1. And you may ask yourself, "Well... how did I get here?" (Tell us your journey?)
Out of college, I worked a 10+ year stint in higher education, followed by a leap to a learning and development role at a hyper-growth SaaS company in 2015. I fell in love with technology and its amazing people and have never looked back. I hold a Master’s degree in Technology Leadership from Purdue, however, my most significant learning has happened via my parents, career, travel, getting back up after falling down, and becoming a mom.
2. And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile. (What do you do at Persefoni?)
I lead our People Ops team, and at Persefoni we have the best job, hands down. We play a key role ushering our entire team through this breathtaking, cool journey. We are part of solving some of our most interesting puzzles and play a crucial role helping define critical elements of Persefoni, like our Operating Principles.
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3. And you may ask yourself, "Where does that highway go to?" (What are your hopes for your time at Persefoni?)
I would break this into two. For the People Ops function: to become finely tuned at balancing the leverage gained from technology and data-driven insights with intuition and heart for our people. People Ops does and will play a key role for Persefoni to realize its vision and mission. For the People Ops team: to one day walk away from this experience saying, “I cannot believe how much I loved working alongside those people, how much I learned, how much impact I had, and how we grew Persefoni together into something I will forever be proud of. What a ride.” (And my BHAG: Persefoni will land a permanent place on the global ‘how to’ map of company culture and People Ops practices.)
4. And you may say to yourself, "My God! What have I done?" (Why is Persefoni a great home for you?)
Easy: the people, the Mission, and the chance to build. This is such an important company to help build. That and I really admire the team here.
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5. And you may find yourself in another part of the world... (Tell us about your life/hobbies away from work?)
I have two tiny humans who constitute my second and third-shift jobs. But when life allows it, I love to cook, travel, read, meditate, host overboard Halloween parties, nostalgically listen to late 90s grunge rock, and imbibe over long conversations with interesting folks.
“Once in a Lifetime" is a series of articles designed to help our customers and partners learn more about Persefoni's truly passionate team. We're not just building award-winning software ... together, we're helping to decarbonize our planet.