Skills & Expertise

As a strategic HR leader with over 17 years of experience, I specialize in Total Rewards, People Operations, and building people-first programs that drive engagement, performance, and growth. My expertise spans global compensation, benefits, equity, HR systems, and organizational culture, rooted in both strategic vision and hands-on execution.

• Global Compensation Frameworks: Job leveling, geo-based pay, pay bands, and salary architecture across North America, EMEA & APAC
• Equity Program Leadership: Pre-IPO equity design (RSUs, stock options), equity plan education, Carta, Shareworks
• Executive Compensation: Board-level strategy, bonus structures, equity and LTIP design
• Global Benefits Strategy: Negotiation, vendor management, wellness & mental health programs
• Compensation Benchmarking: Mercer, Radford, Pave, Carta
• HR Program Design: Career architecture, progression frameworks, performance programs
• Pay Equity Initiatives: Gender, racial, and regional equity audits and remediations
• Total Rewards Enablement: Employee education, executive alignment, and internal communications

• People Ops Leadership: Built and scaled global HR teams, policy frameworks, and systems 
• M&A Integration: Due diligence, Total Rewards alignment, change management
• HR Tech Infrastructure: Workday, Rippling, Sequoia, BambooHR, ADP, Comp OS
• Cross-Functional Partnerships: HR x Finance x Legal x Ops collaboration
• Talent Engagement & Retention: Career development programs, engagement frameworks, culture strategy
• Employee Communications: Internal campaigns on equity, benefits, and workplace wellness
• Wellness & Belonging: Designed inclusive leave policies and well-being programs
  

• Cross-Border Compliance: COBRA, ERISA, FMLA, Canadian ESA, GDPR, APAC labour
• Audit & Governance: ERISA, SOX, equity and tax compliance readiness
• Compensation Cycle Leadership: Merit reviews, salary adjustments, bonus execution
• People Analytics: Workforce metrics, ROI reporting, strategic dashboarding (Excel, Google Sheets, Tableau) 

• HRIS / Systems: Rippling, Workday, BambooHR, Sequoia, ADP, Lattice
• Comp & Equity: Mercer, Radford, Pave, Carta, Comp OS
• Data & Dashboards: Excel (advanced), Google Sheets, Tableau
• Engagement & Culture: Culture Amp, Bonusly, AwardCo, SurveyMonkey
• Collaboration & PM Tools: Slack, Zoom, Teams, Asana, Monday.com