The One Minute Summary
I am a San Francisco Bay Area HR professional with eight years of experience in a variety of roles at organizations big and small. You name it, I've done it and loved it.
I have been a do-it-all HR Manager for a software startup in San Jose, a tech recruiter for an IT consulting firm in Santa Clara, an HR specialist for VMware in Palo Alto, and I now manage benefits programs for 30+ Bay Area companies at a firm in San Mateo.
With this solid breadth of HR skills and experience, I am well suited for a generalist role and am ready to take on a wide variety of HR tasks. Bonus: I love meeting great people. Let's chat.
HR Skills & Experience
HR Management
- Managed all HR functions at small software startup
- Partnered with legal counsel to ensure H-1B compliance for sponsored employees
- Responsible for reviewing and updating employee handbook, personnel files, job descriptions, job postings
- Assisted senior managers with employee performance issues and conflicts
- Conducted performance management/reviews
- Performed exit interviews and evaluated top interns for post-grad retainment
- Analyzed intern performance with PeopleSoft to determine stock and bonus program qualification
- Organized intern events including “Summer Speaker Series” brown bag lunches
Recruiting
- Responsible for full-cycle IT recruiting - sourcing/pipeline, contact, salary negotiations, offer letter, new hire paperwork
- Partnered with R&D Engineering managers to design programs to attract top talent
- Recruited students on campus from premier Comp Sci programs nationwide
Benefits Administration
- Designed, implemented, and managed benefits programs for 30+ Bay Area companies
- Provided strategic partnership and consultation to CEOs, CFOs, Heads of HR to ensure benefits program aligned with company’s goals and objectives
- Advocated proactively for employees on complex benefits issues and claims
- Performed renewals, open enrollment meetings, plan implementation
Induction, Orientation, Onboarding
- Ramped up 100+ summer interns by designing and leading new hire orientation
- Arranged intern housing and relocation to the Bay Area
Training & Development
- Administered professional development and training certification program for staff engineers
- Motivated and engaged interns by setting up training and mentoring opportunities
Employment
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Sequoia BenefitsMar 2008 - present
Client Service Manager -
VMwareFeb 2006 - Aug 2007
Human Resources Specialist -
TaosSep 2005 - Feb 2006
Technical Recruiter -
JWay GroupJuly 2003 - Sep 2005
Human Resources Manager -
IBMFeb 2001 - June 2002
Business Operations -
Cisco SystemsApr 2000 - Nov 2000
Human Resources Intern
Education
BS, Business Administration, Marketing1996 - 2001
San Jose State University
MBA, Management2010 - 2011
Golden Gate University, Ageno School of Business
California Accident & Health, Life Insurance
License#: 0G1429