Karen Kesner

Head of Talent Acquisition

Synergy Pet Group

Jul 2024 - Current (2 years 2 months)

Chief Executive Officer - Advisor

TalentValue

Sep 2023 - Current (3 years)

Founder and Managing Partner

Sailfish Talent Partners

Aug 2023 - Current (3 years 1 month)

Flexible Recruiting strategies, solutions, and results for niche, scale-up, or supplemental Recruiter needs. With a combined 40+ years of experience in the technology, healthcare, automotive, and fintech industry, Sailfish Talent Partners has the experience and resources to help your company scale on demand. Our team of expert recruiters and sourcers have a deep understanding of the tech and business verticals and can help you build and execute on your go-to-market talent strategy.

VP Talent

Pelago

Sep 2022 - Jul 2023 (11 months)

Quit Genius is the world's first digital clinic for treating nicotine, alcohol and opioid addictions. Built on the evidence-based practice of Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT), Quit Genius combines virtual behavioral therapy with approved medication and connected devices to help employers tackle the high cost of addiction in the workplace while improving the lives of their employees. To-date, Quit Genius has helped more than 750,000 people improve their lives and quit their addictions. The company integrates with health plans, pharmacy benefit managers and wellness platforms to deliver a turnkey implementation experience. Visit quitgenius.com for more information.

Vice President Talent Acquisition

Vroom

Jul 2020 - May 2022 (1 year 11 months)

Helping transform the auto industry with a better way to research, discover, buy and sell vehicles

Chief People Officer

Culture Trip

Nov 2019 - Jul 2020 (9 months)

Global Director of Recruiting

Bookingcom

Oct 2017 - Nov 2019 (2 years 2 months)

VP, Talent Acquisition

Audible Inc

Aug 2015 - Sep 2017 (2 years 2 months)

VP of Talent Acquisition

Yodle Inc

Sep 2011 - Nov 2014 (3 years 3 months)

At Yodle, we help local businesses succeed by creating cost-effective online marketing solutions. By assembling teams of passionate and talented people, we are able to deliver high quality products and leads to our clients in a continuously evolving industry. We're solving a difficult problem for local businesses and that fosters a very creative and fun working environment. Accomplishments: Hired as Director of TA in 2011 and promoted to VP in March 2014. Built out high performing Talent Acquisition function in 4 locations (Austin, Scottsdale, NYC and Charlotte) with a team of 20. Team successfully hired for Sales, Client Service, Technology, Product, Marketing and Corporate functions at all levels. Implemented team efficiencies that resul

Head of Global Staffing

VISA INC

Nov 2007 - Jul 2011 (3 years 9 months)

Provided Senior Executive leadership for a Visa, a global payment technology company with over $8 Billion in revenue. Built out a committed and high performing team of over 100 exceptional Global Recruiting professionals for Visa pre-IPO. Built out team and grew company from 5000-8000. - Hired high performing team of Managers and individual contributors in the areas of Executive Recruiting, Campus, Diversity, Corporate, Product, Sales and Client Services, Marketing and Technology Recruiting for Americas and 33 countries. - Hired and built out TA Operations Leadership and supporting teams that designed and managed the programs to support, Candidate Experience, Analytics, Compliance, Relocation, Immigration and Contingent Staffing for 33

SVP of Worldwide Staffing

Chase

Mar 2002 - Jan 2006 (3 years 11 months)

Provided Senior leadership for all Recruiting and Recruiting Operations for Executive, University, Diversity, Contingent Staffing for the Corporate functions, Home Loans, Retail, and Commercial Recruiting teams

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Independent Consultant

UpStart Consulting

Sep 1999 - Mar 2002 (2 years 7 months)

Provided Recruiting and HR infrastructure, consulting and recruiting for select pre-IPO technology companies.

HR Director

RealNetworks

Jan 1995 - Jan 1999 (4 years 1 month)

RealNetworks, Inc. is a provider of Internet streaming media delivery software and services based in Seattle, Washington, United States. The company is the creator of RealAudio, a compressed audio format; RealVideo. As Head of Human Resources and Recruiting, hired for pre-IPO technology company during explosive growth. Grew company from 80 - 800 in 4 years.

Sr. Recruiter/Generalist

Microsoft Corporation

Jan 1991 - Jan 1995 (4 years 1 month)

- Provided HR Generalist support to Finance, Tax Treasury, Investor Relations and Audit - Promoted to Sr. Recruiter for Sales and Marketing

Recruiter

UniSea Inc

Jan 1988 - Jan 1991 (3 years 1 month)

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