Where Will the New HR Leaders Come From?

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IN THIS ISSUE:

LETTER FROM VALERIE | CURRENT HR EXECUTIVE SEARCHES
RECENTLY COMPLETED SEARCHES | FEATURED HR PLACEMENTS FREDERICKSON OPENS SANTA FE OFFICE
HR MOVES AND PROMOTIONS | THE COVID CORNER

LETTER FROM VALERIE

Valerie Frederickson
Founder & CEO

Where Will the New HR Leaders Come From? Where Have the Good Ones Gone?

Last week’s Coinbase IPO, as with other 2021 newly public companies Bumble, Coursera and Roblox, minted and popped out shiny new billionaires and millionaires, and put many employees, including human resources (HR) and people leaders, in the enviable place of never having to work again, As ultra-nouveau-riche executives might say, “My children’s children will never have to work.” Upcoming IPOs such as Nextdoor, The Honest Company, Couchbase and Instacart will likely create more people whose new priorities will include generation-skipping estate planning, island buying and hopefully, solving global warming. These IPOs, along with stock market gains, mean many experienced HR leaders will soon exit the traditional job market for something more fun and flexible.

From an HR search perspective, this means that clients will show us a list of 10 highly recommended HR leaders to recruit, and I’ll have the sad job of telling them that all are now doing executive coaching, board work or consulting (nothing too heavy that interferes with travel). Adult development studies show that after 40, individuals want to give up the daily wheat grind for more flexibility. And with the success of these IPOs, for many their time has come.

What are we doing about this, besides seeking HR executives who haven’t yet had a big IPO hit? For one, we have successfully recruited up-and-coming HR leaders from larger companies to fill top roles at smaller firms. We’ve recently seen CPOs and CHROs at pre-IPO companies, at which they've been for the long haul, be ready to make a move. And we target up-and-comers such as HRBPs or Heads of Talent Acquisition who are ready for top roles. Finally, we’re finding great businesspeople outside of HR and pulling them in.

With tremendous demand for HR leadership, it’s no surprise to find new HR Boot Camps for those with no HR background teaching the basics in six weeks. With so many new people in HR roles at early-stage startups, CFOs, GCs, COOs and even CEOs will need to manage the function more closely. The need for experienced HR leadership is also placing high demand on our HR advisory practice. So the circle continues.

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FREDERICKSON CURRENT HUMAN RESOURCE
EXECUTIVE SEARCHES

Ecommerce	Pre-IPO Cryptocurrency (very high growth)	Software/Hardware
Global Head of Talent Acquisition Remote/Anywhere	Chief People Officer Anywhere in the world	Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion San Jose, CA

Aerospace	Insurance	Software
Head of People Long Beach, CA	VP of People Denver, CO	Head of Employee Relations San Francisco, CA

Fintech	Financial Services	Cybersecurity
Head of Total Rewards San Francisco, CA	Vice President, Talent Mgmt. Salt Lake City, UT	Chief Human Resources Officer Santa Clara, CA

Digital Advertising	SaaS Digital Marketing (high growth)	Cybersecurity
Chief People Officer San Francisco, CA	Head of Talent Acquisition Boston, MA or open	Head of Total Rewards Santa Clara, CA

Pharma/Healthcare	Software	Healthcare
Head of Talent Acquisition New York, NY	Head of Learning & Development San Francisco, CA	Global Vice President of Talent Acquisition New York, NY

Computer Software	Consumer Products	Software
Head of Talent Acquisition Remote	Chief Human Resources Officer Miami, FL	HRBP, Business San Francisco, CA

Computer Software/Shipping	Enterprise Software	Construction
Head of People San Francisco, CA	Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Chicago, IL / Remote	Chief People Officer San Jose, CA

Financial Services	Computer Software	Fintech/Agriculture
Head of Compensation & Benefits Salt Lake City, UT	Head of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Oakland, CA	VP of People Los Angeles, CA

Computer Software	Software	Computer Software
Head of Human Resources New York/Silicon Valley	HRBP, Engineering San Francisco, CA	Head of People Remote

SAMPLE RECENTLY COMPLETED
PEOPLE/HR SEARCHES


Chief Human Resources Officer Wilsonville, OR CLOSED	Director, Total Rewards Silicon Valley, CA CLOSED


Vice President of People, Global Head of Talent Acquisition Sunnyvale, CA CLOSED	Senior Director of People Operations Senior Director of Total Rewards Chicago, IL CLOSED

SPOTLIGHT COMPLETED
PEOPLE/HR SEARCH – MIZUHO OSI

Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Mizuho OSI invented the specialty surgery market in 1978 and continues as leader in the space today. The company sells specialty surgical tables and accessories worldwide, designed to improve outcomes in orthopedic and spine surgeries. Mizuho OSI is a wholly owned subsidiary of Mizuho Corporation headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, a leading surgical table manufacturer in Asia.

We partnered with Mizuho OSI to place Peter Nyame as Human Resources Director. Reporting to President and COO Steve Lamb, Nyame will be responsible for establishing and driving the company’s HR strategy as it grows, including talent management, organizational design, performance management, workforce planning, total rewards and HRIS implementation.

