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Professional Experience
January, 2025 – present
Uli Consults, Business Owner
Learning & Development and Talent Management consultancy. Recent projects:
Design and roll out of a new Performance Management system for a 350-400 employee Tech company
Design and facilitate live as well as self-paced manager development resources
Integrate and activate an OKR methodology into existing organizational structures
Individual Enneagram report debriefs and spot-coaching sessions
Team development workshops based on team Enneagram insights
Career Development coaching
October, 2024 – present
Advisor, People Tech Partners
PeopleTech Partners is an advisory and investment group leveraging insights of senior People Execs with top-tier experience to support early stage HR technology companies.
August, 2023 – January, 2024
Head of People Experience, Hinge Health
Oversaw company-wide L&D, Talent Management, Workplace and Exec Admin teams.
Defined the 2024+ L&D and Talent Mgmt strategy, ranging from reviewing leadership principles, articulated Exec & ManagerDev strategies, tapped AI LMS capabilities to scale L&D impact and rebooted Talent Reviews to build out the intersection between Talent Management and People Development
Designed and rolled out manager expectations, aligned ManagerDev initiatives around expectations and built a pilot manager assessment to test validity and organizational adoption
Co-created an updated Performance Mgmt approach and successfully rolled it out in Q4’23 / Q1’24
Redesigned the development stipend approach to increase its strategic impact while retaining median spent
Designed and facilitated various ExecDev programs on topics such as coaching, storytelling and CareerDev, hosted multiple Enneagram / MBTI LT development sessions and articulated a new ExecCoaching framework
Led the strategic approach and decision-making for Biz Enablement AI Solutions; co-owning roll-out & activation
June, 2017 – July, 2023
Head of People Development & Talent Management, Lyft
Oversaw company-wide Talent Management, Learning & Development, Onboarding, and interim Inclusion & Diversity (promoted to Sr. Director in March, 2019)
Scaled Lyft’s L&D / OD team from 1 to 25 team members split into 1) PeopleDev, 2) Scaled, Digital Learning Solutions, 3) Onboarding and 4) Talent Management; interim Head of I&D from Nov '22
Established a multi-year Talent Mgmt strategy ranging from Onboarding to Performance Mgmt, Talent Reviews, Succession Planning, Mentorship/Sponsorship/HiPo programs, and aligned L&D strategy against skill gaps
Launched entire suite of team member development content & programs tailored to Lyft’s unique needs and skills gaps such as “Business Literacy”, “Unconscious Bias & Allyship” and “Inclusive Leadership”
Established executive development immersion programs including executive coaching, skills-intense learning workshops, transition programs for first-time Directors and VPs, and Director / VP peer coaching groups
Launched 3-tiered manager development programs ranging from new first-time and experienced manager immersion programs to peer-to-peer circles to on-demand manager development resources
Built a team of OD Practitioners to diagnose, develop, facilitate and measure the success of functional learning offerings and interventions to further a high-performing and deliberately developmental culture
Inherited a failing Performance Management system; redesigned and launched the entire process in 2018; applied modifications and improvements over the years all while retaining >70% employee favorability scores on “My performance was evaluated fairly” and “I understand how my performance was evaluated”
Substantiated the intersection of I&D and L&D with program designs focused on target group members
Consulted HRBPs on People Plans addressing topics such as workforce planning, hiring goals and dev metrics
Supported Lyft’s IPO with SOX compliance on all things Talent Management related (e.g., Succession Planning)
March, 2015 – May, 2017
Global People Development Program Manager, Google
Global program manager for Google's experienced manager and newly hired manager development programs
Acted as global program manager for all experienced manager development programs
Lead a team of four and responsible for upskilling a facilitator pool of 30+ across all regions
Conducted ongoing needs analyses for target audience, lead design alterations based on findings, pilot and launch new curriculum, and create new measurement systems to evaluate success and track progress
Facilitated experienced manager programs as well as training classes for Google VPs and their leadership teams (e.g., bias busting, inclusive leadership)
July, 2013 – March, 2015
Executive Development Program Manager, Google
Program manager for Google's top executive leadership development programs across all functions and regions.
Designed and program managed executive development programs targeting Google’s VPs
Launched new development curriculum after running needs analysis with executive talent management team
Launched global quarterly forums for VPs to connect on strategic leadership topics
January, 2011 – July, 2013
Performance Management Specialist, Google
Program manager & team leader for Google's global Performance Management program -- analytics, design, reporting, communications and train-the-trainer facilitator. Partner with program HRBPs and Google's Corporate Engineering team to develop and maintain Google's Performance Management tool.
Program managed Google’s quarterly performance management process and led continuous efforts to evolve Googlers’ Perf experience; conducted several innovative pilots (e.g. bonus planning without ratings)
Led redesign of Perf process and tool, and co-led program launch (first adopters of new process in 2013, eventually rolled out Google wide in Q1’14)
Led the Perf Management program team, consisting of seven members across three different functions
March, 2015 – May, 2017
Human Resource Trainee, GEA Group
Assisted the head of HR Development to re-launch the GEA Group Academy, an internal training series for GEA Group executives; compiled seminars based on needs reviews; coordinated Academy administration
Redesigned and implemented GEA’s Perf Mgmt system and lead data collection, analysis and presentation
March, 2015 – May, 2017
Human Resource Intern, Heidelberg US
Designed and implemented a new leadership competency model to improve performance management processes and to identify competencies needed for succession planning
Education
September, 2002 – June, 2008
WU, Vienna University of Economics & Business
Masters International Business
Received a 1 (Top Honors) for Master Thesis: "Demographic Change and Consequences for Businesses: Surviving the Impact of an Ageing Workforce"
September, 2007 – June, 2008
University of Edinburgh
College for Humanities and Social Science
Academic research abroad
September, 2005 – June, 2006
Montpellier Business School
College for Humanities and Social Science
Academic research abroad
Licenses & Certificates
Issued October, 2022
Leadership Circle Profile Certification
The LCP is a 360° instrument to assess a leader's capacity and highlight leadership development opportunities. In addition to the 360° feedback, it's highly recommended to apply executive coaching to support leaders through their transformations.
Issued March, 2024
Collective Leadership Assessment Certification
Similar to the 360° instrument, the CLA assesses a leadership team's capacity, highlights development opportunities and acts as a great conduit to kick off a longer-term team development initiative.
Issued October, 2021
Integrative Enneagram Accredited Practitioner
The iEQ9 is an instrument that promotes self-awareness and helps individuals and teams understand their subconscious motivations and patterns of behavior, fostering personal growth and development.
Issued January, 2019
Global Leadership Associates, Authorized Practitioner
GLA supports leaders and organizations in transforming their impact through world-leading vertical measures, coaching, programs and consulting.
Volunteering
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