Tessa L. Humeniak

Tessa L. Humeniak

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Interim Head of Talent & People
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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Starting at USD140k/year
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Starting at USD75/hour
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  • Cuesta Partners
    Head of People & Talent (Interim)
    Cuesta Partners
    Jul 2025 - Dec 2025 (6 months)
    Report to co-founder/CEO as interim executive leader for People & Talent.Designed contractor-to-W2 conversion policy with compliance guardrails, protecting against multi-state risk and ensuring scalability.Built firmwide interview training (Associate → Practice Lead) that reduced candidate drop-off by 20% and aligned hiring practices across leadership.Partnered with executives on workforce planning, performance management, and compliance audits to strengthen org readiness.Delivered executive-level reporting on retention, hiring velocity, and compliance risk for board visibility.
  • Cuesta Partners
    Executive Consultant & Coach (Sabbatical Period)
    Cuesta Partners
    Apr 2024 - Jul 2025 (1 year 4 months)
    Advised startup founders and People leaders on workforce planning, compliance frameworks, and recruiting strategy.Designed People Ops playbooks and guided contract-to-W2 conversions, ATS implementations, and performance frameworks.Balanced consulting with family support responsibilities, continuing professional development in HR strategy, Al in People Ops, and compliance.
  • Particle Health
    Head of Talent Acquisition & Onboarding
    Particle Health
    Jul 2022 - Apr 2024 (1 year 10 months)
    Recruited as first senior Talent leader to build TA and onboarding from scratch; advised CEO and department heads on hiring strategy and workforce planning.Implemented Greenhouse + Rippling integration, reducing time-to-fill by 35% and improving retention by 33%.Partnered on senior hires across Clinical, Product, and G&A; advised on comp, leveling, and succession.Built an employer brand strategy that increased top-of-funnel volume by 45%.Established compliance and policy frameworks, enabling the company to meet SOC2 standards and investor diligence requirements.
  • Rollbar
    Senior Manager, Global Talent Acquisition & Onboarding
    Rollbar
    Jan 2020 - Jul 2022 (2 years 7 months)
    Owned global Talent function across U.S. and Europe during Series B→C growth; supported headcount scaling to 100+.Strategic advisor to C-suite on global hiring, DEI outcomes, and organizational design.Managed workforce planning across Engineering, Product, GTM, and G&A; aligned hiring with revenue priorities and operational capacity.Built global People Ops policies, interview training, and DEI sourcing strategies; drove 99% offer acceptance rate.Implemented real-time analytics dashboards for executive decision-making.
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    Senior Recruiting Lead
    Peapod Digital Labs
    Feb 2018 - Jan 2020 (2 years)
    Served as the senior recruiting lead for the digital transformation arm of Ahold Delhaize, reporting to senior leadership and partnering with VP/Director stakeholders.Directed hiring strategy for Engineering, Product, and G&A roles to support large-scale digital innovation.Revamped onboarding journey, introducing structured 30-60-90 day plans that improved 90-day retention by 33%.Instituted sourcing and operational strategies that reduced time-to-fill by 18% and lowered agency spend.Provided executive-level workforce insights and market intelligence to inform hiring velocity and organizational design.
  • Uber
    Technical Recruiter
    Uber
    Jan 2017 - Jan 2018 (1 year 1 month)
    Hired 200+ technical/operational roles during hyper-growth phases.Maintained 92%+ offer acceptance rate; introduced structured hiring frameworks reducing bias and turnover.
  • SAC Wireless
    TA Specialist
    SAC Wireless
    Jan 2014 - Jan 2016 (2 years 1 month)
    Hired 200+ technical/operational roles during hyper-growth phases.Maintained 92%+ offer acceptance rate; introduced structured hiring frameworks reducing bias and turnover.
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  • University of illinois
    BS, Psychology
    University of illinois
    Aug 2009 - Dec 2013 (4 years 5 months)
    Urbana, IL
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    MBA, Human Resource Management
    Loyola University
    Feb 2014 - May 2016 (2 years 4 months)
    Chicago, IL