Sep 2017 – Oct 2022 · 5 yrs 1 mo · San Francisco Bay Area

• Ran HR for the Product organization at Netflix which included Engineering, Product Management, Data Science, Design, Business Development, Creative Production and Games. Worked in close partnership with Talent Acquisition and Inclusion to build a cohesive talent strategy for the organization.

Feb 2014 – Jan 2016 · 1 yr 11 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• Hired to oversee recruiting and all things people for Evernote globally. Areas of focus were on establishing process and structure in the HR org and partnering with the rest of the company on training and development, succession planning, feedback, career development, building and developing high performing teams, and coaching managers.
• Highlights include:
• Established first company wide feedback/review process
• Created Manager Training program
• Contributed to Workday implementation
• Built out centralized HR org globally
• Rolled-out HRBP model for organization
• Lead compensation analysis and introduced annual comp discussions
• Coached leaders on thoughtful growth and change

Dec 2012 – Feb 2014 · 1 yr 2 mos · Cupertino, CA

• Joined the early stage start-up to create a talent strategy around scaling the company as fast as possible in order to build and bring the V1 product to market.
• Oversaw all recruiting and HR functions for the early stage start-up
• Took the company from 16 to 100 employees in 12 months
• Established all HR infrastructure: payroll, benefits, 401K, HRIS, on-boarding, etc.
• Built recruiting team and established best practices and process from scratch.
• Presented on company growth and team performance at quarterly board meetings

Apr 2007 – Dec 2012 · 5 yrs 8 mos · Los Gatos, CA

• Initially hired to build out what would become the Netflix streaming service. At the time everything was mail order DVDs and there was just a small team focused on Electronic Delivery. As streaming took off I managed all aspects of recruiting and growth strategy for that fast growing organization as well as contributed to the growth of other various departments: Data Science, IT, Platform, Infrastructure, Security, Cloud, QA, Partnerships, Business Development, Analytics, Product.
• Responsibilities included identification of talent, advising, training and development of hiring managers specifically focused on building out high performing engineering teams, interviewing, offer negotiations, capacity planning, as well as any hiring, recruiting and other business problem solving focused on growth.
• Within the Talent Acquisition organization, my responsibilities focused on hiring and training full life cycle Recruiters, Sourcers and Coordinators, career development of team members, researching new recruitment tools, budgeting and resource planning and proactively staying on top of hiring trends in the industry.
• Highlights include:
• Helped scale the company from 300 to 1500 employees.
• Built and led high performance recruiting teams responsible for the growth and success of initial streaming video service.
• Partnered with leaders throughout the company to deliver on critical business goals.
• Created and executed various unique sourcing strategies
• Researched, organized and implemented first "internship" program with a small batch of graduate students handpicked.

May 2005 – Apr 2007 · 1 yr 11 mos

• Managed a team of full life-cycle recruiters at national technical recruitment agency. Responsible for generating new business, negotiating contracts as well as building client base and overseeing relationships with candidates.