WE ACCELERATE SOLUTIONS THAT DRIVE THE FUTURE OF WORK

PeopleTech Partners is a network of business leaders investing time in People Tech

What is PeopleTech?

People Technology is the full range of software platforms and services that enable organizations to support the talent that drives success.

It’s critical for founders to have a partnership with people who represent the customers they want to serve. Our advisors have deep experience as decision makers who purchase PeopleTech; we share insights and give feedback at the right time to fuel success.

Insight

PeopleTechPartners helps emerging companies understand key operational problems by providing insight into the most pressing issues faced by organizations.

feedback

Our people leaders provide key feedback on product features, organizational plans and market strategy. We act as integral advisors on all aspects of business for our founding teams to further their vision and ensure rapid customer acquisition.

Evangelism

As our companies engage the market, we provide evangelism for their products. We spread the word within our extensive networks, participate in beta launches and become public advocates for solutions that transform the PeopleTech space.

Success

When founding teams get the right information early on to inform their product strategy, their trajectory accelerates and their companies thrive. We help ensure the success of the next generation of PeopleTech that will transform the future of work.

WHO WE ARE

Cara Brennan Allamano FOUNDING PARTNER
SVP, People and Places at Udemy

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Robby Peters Founding Partner
Advisor for Twine

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Erin Faverty Operating Partner
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Matt Hoffman NEW YORK CITY Advisor Network Lead
Advisor for Sapling

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Shelby Wolpa AUSTIN ADVISOR NETWORK LEAD
Advisor for Compaas

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Cat Hernandez Due Diligence Lead
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Adele Rom LOS ANGELES ADVISOR NETWORK LEAD
Advisor for Twine

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Josh Bersin Global Industry Analyst
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OUR PEOPLE LEADERS

Greg Russell
Head of Talent
Snapdocs
Advisor for Drafted

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Gillian Wilson
Vice Pres Human Resources
Chive Media Group

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Aisha Stevenson
HR Team Lead
Mesosphere

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Ron Storn
Chief People Officer
Zume Pizza

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Amy Knapp
Head of Talent
Redpoint Ventures
Advisor for Trybe

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Jason Pierantozzi
Global People Operations Lead
Palantir Technologies
Advisor for Helpr

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Jeff Harper
Chief People Officer
HashiCorp

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Debbie Murray
Chief People Officer
Blue Jeans Network

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Brianna Rizzo
Principal
Stripes Group

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Desiree Therianos
Vice Pres, People & Talent
Ellation

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Naureen Manekia Seyal
Senior Talent Lead
IDEO

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Lily Kohls
Vice Pres, People and Places
Popsugar

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Jennie Ellis
Founder & CEO
Recruiting Bandwith

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Jo Dennis
CHRO
Pinterest

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Jose Martin
Senior Vice Pres, Global Human Resources
Yelp

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Tejas Maniar
Vice President
Mayfield Fund

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Merritt Anderson
Global VP, Employee Experience & Engagement
GitHub

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James Pratt
VP of People Development
Gravity Payments

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Kathy Weir
Senior Director, People & Culture
Adlucent

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Elle Meza
Benefits
Electronic Arts

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Tasha Liniger
Chief Human Resources Officer
Dialpad

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Aiko Bethea
Head of Diversity & Inclusion
Fred Hutch

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Kelli Dragovich
Consultant
Kelli Dragovich Consulting

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Randy Knaflic
Senior Advisor to CEO
Jawbone
Advisor for Gradvisor

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Mikaela Kiner
Founder
Reverb

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Meg Marsh
Head of People
Argodesign

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Emily Couey
Vice President, People
Illumio

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Dana Ray
SVP, Global Head of People
Marin Software

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Erica Johnson
Director, Employee Experience
Nitro, Inc.

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Ambrosia Vertesi
VP People
Duo Security

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Heather Robertt
Head of People
Upstart

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Richard Fye
Head of People Operations
Datadog

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Anna Clepper
Vice Pres. Managing Director
hrQ

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Claudia Fulga
Vice President, People Operations
FiveStars
Advisor for Fetcher

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Cat Hernandez Due Diligence Lead
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Christy Lake
Chief People Officer
Box Inc.

