“Her knowledge, experience, emotional intelligence, and people skills are unmatched…I couldn’t imagine winning without her help.” –Dennis Segers, Chairman of the Board at Xilinx, Inc
Chris has enjoyed a rewarding career as a Human Resources executive, working primarily in technology companies in Silicon Valley. Chris started out at Intel where she held a variety of positions during a time of explosive growth. Other corporate experience included Computervision Corp, Veritas Software, Xilinx, Inc., and Tabula, Inc.
In addition to being an executive in large, small and start-up companies, Chris has run her own consulting business for 10 years. She has engaged with a diverse cross-section of senior management teams in a variety of tech industries. The focus of her business is providing coaching and consulting expertise for boards, executives and other senior leaders.
Chris has enjoyed a rewarding career as a Human Resources executive, working primarily in technology companies in Silicon Valley. Chris started out at Intel where she held a variety of positions during a time of explosive growth. Other corporate experience included Computervision Corp, VeritasSoftware, Xilinx, Inc., and Tabula, Inc. In her various executive and consulting roles, Chris has collaborated with and coached executive and senior management teams to develop their leadership skills, and to create company cultures that have produced high levels of achievement.
She was an executive at several companies holding the position of Vice President, Human Resources. During her tenure at Xilinx, Inc., Chris and her team lead the company through an innovative process for identifying and reinforcing desirable attributes and values that served as underpinnings for a strong culture, earning the company notoriety being placed in the top 15 of Fortune magazine’s 100 Best Companies to Work For feature, for 5 consecutive years.
Chris has always built meaningful relationships with business leaders including consultation on organizational issues, and coaching leaders in their own development. Having been a senior leader, and worked as a team member with many others, she has the unique perspective of having been in their shoes.
In addition to being an executive in large, small and start-up companies, Chris has run her own consulting business for 10 years. She has engaged with a diverse cross-section of senior management teams in a variety of tech industries. The focus of her business is providing coaching and consulting expertise for boards, executives and other senior leaders.
Chris obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in Social Science from the University of Santa Clara. She currently serves on the Board of Fellows at Santa Clara.◆
“Building and shaping a winning corporate culture is a team sport.
Much is made of the “shadow of the leader” and, indeed, the importance of the CEO’s role in establishing the tone and setting the foundational examples of culture cannot be overstated. However, the CEO, or any corporate leader, needs skilled and aligned help.
Skills in working throughout all levels and functional groups within an organization to coach and listen.
Help with objective assessment and feedback to identify gaps between espoused values and team action and recommend course correction or organization development efforts necessary to shape the desired results; sometimes holding a mirror before key leaders to deliver necessary but constructive feedback that not all of the shadow being cast is as it should be.
Chris is all of this and more. Her knowledge, experience, emotional intelligence, and people skills are unmatched. Having had the good fortune of teaming with Chris during some of my most challenging leadership roles, I couldn’t imagine winning without her help.”
– Dennis Segers, Chairman of the Board at Xilinx, Inc
“Chris has the uncanny ability to zero in on actions that allow leaders and their teams to deliver results. She’s pragmatic and wise when it comes to working with leaders at all levels”
– Peg Wynn, Principal at Winning by Design
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