Sean Podnar

Sean Podnar

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We're Hiring | People & Culture Leader in Tech | Tech enthusiast | Dad | Avid Glamper
Ontario, Canada

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  • Thentia
    Vice President, People
    Thentia
    Nov 2022 - May 2023 (7 months)
  • Thentia
    Head of People
    Thentia
    May 2022 - Nov 2022 (7 months)
  • PAIDIEM
    Head of People & Operations
    PAIDIEM
    Jun 2021 - May 2022 (1 year)
    Hybrid People & Operations role, focused on building a FinTech start up poised for growth. Scope includes project management; operational strategy and growth planning; organizational design and effectiveness; setting up all operational process. and full scope for people operations.
  • A
    Principal and Founder
    Asensean Advisory Services
    Jan 2021 - Jan 2022 (1 year 1 month)
    Fractional People & Culture / People Operations consulting, and advisory services to support growth-oriented organizations, particularly in the tech space. Scope includes: strategy; business partnership; talent acquisition; people experience; talent management; diversity, equity, and inclusion; performance and development; total rewards; people relations; metrics and analytics; organization design and effectiveness; communications; and change management.
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    Advisory Board
    Paidiem
    Jan 2021 - Jan 2022 (1 year 1 month)
  • Dialogue
    Head Of Human Resources & Associate
    Dialogue
    Jan 2019 - Jan 2021 (2 years 1 month)
    Promoted to Associate (2020). My primary goal was to help make DIALOG the best place it can be, to enable DIALOGers and DIALOG to have a positive impact in the built environment and in our communities. As the Head of HR / People, I lead a team of 6 covering all things People-related including strategy, talent acquisition, internal communications, compensation and rewards, performance, learning, and development. Advocate and champion for values and culture, and diversity, equity, and inclusion. DIALOG is a purpose-driven professional services practice of approximately 600 people operating virtually and hybrid from studios in San Francisco, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, and Toronto, and is co-owned by 50+ Partners in architecture, engineering
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    Director Human Resources - Digital Hub
    Jan 2018 - Jan 2019 (1 year 1 month)
    Canada Life is one of those amazing cultures where it feels like one big 'community'. The people are incredible and their purpose is so 'Canadian'. The company and leaders care about your wellbeing, and take a vested interest in your growth. My role was to lead the buildout and growth Digital Labs People programs and scaling the Labs as they expand and develop as the key digital products hub. Lead the integration of Labs and the Digital Hub, and reorganizing of Digital Marketing, Measurement, Brand, and Innovation teams. Lead people programs and change across the broad portfolio, providing leadership guidance and coaching to shape the culture and people capability. Lead the team with an Agile mindset, customer centricity, and a continuous i
  • 247.ai
    VP, Head of Human Resources & Talent
    247.ai
    Jan 2016 - Jan 2018 (2 years 1 month)
    Reporting to Global Head of HR. Scope: 1,200 employees globally (US, Canada, India, UK, Sweden, Australia); SaaS; Artificial Intelligence Chatbot; customer engagement software; backed by Sequoia Capital. Lead the People function for Canada; Head of North American / EMEA & APAC Talent Acquisition; and, Global HR business partner for the Professional Services organization (Cognitive Technology & Innovations Center) encompassing development and delivery, data sciences, interaction design, and customer project management, in San Jose, California, US; Toronto, Canada; and Bangalore, India. Scope included shaping culture, and designing and driving talent acquisition, branding, talent programs, compensation and benefit strategy and design, program
  • Just Energy
    Director, People & Culture (Human Resources)
    Just Energy
    Jan 2008 - Jan 2016 (8 years 1 month)
    Reporting to the U.S. SVP HR, I was the Head of HR for Canada and lead several centralized functions. I operated as a 'hands on' leader, including North American talent acquisition, candidate experience, onboarding, total rewards, talent management, full spectrum systems / HRMS implementation and integration and operations, metrics / analytics, KPIs, employee relations, culture development, business partnering, and payroll. Lead North American Talent Acquisition, scaling the company from 600 to 1,200 in multiple US and Canadian regions. This included scaling the recruiting team and attraction strategies, technology, metrics, and recruiting outsourcing strategies (RPO) for regional call centers. Reduced $1M+ recruiting costs; scaled 300+ hir
  • BMO Financial Group
    Senior HR Business Partner & Program Manager (Technology & Operations)
    BMO Financial Group
    Jan 2001 - Jan 2008 (7 years 1 month)
    Held Senior HR partner and project manager roles with technology and operations teams, for design /implementation of business / people initiatives related to culture and change management, organizational design and effectiveness, communications, staffing and retention, employee relations, and talent management. A few specifics include: HR Partner and change manager for Six Sigma / Lean program to consolidate after-sales operations groups to create efficiencies and shareholder value, while supporting the transition to a high-performance culture. Managed the integration of 400+ employees through a comprehensive change plan including organization-wide job evaluation, organizational redesign, total compensation review, and the transition of sys
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    Talent Acquisition Specialist & HR Generalist
    ePod.com (SaaS Software & Internet Marketing)
    Jan 2000 - Jan 2001 (1 year 1 month)
    ePod.com, a trail blazing SaaS / Internet advertising software startup, raised $18M from firms such as XDL Capital, Brand Equity Partners, U.S. Trust & Macromedia and was eventually acquired by Lycos in 2001, and shuttered. It was an amazing opportunity to build a creative team and tight knit culture. Reporting into the Director, HR as Recruitment Lead to build up the team including software developers, QA, services, sales, business development, marketing, executive, and media production positions from employee to executive level. This was my first exposure to developing and executing a talent acquisition strategy and exceeding objectives, achieving 230
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  • Lakehead University
    Commerce
    Lakehead University
  • Confederation College
    HR Management, Human Resources, HR Management
    Confederation College