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OhaloCompany Size
51-300
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To support a growing population efficiently, we need to shrink the land, water and energy footprint of our crops. Breeding is directed evolution, but it is slow and inefficient. Ohalo's technology shrinks the breeding cycles of plants. Our speed, accuracy and scalability create entirely new varieties of the world's most loved and consumed crops.
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Experience
Head of People
Ohalo · Full-time
Nov 2024 - Present
• 4 mosFarmWise
Jun 2021 - Present
Advisor
Nov 2024 - Present
• 4 mosVP, People
Jun 2023 - Nov 2024
• 1 yr 6 mosOversee all People operations and functions, including Talent Acquisition, People Strategy, Total Rewards, and People Operations & Systems. Design and implement people programs and practices to facilitate growth for the company, including those around recruitment, compensation, career architecture, organizational design, employee engagement, and performance management.
Valued member of the Executive Team, employee lead to the Board’s Compensation Committee, and partner to the Board of Directors on all things People-related.
Head of People
Jun 2022 - Jun 2023
• 1 yr 1 moPeople Operations Lead
Jun 2021 - Jun 2022
• 1 yr 1 moPrincipal / Founder
Levanta HR
Oct 2024 - Present
• 5 mosProvide a wide range of customized HR advisory services and fractional HR leadership, designed specifically for early-stage startups and small companies.
Member
Chief
Nov 2023 - Nov 2024
• 1 yr 1 moHuman Resources Operations
Taylor Farms · Contract
Sep 2015 - Jun 2021
• 5 yrs 10 mosResponsible for senior leadership recruitment efforts nationwide, in addition to various compliance projects and efforts (healthcare compliance and reporting, HR data management following M&As, etc.).
Senior Quantitative Analyst
CEB
May 2014 - Aug 2015
• 1 yr 4 mosConducted survey research and developed quantitative models on major issues for Fortune 500 CIO and PMO Executives, including those related to budgeting and costs, effectiveness and performance, and function speed. Led all quantitative research efforts for the PMO research team.
Graduate Research Assistant
Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland
Aug 2013 - Jan 2014
• 6 mosGraduate Research Assistant & PhD Student in Organizational Behavior and HR Management.
Established expertise in leadership, team dynamics, organizational status, motivation, competing goals, and employee voice by managing lab and online behavioral studies, conducting lit reviews, and pitching study ideas to external organizations. Demonstrated analytical competencies through data analysis and rigorous quantitative coursework.
Voluntarily departed PhD program to pursue a career outside academia.
Human Resources Specialist
Taylor Farms
Feb 2012 - Jul 2013
• 1 yr 6 mosConceptualized, designed, and populated a new intranet serving all employees. Presented Beta version to several hundred key managers from throughout the entire organization at the company's annual Leadership Meeting.
Led intern recruitment and onboarding, as well as policy development for various process.
Graduate Research Assistant
Arizona State University
Aug 2010 - May 2012
• 1 yr 10 mosGraduate Research Assistant & MS Student.
My individual research was focused primarily in Industrial & Organizational Psychology, focused on drivers and outcomes of engagement and embeddedness in organizations.
On behalf of my faculty advisor, managed undergraduate students in the administration of various studies in the lab and online focused on the psychological and physiological outcomes of acute and chronic stress.
People & Change Advisory Intern
PwC
Jun 2011 - Aug 2011
• 3 mosConducted research and created presentations for various clients on a variety of HR and talent management-related topics.
Education
- Dates unavailableDuke UniversityAB, Sociology, Markets & Management
- Dates unavailableArizona State UniversityMS, Psychology (Research emphasis: Industrial/Organizational Psychology)
- Dates unavailableSanta Catalina School