Saima Fariz

Saima Fariz

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Global Head of People and Chief of Staff
Los Angeles, California, United States

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  • iRESTORE
    Global Head of People and Chief of Staff
    iRESTORE
    Apr 2026 - Current (5 months)
    Promoted to Chief of Staff to the CEO. Continuing to lead the People Team (HR, Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Total Rewards, People Ops), and broadening scope to include G&A org management, GTM initiatives, and new vertical setup. We're hiring -- let's chat!
  • Stealth Startup
    Global HR & Talent
    Stealth Startup
    Dec 2024 - Current (1 year 9 months)
    Strategic advisor for two early-stage startups, partnering with executive leadership to bring discipline to global workforce planning and headcount decisions.
  • iRESTORE
    Global Head of People
    iRESTORE
    Jun 2025 - Apr 2026 (11 months)
    Leading the People function for a scaling organization, connecting talent acquisition, people operations, performance, development, rewards and engagement into a cohesive people strategy and operating system.
  • atoms
    Global Talent Management
    atoms
    Oct 2023 - Nov 2024 (1 year 2 months)
    Formerly known as City Storage Systems. Directed end-to-end design and implementation of core talent and organizational development programs for 3,000+ employees across 40+ countries, including performance management, promotion cycles, compensation planning, and strategic workforce planning in close partnership with executive leadership.
  • atoms
    Global People Strategy & Planning
    atoms
    Apr 2022 - Oct 2023 (1 year 7 months)
    Designed and led organizational design programs, establishing the foundations for how the company structured and scaled its teams in stealth mode. Rebuilt the Company's job architecture, clarified role scope and leveling, and introduced strategic workforce planning frameworks to bring rigor to headcount decisions.
  • Tiger Capital Group LLC
    People Strategy & Operations
    Tiger Capital Group LLC
    Mar 2020 - Apr 2022 (2 years 2 months)
    Drove mission-critical people initiatives, designed the operational cadence of the division, and served as a trusted point of connection across teams. Oversaw talent decisions, recruiting, onboarding, performance management, human resources, and org design.
  • Tiger Capital Group LLC
    Technical Writer and Editor
    Tiger Capital Group LLC
    Jun 2018 - Mar 2020 (1 year 10 months)
    Supported the Appraisal Team with client reports and insights to drive transformative decisions. Tiger Capital Groups provides asset valuation, advisory, capital solutions, and monetization strategies across financial, retail, and industrial sectors.
  • UC Berkeley Decal Board
    DeCal Facilitator: Literary Hedonism and the Affective Turn
    UC Berkeley Decal Board
    Jan 2017 - May 2017 (5 months)
    Designed and delivered a semester-long course seminar on literary principles and philosophies centered on hedonistic pleasure, exploring how this concept is (mis)represented in chosen pieces of literature. This course was offered to 20 undergraduate students in the English Department.
  • Human Rights Center UC Berkeley School of Law
    Human Rights Investigations Lab Intern
    Human Rights Center UC Berkeley School of Law
    Sep 2016 - Aug 2017 (1 year)
    Participated in UC Berkeley's inaugural investigations lab, which collaborated with Amnesty International and other prominent human rights groups to teach and utilize open-source research techniques.
  • Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
    Staff
    Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
    Sep 2015 - May 2017 (1 year 9 months)
    Supported the grand opening of the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive in downtown Berkeley. Ensured smooth daily operations, enhancing visitor experience and engagement.
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    Investigative Journalist
    Easy Reader News
    Jul 2013 - May 2018 (4 years 11 months)
    Covered Arts & Culture for a local Southern California paper, and developed sharp instincts for storytelling, sourcing, and writing on deadline. In 2017, two of my published articles were cited in federal court filings in the legal challenge to President Trump’s Muslim travel ban (State of Hawai‘i v. Trump), a case that ultimately reached the U.S. Supreme Court.
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  • UC Berkeley Journalism
    Berkeley Summer Sessions
    UC Berkeley Journalism
    Completed Investigative Reporting, Foundations of Newsgathering, and Foundations of Multimedia courses.
  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY
    Bachelor’s Degree, English Language and Literature
    UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY
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