• The year of Latin America. We’ll see companies increasingly based in Latin America, or co-located between Latin America and Miami, San Francisco or elsewhere. Businesses will increasingly build out resources in this region.
• Greater focus on startup companies with funding, who will be coming out of their stealth mode and needing strategic human resources (HR) services.
• Performance management will have more focus.
• Higher attention will be paid to compensation strategies and programs to attract and retain employees.
• Companies will revisit their business department models and elevate their business partners.
• Further change in the executive suite: The head-spinning amount of changes we’ve seen recently will continue, as people who stayed in place during the pandemic realize that now is a very good time to move (joining those who already moved this year).
• Dispersed-first: Businesses like ours, who have gone silent on location and become more dispersed and “work-from-anywhere” will find more clients who are also like that.
• Technology will increasingly take over people’s jobs, allowing them to focus more on strategic activities.

We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve assisted Tipalti in filling the role of Head of Talent Acquisition (TA), placing Elizabeth Downer. In this role she will help Tipalti continue its growth trajectory by driving the company’s talent acquisition vision. Downer most recently served two years as an advisor to Reliable Robotics Corporation and was also VP of TA at Bill.com. Prior to that she held HR executive roles at Facebook as Recruiting Director for over three years, at Google, and at Excite@Home. Downer studied economics at Stanford University.

Congratulations Elizabeth on the new role at Tipalti!

We’re excited to have worked with Klaviyo to fill the role of Global Head of Total Rewards, placing Amanda Schwartz. In the role, she will report to Chief People Officer Jenny Dearborn as a critical member of the HR leadership team. Schwarz brings nearly 20 years of experience as an HR executive to the role, most recently serving as Director of Total Rewards, Operations & Analytics at Glassdoor. Previously she was Director of HR Global Operations at Glu Mobile, and held leadership roles at Recommind, PRN, Kane and Finkel Healthcare Communication, The Hoffman Agency and Harris Interactive. Schwartz earned an M.S. in HR Development and a B.A. in sociology from Villanova University.

Welcome Amanda to Klaviyo!

Some recent notable job moves and promotions by C-level and senior HR executives in the industry include:

• Medium appointed Vincent Lim as VP of People. Lim was previously VP of People at JUUL Labs, growing it from 150 to over 4,000 employees, and held HR leadership roles at LiveRamp and Google.
• Recorded Future, a cybersecurity company, welcomed Cathy Donahoe as Senior Vice President of HR. Donahoe has held HR leadership roles including at Venafi (as Chief People Officer), Domo, ExtendHealth and Omniture.
• Barings, a leading global investment management firm, appointed Caroline Mandeville as its Chief Human Resources Officer, and Chastity Boyce as Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer. Mandeville previously held HR leadership roles at TIAA/Nuveen, Hartford Financial Services and other financial organizations. Boyce served in executive DE&I roles at Heitman, a real estate management firm, and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, a global law firm. (Article)
• EmpirRx Health announced Allisia Gill is joining its new Chief People Officer. She previously served as Chief People Officer at a NYC government agency, and for nearly 20 years at IBM in global HR roles. (Announcement)
• ABBYY welcomed Weronika Niemczyk as its first Chief People Officer, joining from her role as Senior Vice President of HR at Ascential, and previously in HR roles at Expedia and Google. (Announcement)
• ServiceNow has hired Gabrielle Toledano as Chief Talent Officer. Toledano previously held executive HR roles at Keystone Strategy LLC, Comcast Ventures, Tesla, Electronic Arts and Siebel Systems. (Article)
• McDonald’s USA has announced that Tiffanie Boyd joined as Senior VP and U.S. Chief People Officer. Boyd leaves General Mills, where she served as VP, Human Resources, General Mills North America. (Article)
• Gitlab appointed Wendy Nice Barnes as Chief People Officer, Barnes was previously Chief Human Resources Officer at Palo Alto Networks, and held executive HR positions at eHealth, Netflix and E*TRADE. (Announcement)
• New York Times Company hired Jacqueline Welch as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. She has served in executive HR positions at Freddie Mac and Turner Broadcasting. (Announcement)
• Intersect ENT, a medical technology company, has welcomed Reyna Fernandez as Chief Human Resources Officer. Fernandez previously served as CHRO at Endologix, and as VP of Human Resources at Canon Medical Systems and at Johnson & Johnson. (Article)