JoAnne Taylor

Professional Summary Extensive HR background includes more than 18 years of experience across multiple industries ranging from start-ups and Fortune 500 companies in the Silicon Valley. JoAnne has in-depth experience leading organizational transformations, driving large scale global change, M&A, and global Human Resource leadership. Currently JoAnne is responsible for designing and branding the US and Corporate Human Resource function to ensure global scalability, efficiency, and agility. Education BA Sociology, San Jose State University 2003 MBA, Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley 2006 Professional Experience NetSuite Inc, San Mateo, CA November 2013 to Present World’s leading provider of cloud-based business management software. Director, Business and Corporate Human Resources Royal Philips, Foster City, CA January 2009 to November 2013 Healthcare imaging and workflow software. Global Director, Business Human Resources Abbott Laboratories, Santa Clara, CA May 2006 to January 2009 Senior Manager, Business Human Resources Guidant Corporation, Santa Clara, CA April 2002 to May 2006 Manager, Business Human Resources

I am passionate about developing high performing leaders and designing and leading high performance organizations.

Every leader should act like a mini-GM and CFO. Hire only the best and always hire your replacement, treat every dollar like it's coming from your wallet/purse, and invest early in the non-sexy infrastructure needed to do this; don't wait until infrastructure is unavoidable and then try to "catch up".

Global Management, Human Rescources and Employee Development, Leadership Organizational Development, M&A Due Diligence, M&A Integration, Organizational effectiveness

I started my career in HR during the the dot com era in the Silicon Valley. At the time I was unsure if I would stay in HR given during the "bust" I seemed to be fumbling my way through a lay off every quarter. I eventually moved to a large, more stable company and discovered the joys of working with large HR teams with actual budgets, and the true growth potential of the field. I decided to go back to school and get my MBA as I learned quickly that to truly be an effective business partner (an emerging concept) , I would need to know the language. Once I had my MBA from Berkeley I found my options became endless. During my career I've worked as a "one woman" HR team at small start up companies and I've worked at companies with 120,000 global employees. I love working in HR, it affords me the opportunity to work with all walks of people and through every interaction potentially impact their professional lives in a positive, lasting way.

People don't know I am good at urban farming - in my personal life I have a small flock of chickens and I love to can fruit from my fruit trees.