Our Core Truths: Transformative Expertise
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Prioritize People
Lead with empathy. Listen first. Speak clearly and kindly. Honor others' experiences.
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Grow Together
Seek, share, and devour new research and experiences. Make space for new insights. Have grace for mistakes. Nurture each others’ growth. Challenge our assumptions.
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Own Our Actions
Positively impact employees, customers, and the community. Be transparent. Celebrate wins. Own our mistakes and then do better.
Meet our team
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Kent Radford
Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder
Kent is a serial entrepreneur and has held almost every C-suite position with 20+ years of legal experience. As a lawyer, he never experienced transformative HR. At a previous early stage company, he experienced the impact of proactive, strategic approaches to HR that made the entire organization better. Alotten was born from Kent's experience of wanting others to experience strategic HR that supports people and culture. LinkedIn
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Aaron Trull
General Manager & Co-Founder
Aaron is a serial HR leader who spent more than a decade of his career with technology leaders, including Dell, AMD, and Hewlett-Packard. Aaron was then an HR exec at Bazaarvoice, where he learned the power of Peter Drucker's quote, "Culture eats strategy for breakfast" before becoming the Chief HR Officer for DISCO through their IPO. His philosophy is to leave companies better than we found them through every engagement. LinkedIn
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Melissa Pearson
Chief Legal Officer
Melissa is a seasoned legal and HR executive with over 20 years of experience. She has a proven track record of working creatively to provide strategic and practical advice to scale effectively, mitigate risk, and achieve key business goals, including IPOs and other complex transactions. She has been the Chief Legal Officer of public and private companies, including DISCO and HomeAway, and has led international HR organizations as the Chief People Officer. Melissa also has large law firm experience, as she began her career in the corporate group at DLA. LinkedIn
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Monty Schmidt
Chief Technology Officer
Monty founded the media company Sonic Foundry and served as President and CTO in its growth from 1 person to IPO. He has led a variety of companies tech efforts as CTO in the FinTech, CyberSecurity, and Healthcare industries prior to joining Alotten as CTO. LinkedIn
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Philippa Strelitz
Chief People Officer & Head of Executive Coaching
Philippa brings over 20 years experience as a PhD trained corporate anthropologist. She has provided strategic guidance to leaders and teams in diverse industries from health care and tech, to manufacturing and higher education. She's seen firsthand the business results that come from nourishing critical competencies like agility, resilience, and change leadership. LinkedIn
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Graham Pionkowski
Head of Customer & HR Technology
Graham is an organizational psychologist and HR technology enthusiast who brings a breadth of experience as a talent leader and consultant delivering HR tech services. Graham's unique perspective as an HR practitioner and experience as a client success leader at innovative HR tech platforms such as Lever and Degreed put him in a unique position to support clients with holistic talent strategies and technology transformations. LinkedIn
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Michelle Milberger
HR Strategist
Michelle is an HR leader with 10+ years of HR Ops, Talent Management, and Business Partner experience, spanning established global semiconductor manufacturing through to early stage SaaS startups. She helps companies establish people priorities, talent strategy, and a culture of belonging, growth, and innovation. Her goal is to ensure organizations are aligned to achieve their strategic vision. LinkedIn
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Jason Largent
Head of Total Rewards
Jason is a Total Rewards leader with over 25 years of experience directly managing compensation, benefits, and recognition programs at both public and private companies. He has designed and executed all facets of global compensation programs, transitioning PEO relationships, and navigating compensation and benefits changes in preparation to move from public to private or for an IPO. LinkedIn
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Stephanie Webb
Head of Leadership & Learning
Stephanie is a former Big Four management consultant with deep experience in leadership, talent development, performance, and engagement. She has built and scaled Learning & Development functions for growth companies, and is a creative and talented learning designer, facilitator and coach. Passionate about making best-in-class programs accessible to any size company, she and her team partner closely with our clients to customize and deliver practical, impactful solutions. LinkedIn
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Buck Bracey
Head of Business Development & Social Impact
Buck's experience as the founder of the philanthropic arm of a prior company back in 2017 became the catalyst for his career change into corporate social responsibility. He believes that every company regardless of size, industry, or financials should have a philanthropic component, due to the positives for employees, the company, and the community. Buck is also a contributor and board member for numerous nonprofits. LinkedIn
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Will Portales
Senior Recruiter
Will has over 25 years experience supporting Fortune 500 and start up companies as a senior recruiter. He's a proven talent acquisition specialist skilled at identifying client needs and providing the necessary talent pool for the customer to deliver and grow. LinkedIn
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Glenda Avila
HR Consultant
Glenda brings a wealth of HR operations, compensation and benefits, as well as policy creation and compliance. She has experience working in both small tech startups and global teams in the energy industry. She is skilled at identifying opportunities for improvement and customizing the approach for the client. LinkedIn
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Rin Mouton
HR Consultant
Rin leverages her master's degree in Industrial Organizational Psychology to help managers, senior leaders, and executives make data-driven decisions with strategically aligned HR processes rooted in research. She's passionate about strategically aligning and advancing measurable goals, analyzing data to evaluate organizational assumptions, nourishing relationships, and helping organizations elevate their impact on employees and their communities. LinkedIn
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Colleen Hedges
HR Consultant
Colleen's multi-faceted background is powered by her talent in project management. She is skilled at both jumping in to build new programs and experienced in enhancing existing offerings. Colleen has HR generalist, content creation, and manager coaching expertise that she brings to our clients. LinkedIn
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Bridget Davidson
HR Consultant
Bridget began her career in college and international recruiting at Walt Disney World. That training and customer focus oriented her to the importance of employee and candidate experience. She has worked in higher education and the tech industry, with an emphasis on talent acquisition, program management, pipeline building, client success, and employee engagement. LinkedIn
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Elli Knowlton
HR Consultant
Elli brings purpose and leadership to her work, whether researching workplace well-being through a global lens, leading employees through an unexpected crisis, or facilitating learning experiences at Alotten. With an academic background in Sociology and Psychology, she strives to help clients achieve healthier work environments by shifting the focus towards employee behavior and relations. She is an integral part of our Leadership & Learning team as well as the Recruiting Services team at Alotten. LinkedIn