Nyame joins from Sierra Circuits, where he was Human Resources Director, Previously he served at WellCare Health Plans as HR Business Partner (HRBP) and Senior HR Manager, and Gates Corporation as HR and Operations Manager and Corporate Trainer. Nyame also held HR positions at DHL Global Mail and Accel, Inc. Nyame has a B.A. in Management and Labor Studies from Rutgers University, an M.B.A. in HR Leadership from Franklin University, and an M.S. in Science, Executive Leadership and Organizational Change from Northern Kentucky University.

Congratulations, Peter and welcome to Mizuho OSI!

SPOTLIGHT COMPLETED
PEOPLE/HR SEARCH – THOUGHTSPOT

ThoughtSpot is reinventing how companies make decisions by putting the power of their cloud data in the hands of every employee through search and AI-driven analytics. With ThoughtSpot, anyone can use simple natural language to create new data-driven insights or surface those generated by others from across their entire enterprise. ThoughtSpot is building a more fact-driven world.

Frederickson recruited Pam Holmberg to ThoughtSpot as Vice President of People. In this executive role, Holmberg will lead the strategic HR function and oversee all People and HR operations globally including talent acquisition, organizational development, performance management and total rewards. Reporting to Chief Financial Officer Mohit Daswani, Holmberg joins ThoughtSpot from Frederickson Partners, where she was a Senior HR Advisor. Previously she served as Chief People Officer at Realtor.com, and Vice President, Human Resources at Veritas.

Holmberg also held HR leadership positions at Pivotal Software, NetApp, and LSI Logic. She earned a B.A. from Mount Saint Mary’s University.

Congratulations, Pam, on joining ThoughtSpot as Vice President of People!

FREDERICKSON SEARCH TEAM OPENS SANTA FE OFFICE

We are very pleased to welcome well-respected and experienced executive search consultant Andrea Forrest to our team. We look forward to having her on board to add capacity to our search team and enrich our service to clients. Welcome Andrea!

Andrea Forrest joins Frederickson Partners after seven and a half years at Korn Ferry, leading executive searches in the financial services and real estate practices. Previously she worked with retained search firm EFL Associates in Denver, successfully recruiting mid-level and C-level executives in the public pension fund, financial services, healthcare and mission-based organizations arenas.

Andrea spent her early career counseling law students and alumni on employment strategies at the University of Denver College of Law and received her B.S. in Journalism from the University of Colorado at Boulder. She is based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, where she lives with her husband Chris and daughter Olivia.

HR MOVES AND PROMOTIONS

Poshmark, Inc welcomed William Ingham as its first ever Chief People Officer. Ingham brings over 25 years of HR experience having recently served as CHRO at Visa Europe. He has also held roles at Gap Inc/Banana Republic and The Clorox Company. (Announcement)
Ocean Spray has appointed Sarah Evans as its new Chief Human Resources Officer. Evans previously served as VP and Head of HR at Terminix and is an active board member at Dress For Success Memphis. She spent several years working and moving up the HR and Global Talent ranks at Walmart. (Announcement)
Pernod Ricard has named Lani Montoya as their new Chief Human Resources Officer, North America. Montoya is a company veteran, having worked there for the past 15 years. Most recently she led Global Talent Management and Diversity and Inclusion, based in Paris, France. (Article)
Citi Group announced Erika Irish Brown as Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer and Global Head of Talent. Erika brings exceptional expertise in HR and Diversity, having served recently as Chief Diversity Officer at Goldman Sachs. She has also worked at Bloomberg LP, Bank of America and Lehman Brothers. (Announcement)
SparkPost welcomes Michelle Byrd as their new Chief People Officer. Previously, Byrd served as Chief People Officer at Zaloni and as SVP, Global Human Resources at Validant. Other companies where she has held HR roles include Cardlytics, Inc., Silverpop (IBM) and Luminant Worldwide. (Announcement)
Higher Logic announced the appointment of Joanna Luth as their Chief People Officer. Luth brings over 20 years of experience, having served in different HR roles in companies including Intradiem, eVestment, Aptean, JDA Software, The Partners Group and Paramount Staffing. (Announcement)

THE COVID CORNER

Happy Spring!

Seeing the trees turn green and the bulbs rise up signals my favorite time of year, which I associate with filling my minivan with plants from the local nurseries, even if I’ve run out of room to put them. Gardening and plants are my true joy, and at times my obsession.

Another great joy is having been 100% vaccinated. About the only other thing that feels better than having had my second vaccine shot is knowing that 100% of our team cares as much as I do, and that even young employees have now received their first dose. I am so happy and proud of our team and relieved that I don’t know any “anti-vaxxers.” I am now able to be in a room with an executive from our team and not be as obsessed about open windows, air flow and masks. I am able to hug our Business Operations Manager for the first time in over a year and snuggle her toddler on my lap. I now count the days until my twins turn 12 in September, so that they can be vaccinated, too. At the same time, I feel terrible for people in parts of the world that have run out of breathing machines and have ambulance traffic jams outside their hospitals.

I hope that everyone who wants a vaccine receives it this year, and that everyone is motivated to get one.

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