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Fractional CHRO & People Advisor

Connie Clark Consulting

Jan 2025 - Current (1 year 9 months)

I help companies grow through people.

As a fractional HR leader and strategic advisor, I partner with CEOs, boards, and executive teams during times of growth, transformation, and change. My work focuses on simplifying complexity—modernizing systems, aligning people strategy to business goals, and shaping cultures where performance and purpose thrive.

Vice President People

RATER

Jan 2025 - Current (1 year 9 months)

Lead the People function for a PE-backed healthcare SaaS company, aligning talent strategy, performance, and scalable systems to revenue growth and enterprise value creation. Partner closely with the CEO and executive team to modernize HR and build leadership capability for disciplined growth.

rater8 is the healthcare industry's leading reputation management solution. Effortlessly cultivate 5-star reviews, capture real-time feedback, and enhance patient satisfaction to outshine your local competition and win new patients.

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Chief

Jan 2023 - Current (3 years 9 months)

Chief is the largest network of senior women executives, giving members the vetted network and leadership insights to drive impact in today's rapidly changing environment.

Senior Vice President People & Culture

EverAg

Jan 2023 - Jan 2025 (2 years 1 month)

As SVP of People & Culture (Head of Global HR), led global People strategy for a PE-backed AgTech SaaS company during a period of aggressive growth and acquisition. Designed and scaled HR systems, structure, and culture across 10+ countries—embedding clarity, accountability, and performance into how the organization scaled.

Scaled HR operations from ~150 to nearly 600 employees, plus over200 offshore contractors, across the U.S., EU, and India.

Built and led global HR functions: Talent Acquisition, People Business Partners, Total Rewards, and People Operations.

Directed integration strategy for 21 acquisitions, aligning systems, structure, and culture post-close.

Spearheaded HR tech modernization—

Vice President, Head of Global Human Resources

EverAg

Jan 2021 - Jan 2023 (2 years 1 month)

As VP of People & Culture (Head of Global HR), led enterprise People strategy across a growing portfolio of SaaS, services, and marketplace businesses with international operations. Partnered with the CFO and executive team to align HR with operational, integration, and cultural priorities during a pivotal phase of PE-backed growth.

Built foundational HR infrastructure to support scale and post-acquisition integration.

Established global Talent Acquisition function—reducing agency spend, improving time-to-fill, and enabling rapid international hiring.

Launched core HR functions, including centralized HR Operations, People Business Partners, and internal compensation and analytics capabilities.

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Senior Director, Head of Human Resources

WorkSoft

Jan 2019 - Jan 2021 (2 years 1 month)

As the Sr. HR Director (Head of global HR), I partnered with the CEO, CFO, CTO, and the executive leadership team to expand and develop people, culture differentiation, and talent programs that directly support the growth and success of this global software automation organization.

Worksoft is a Marlin private-equity-held, small-mid cap organization in the business process automation space with 120 employees worldwide. Worksoft automates the full lifecycle of your end-to-end business processes—from discovery to testing to RPA—in one seamless, codeless platform.

Head of Human Resources, The Americas (US, Canada & Mexico) | Director, Human Resources

Gattaca

Jan 2017 - Jan 2018 (1 year 1 month)

As the Director of Human Resources (Head of HR) for the Americas region, I created and executed HR strategies to achieve double digit YOY growth for the US, Mexico, and Canada.

I grew an HR team to execute global solutions that supported our employees' career growth, drove a healthy culture, and delivered double-digit profit gains to the organization.

Through global and regional collaboration, I built internal and external partnerships to develop the Company's fastest-growing region.

