bank marketing efficiency by 10%.

RecruitmentProject Management