In their words.
More than 60 people have written recommendations over my career — C-suite operators, leaders I partnered with, and people I hired as interns who now run functions of their own. A selection below; the full set is on LinkedIn.
Brad embodies what every business leader wants and needs, but rarely gets: a business oriented, progressive and strategic HR leader, who generates cogent perspective on both people issues and business issues, and makes a real difference in achieving results. Brad is wonderful to work with as a leader, an advisor, a coach and a champion.”
Marcello Mastioni — COO, Loadsmart & Altisource · Expedia, HomeAway, Vrbo
Brad is a renaissance-style Chief People Officer. Add on an open and inquisitive nature which helps him bring new technologies and protocols to the work of People Operations. Top it off with a strong business and analytic orientation and you have an unmatched business partner. I now have a new appreciation (and expectations) of the value a great CPO can bring to a business.”
Joshua Steffan — SVP & Group General Manager, Porch Group · Interim President, Floify
Limiting Brad to simply being an HR Professional greatly undermines the value he is capable of delivering. Brad has a unique capability to assess all aspects — People, Operations, Financials — of a business challenge and bring strategic thought and solutions well outside of ‘just’ the HR space.”
Jim Vaca — Operations Management · Banking · SaaS · MBA
Brad is an HR executive that is a creative problem solver that uses his strategic mindset and deep personal relationships to solve complex business challenges. He does an excellent job engaging with his C level team, partnering with them to drive impactful programs that drove bottom line results.”
Aileen Black — President, Government & Public Sector, Groq · formerly SVP Sales & Executive Team, Collibra
In Collibra’s 2021 sales planning cycle, we partnered together to deliver sales territories, coverage models, and quotas within record speed. Brad is way more than an HR leader. He’s a trusted advisor and a mission-critical asset to any organization.”
Tony Hung — Director of Field Operations, Collibra
Brad is not your typical senior HR executive. He is strategic, dynamic, a game changer and ideal leader for a fast moving and aggressively growing organization.”
Helen X. — GTM Partner at AWS · formerly Head of Public Sector Channel and Alliances, Collibra
The best trait of Brad is that he is capable of balancing the people team’s obligation to represent the company’s interest while doing what is best for the employee base. Especially for high growth, fast changing companies, Brad is an incredible asset.”
Koen Van Duyse — Collibra · GCP · AWS · Azure
He often helped me solve complex problems that are usually way beyond the typical HR executive.”
Brian Simon — Senior Vice President, First Savings Bank
His most valuable and unique quality is his ability to see patterns and make connections that many others aren’t able to see — and to develop and execute plans around those insights.”
Dan Maloney — Strategic Sales Leader
He brought to every conversation a clear POV, but was open to hearing others’ opinions and truly integrated those into very thoughtful and engaging actions. His approachable leadership style allows for honest dialogue but decisive action, which is something every company needs.”
BrieAnn Osgood — Senior Executive Communications Manager, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
With his leadership, we have successfully implemented many transformational initiatives — OKRs, re-envisioning Rewards, re-launching Performance Management to a more progressive impact measure rather than performance measure. I highly recommend him both as a leader to work with and a CHRO for any org that wants to transform its HR function.”
Anil Santhapuri — HR Top 40 Under 40 · Learning Leader, CGI
His ability to tie people practices directly to financial impact on the business utilizing data and analytics was one of the many things Brad taught me — and it totally changed how I approach every new initiative.”
Lissa Bowen — Talent Acquisition & Talent Management Leader
The future of HR will require a transformative leader who is capable of shifting mindsets, focus, operating models and enablers. Brad delivers in all.”
Mak Kishun, Ed.D. — Sr. Regional Director of Training Delivery, Transcom Worldwide
One of the biggest skill sets I learned from Brad was being focused on analytics and business results versus the classic approach when it comes to talent acquisition and learning.”
Aziz Khetani — Manager, Learning Operations, Frontdoor
As expected there were some bumps along the way in a new program — Brad handled every problem with grace and professionalism. Every time something went wrong, Brad was able to turn it into a learning lesson for us all.”
Jamie Rosenberg — Consultant, Boston Consulting Group (interned for Brad at Adcap)