Hi, I'm Samantha, the founder and Head of People / CPO at The People & Culture Connection, an HR and People Ops consulting firm.
I am genuinely passionate about people and their experience at work. With over 12 years of experience in startups and mid-sized companies across the entire employee lifecycle, I bring a professional skill set that is key to supporting startups and growth stage businesses.
With an understanding of both local and global businesses, including the US, the EU, Latin America, APAC, and South Asia, I bring a strong understanding of people practices in a variety of settings and cultures.
I am a seasoned People Operations professional and expert in scaling start-ups through hyper-growth phases. Having worked in B2C and B2B SaaS, fintech, DeFi, Crypto, DTC, and international education, my key strengths and areas of focus are strategic HR Operations, Tech, and Data, as well as workforce planning, compliance and global mobility. I have vast experience across all core facets of People and Recruiting.
I am pragmatic and understand commercial business drivers and how to create a people strategy that supports success. I am confident, energetic and passionate about promoting cultures of diversity, inclusion, and belonging, and bring these values to the people and culture initiatives I lead.
I enjoy working with companies that are passionate about equality and equity, startups, and high-growth, scaling SaaS, companies. Reach out and let's have a chat! I would love to meet you.More...