Formerly known as Matchtech, Gattaca is a provider of specialist recruitment services to the Engineering and Technology industries, both in the UK and internationally. Operating in 14 offices, across 4 continents, Gattaca has

Human Resources Director

CS Group Inc

Jan 2016 - Jan 2017 (1 year 1 month)

As the HR Director, I was responsible for establishing an HR Department for C1S including managing internal recruiting and talent acquisition during a growth phase.
• Developed and implemented programs that increased the overall well-being of the employees while enhancing their work lives
• Advised leadership on people matters at all levels and assisting in the implementation of business strategies affecting recruitment, talent management, performance management, employee relations, culture development, and organization design
• Focused on a work culture that nurtured employees while promoting job satisfaction and growth

C1S is a nationally-renowned full-service professional engineering and construction firm based

Human Resources Director

Appspace

Jan 2013 - Jan 2016 (3 years 1 month)

As the HR Director, I created the HR Department to manage the workforce for Appspace during a high growth start-up phase.
• Provided generalist support for all U.S. operations in 13 states including California and Global support
• Establishd in-house Recruiting process; Diversified our talent
• Developed and implemented Employee Engagement programs & increased the overall well-being of our employees while enhancing their work lives
• Improved benefits and managed 401(k) plan while improving expense ratio
• Provided an atmosphere of positive employee relations through effective counseling, ensuring that all Federal, State and Local laws were understood and followed
• Maintained legal compliance in records retent

Consultant

Etcetera Carlisle Etcetera LLC

Jan 2009 - Jan 2010 (1 year 1 month)

Founded in 2000 and based in New York City. Etcetera offers clothes that are sharp and chic, confident and feminine and deliver to your personal style, meeting the needs of real women who demand excellent quality, want great personalized service, and need a comfortable way of shopping not offered by a traditional store.

I marketed and sold my own boutique fashion business via trunk shows 4 times a year. The best part about being a fashion-loving personal consultant and wardrobe advisor was helping people feel confident and professional in the way they dress. I built clientele as a flex-time, independent contractor.

Buyer, Men's Collections

Neiman Marcus

Jan 1998 - Jan 2001 (3 years 1 month)

For over a century, Neiman Marcus offers luxury, fashion and designer merchandise and thoughtful, gracious and helpful service. While continuing to focus on innovation, the company remains committed to merchandising leadership and high standards of customer service.

Bought, managed and provided financial analysis for a $13M business of five high profile vendors: Hermes, Gucci, Charvet, Turnbull & Asser and Salvatore Ferragamo. Developed financial plans and executed the strategy to exceed sales and gross margin YOY. Delivered product training at Trunk Shows nationally.

Buyer, Men's Personal Furnishings

Neiman Marcus

Jan 1996 - Jan 1998 (2 years 1 month)

Responsible for developing strategic merchandising business plans for each product category that delivered against financial plans for an $11M Personal Furnishings business. Increased sales by 14% and gross margin by 18% in two years. Elevated taste and price point levels and quality of assortments to differentiate Neiman Marcus from the competition. Hired, trained and developed Assistant Buyers as leaders to manage the business.

Department Manager, Leisure Sportswear

Neiman Marcus

Jan 1993 - Jan 1996 (3 years 1 month)

- Managed, motivated and developed a staff of 9 to increase store ranking by 2 levels
- Exceeded company shortage goal with .1% actual shortage and improved inventory standards
- Consistently achieved 100% average shop score by fostering outstanding customer service and mentoring highly engaged sales associates
- Achieved incremental sales gains by partnering with buyers to refocus vendor assortments and fuel our sales at an A-store buy
- Contributed best practices as Sales Trainer for NM Best Sellers Sales Associate Program

Assistant Buyer, Leather Accessories

Neiman Marcus

Jan 1991 - Jan 1993 (2 years 1 month)

- Managed an $8.4M Couture business
- Created first travelling trunk show for Judith Leiber
- Traveled to NY market and executed the buy
- Developed strategies and stretch goals and partnered with stores to exceed sales and increase gross margin

Assistant Buyer, Galleria Dresses

Neiman Marcus

Jan 1990 - Jan 1991 (1 year 1 month)

- Managed a $10.2M business
- Analyzed sales and communicated successes to vendors
- Managed development of new resoures to add newness to dress business
- Partnered with vendors to create items that capitalized on trends
- Negotiated for discounts, returns and markdown money to improve profitability of dress business

Executive Development Program

Neiman Marcus

Jan 1989 - Jan 1990 (1 year 1 month)

Intern, Epicure

Neiman Marcus

Jan 1988 - Jan 1989 (1 year 1 month)

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