Helping high-growth organizations build the systems, culture, and leadership foundations required to scale sustainably.
From early-stage startups to globally recognized brands, I partner with leadership teams to get the people side right — before it becomes the thing that slows you down.
A decade inside the rooms where it gets built.
- Employee #11 at Lyft
- Founding VP of People at Angel City FC
- Former VP of People Operations at Flow Kana
- Advisor to founders & executives across tech, sports, and emerging industries
Over the past decade, I've helped organizations scale through periods of rapid growth, restructuring, leadership transition, and operational change. I've seen what helps organizations thrive — and what quietly breaks them over time.
The biggest organizational problems rarely appear overnight. They emerge slowly through unclear expectations, weak communication, reactive hiring, and leadership misalignment.
Strategic partnership across the whole people function.
My approach combines strategic thinking with operational experience. I don't believe in performative culture or people practices disconnected from business outcomes — I help organizations create environments where both people and performance thrive sustainably.
All servicesFractional people leadership
Executive-level HR partnership for organizations that need a strategic people leader without a full-time hire.
Organizational design & transformation
Support through restructuring, growth, leadership transition, and operational change — with scalable systems built to last.
Executive coaching & employee relations
Coach leaders through difficult people challenges, organizational communication, and the moments that define a culture.
An intentionally designed ecosystem.
A vivarium is an intentionally designed ecosystem where living things grow and thrive under the right conditions. That's how I think about organizations.
Strong companies aren't built by accident. They're living systems shaped by leadership, structure, communication, incentives, and culture. Every person, role, and process impacts the health of the whole.
I partner with leadership teams to design organizations where people are clear on expectations, supported in their growth, and challenged to perform at a high level.
We're not a family. We're an ecosystem. And healthy ecosystems require intentional design.
Building something ambitious?
Whether you're scaling quickly, restructuring, or building foundational systems from the ground up, I help leadership teams create organizations designed to thrive long term.