Organizational development consultant, executive coach, and HR leader cultivating high performing cultures through people experience design and leadership development.
Leveraging organizational development, talent management, and adaptable learning solutions, I enable future-ready teams that drive organizational strategy forward in distributed technology and social-impact organizations.
How do we unleash the full potential of people to address humanity’s most pressing challenges? This question is the guiding force of my career.
It is what led me into the world of organizational development, talent management, learning and development, and leadership coaching.
Most of my career unfolded over 13 years at the Wikimedia Foundation, the global remote-first organization behind Wikipedia. After starting out as a software engineer, I found my way into HR where I led talent management, learning and development, HRBP, and other people experience programs.
Since then, I started Insight Cascades, an executive coaching and organizational development consultancy. While I love working with a wide variety of clients, I love seeing the long-tail of my work and keep an eye out for a full time position in the right mission-driven social impact organization.
When I’m not working, you can find me either in the mountains (skiing, hiking, backpacking, fly fishing), on a meditation cushion, in the kitchen, or binging scifi.
Leadership development and executive coaching for leaders in mission-driven companies. Organizational development and talent management consulting services. Current and past clients in:
The Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) is the globally distributed company behind Wikipedia.
Led global cross-functional teams spanning learning and development, talent management, and HRBPs for 800 staff. Co-led HR through 18-month C-level vacancy. Partnered with executives to align talent strategy with evolving organizational priorities. Drove improvements in engagement and retention through refining diverse people experience programs and interventions, including: leadership development, manager training, onboarding, performance management, people data collection and analysis, employee engagement, and integrating DEI strategies with people experience programs. HRBP for product and engineering. Led major organizational change management initiatives. Remote-first cultural steward.
The Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) is the globally distributed company behind Wikipedia.
Led learning and development team with an expansive remit. Owned leadership development, staff development, onboarding, manager training, change management, employee development, coaching, and leadership roundtables. Designed and facilitated hundreds of live, virtual, and hybrid trainings, workshops, and off-sites. Also architected and implemented complete overhaul of “system of performance” (incl. performance evaluation, goal setting, employee development, promotions, compensation philosophy, job leveling, leadership frameworks, feedback), designed and facilitated employee engagement surveys and action planning, and advised leadership on org design, succession planning, general HR matters, and managed complex employee relations issues while serving as HRBP. Led a wide variety of change management initiatives. Remote-first cultural steward.
The Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) is the globally distributed company behind Wikipedia.
Built high-performing team of agile coaches deploying performance-improving practices. Transformed engineering culture with innovations accelerating delivery and collaboration. Enhanced team effectiveness with data-driven assessments and targeted interventions. Cultivated organizational resilience by facilitating values process following major org crisis. Drove development and adoption of remote-first practices and distributed team management techniques.
The Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) is the globally distributed company behind Wikipedia.
Drove development and adoption of remote-first practices and distributed team management techniques. Led development of Wikipedia’s first mobile web interface, expanding global access. Led development and maintenance of fundraising platform enabling $24M in donations