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Michelle Gonzalez
People Operations
Algolia

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Marie Szuts
People and Culture
Figma

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Itamar Goldminz
Head of People
Grammarly

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Lissa Minkin
Vice President, People
Tile
Advisor for Cleo

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John Foster
Chief People Officer
Minted

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John Anderson
Managing Director
Allegis Partners

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Florence Thinh Chialtas
Vice Pres, People Operations
NerdWallet

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Dawn Sharifan
Head of People
Slack

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Emily Chardac
Head of Global HR Operations
Financial Services

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Pratiksha Patel
Organization Development
McKinsey & Company

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Anne Jacoby
VP, Learning, Development + Culture
RGP

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Michael Case
Vice President, Recruiting
Instacart LLP

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Karina Sobieski
Human Capital
SoftBank Investment Advisers

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Michael DeAngelo
Chief People Officer
Mozilla

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Andrew Bartlow
Managing Partner and Founder
Series B Consulting

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Leslie Chung
Director, People Operations
Intercom

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Lauren Rosenthal
Head of HR
Docker, Inc

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Brian Christman
Vice Pres of People
Transfix

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Meghan Lapides
SVP, Human Resources
Foursquare

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Caitlin Schlakman
VP of Talent
KeepTruckin

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Stacey La Torre
People Lead
Nextdoor

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Jonathan Basker
Founder and CEO
Basker & Co

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Laurie Deneschuk
Director, People & Places
Anki, Inc.

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Scott Day
Senior Vice Pres, People & Culture
OpenTable

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Nathalie McGrath
Director, People
Coinbase

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Sara Riedl
VP of People Operations
Iterable

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Ragini Holloway
VP of Talent
Affirm
Advisor for Pinkaloo

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Anthony Rotoli
Head of Talent
Assurance

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Anna Avalos
Head of People
SoFi

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Kelly Kinnard
VP of Global Talent
Battery Ventures

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Jen Holmstrom
Head of Talent
GGV Capital

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Kelly Costello
Global Talent Acquisition
Edwards Lifesciences

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Steve McElfresh
Senior Vice President, People
Duo Security

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Jason Lohrentz
Head of Talent Acquisition
Aurora

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Kevin Kinkor
Co-Founder
Kinkor Consulting
Advisor for Drafted

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Erik Juhl
Vice President, People
Drive.ai

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Brielle Rajkovich
HR Consultant
IBBR

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Sue Olson
VP of People
Course Hero

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Ciara Lakhani
Vice President, People
Dashlane
Advisor for Hone

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Chris Tobin
VP of People
Intercom

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David Hanrahan
Vice President, People Operations
Niantic, Inc

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Jason Scovil
Director of HR
Rover

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Karin Kuo
VP of Talent
Onica

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Jeffrey Ehrenberg
VP of Human Resources
Palo Alto Networks

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Melissa Yeh
Head of People
Samsara

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Michelle Wagner
SVP, People & Places
Caffeine
Advisor for Bravely

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Q Hamirani
Head of People Ops
Airbnb
Advisor for Vetty

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Erik Kriessmann
VP Human Capital
Index Ventures

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Luke Beseda
Talent Partner
Lightspeed Venture Partners
Advisor for Shift

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Mike Joyner
People Operations
Pinterest
Advisor for RecruitBot, Inc.

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Mark Lipscomb
Vice President, People
23andMe

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Kate Kastenbaum
VP of People Ops
Remind

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Aiko Bethea
Head of Diversity and Inclusion
Fred Hutch

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Dina Mavridis
Global Director, Human Resources
Velocity Electronics

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Heather Doshay
VP People
Webflow

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Andy Chen
Partner
Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers

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Stephanie Mardell
Head of People
Button, Inc

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Carolyn Frey
Chief People Officer
Philz Coffee

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Jessica Yuen
People strategy for scaling startups
Advisor for Trybe

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Sue Choe
Head of People
Petal

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Zaina Orbai
Chief People Officer
The RealReal

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Adam Ward
Talent Leader
Pinterest

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Missy Ballew
Chief Human Resources Officer
Lookout

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Adrienn Hopkins
People Partner
Prezi

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Bianca McCann
VP, Global Head of People
Trifacta

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Cookie Wiese
HR Director
Brex

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Katelin Holloway
Vice Pres, People & Culture
Reddit

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Anna Binder
Head of People Operations
Asana

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Kim Rohrer
VP People
Stride

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Megan Healy
Head of Talent
Upfront Ventures

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Natasha Kehimkar
Chief People Officer
App Annie

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Melissa Daimler
Principal
Daimler Partners

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Karen Lieu
People Operations
Facebook

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Beth Steinberg
Founder
Mensch Ventures

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Guissu Raafat
Venture Advisor
Broadhaven Ventures

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Evan Wittenberg
Chief People Officer
Ancestry

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Park Allen
VP of Global Human Resources
Trust Arc

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Marian Pond
VP, Executive Search
Lightspeed Venture Partners

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Jeff Diana
High Growth Consultant
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Lem Diaz
Recruiting Partner
Google Ventures

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Jennifer Cristobal
Head of People Operations and Recruiting
HackerOne

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Zoe Harte
SVP of HR & Talent Acquisition
Upwork

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Justin Angsuwat
Vice President, People
Thumbtack
Advisor for Balloonr

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Sharon Slonaker
Director, People
OutboundEngine

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