Hacking HR

Interview with Nicole Thompson – Nicole is the Global Director of Talent & Engagement at IRI. She is a global HR leader who connects people and business strategies to help companies thrive during growth and transformation. Nicole helps organizations navigate complex talent challenges using a variety of collaborative methods, including human centered design, learning and development, change man...

Interview with Kandi Gongora – Kandi is the Chief Transformation & People Officer at Goodway Group. She is passionate about learning, behavioral science, and business. That passion led her to work in the world of People Experience and Organizational Excellence where she gets to build and reimagine how work is done each day.

Interview with Dave Scott – Dave is the EVP and the Chief HR Officer at Dish Network. As a Human Resource professional, he has built a brand of working in strong founder-led cultures and driving performance across large distributed organizations.

Interview with Tobias Dennehy – Tobias is the Head of People Experience at Siemens. He is passionate about creating better employee experiences and finding out which effect these experiences have on their satisfaction, happiness, sense of belonging and wellbeing, but also on their motivation to engage for the benefit of our company and bring their best selves to work every day.

Interview with Alex Smith – Alex is the Chief HR Officer at the City of Memphis. She is a business leader with public and private sector HR experience, who has demonstrated the ability to transform the diversity composition of top senior leadership teams, develop strategies to hire 1000s of employees, drive HR transformation and culture change.

Interview with Tracy Dodd – Tracy is the Executive Vice President & CPO at Visiting Nurse Service of New York. She has 30 years of diverse experience as a talent leader, board member, executive coach, and business partner, and has gained a unique perspective on the key issues facing leaders and teams. Tracy creates impactful people strategies that focus on employee experience, drive culture ch...

Interview with Roxanna Flores – Roxanna is the Senior Vice President of HR Local Media at Univision Communications Inc. She is a Human Resources generalist with proven leadership practice at the business unit level including offsite responsibility.

Interview with Noelle Peart – Noelle is the Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Exos. She is passionate about developing employees into phenomenal leaders, supporting communities in which she serves, and fostering inclusivity and belonging in the workplace.

Interview with Kylie Rogers – Kylie is the Chief People Officer at RMI. She is a talent strategy and transformation executive leader with two decades of global experience across consulting, non-profit/NGOs, and private and public-sector organizations.

Interview with Maggie Bahou – Maggie is the Chief People Officer at PopHealthCare. She is an operations-driven HR leader with experience of culture change and organizational growth in PE-supported healthcare, management consulting, as well as public sector.

Interview with Tracie Sponenberg – Tracie is the Chief People Officer at The Granite Group. She is an executive leader focused on aligning people strategy with business strategy at privately held and/or private equity backed businesses experiencing growth.

Interview with Felicia Lekan-Salami – Felicia is the Divisional Vice President of Diversity & Inclusion at Hudson’s Bay. Felicia is passionate about developing diverse people and teams that create solutions and deliver results always by designing and delivering on Diversity and Inclusion strategies, roadmaps and initiatives is top on my list of leadership objectives.

Interview with Megan Keane – Megan is the Chief People Officer at Quorum. She is a Senior Human Resources leader experienced at creating a high-performance, employee-oriented culture.

Interview with Monroe France – Monroe is the Senior Associate VP of Global Engagement and Inclusive Leadership at NYU. Monroe’s background spans across higher education, non-profits, corporate sectors, arts & creative industries, as well as social responsibility, humanitarian, & philanthropy initiatives.

Interview with Livia Freudl – Livia is the Head of HR and Senior Vice President of HR at Varian. She has many years of experience in International Project Management, Talent Management, Performance Management, Team Leadership, Coaching, Change Management, Diversity, and Inclusion.

Interview with Brie O'Malley – Brie is the Senior Director of Talent Acquisition at City Year. She is focused on connecting mission-minded individuals with opportunities to shine. Brie has expertise in streamlining operational systems, growing talent, virtual and in-person training, and fostering people-centered processes.

Interview with Shari Chernack – Shari is the Head of People at Industrious. She works with leaders and organizations at the intersection of strategy, people, and transformation, helping them navigate their most strategic challenges amid unprecedented disruption and opportunity.

Interview with Loren Rosario-Maldonado – Loren is the Chief People Officer at Claro Enterprise Solutions. She is an experienced HR leader with a proven track record in various industries. Loren specializes in Organizational Development, HR/OD Consulting, Human Resource operations, and Coaching.

Interview with Richard Nolan – Richard is the Chief People Officer at Epos Now. Richard is a values and culture first C-suite Commercial HR leader, with board level experience across multiple sectors, specializing within high growth technology first organizations.

Interview with Jennifer Dewey – Jennifer is the Global Talent Management Director at Sun Chemical.

Interview with Ed Pederson – Ed is the VP of Product Development at Kelly. He is always challenging the status quo and on constant lookout for innovation that can solve problems in unique ways.

Interview with Shannon Syzek – Shannon is the Senior Director of People Teams in North America at Media. Monks. She collaborates with leaders and teams to navigate people and business needs in these extraordinary times.

Interview with Joe Pope – Joe is the Director of HR Operations at Nixon Peabody LLP. He drives employee engagement at growing organizations. and brings over 15 years of progressive expertise in multiple, global HR functions including total rewards, talent & performance management, employee recognition, HR policy/compliance, systems/analytics, diversity & inclusion, mergers/acquisitions, an...

Interview with Jill Zweigbaum – Jill is the Director of People and Culture at Packable. She has over 15 years of experience in all aspects of Human Resources. Jill is focused in connecting with all levels of the organization and in keeping employees productive and fully engaged in their own success as well as the company.

Interview with Pete Baker – Pete is the Head of People and Culture at Plastic Bank. He has Recognsised HR leadership experience with a focus on business partnering, change management, organization design and development, talent management and leadership development.