LaFawn Davis's Email Addresses & Phone Numbers

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Advisory Board Member @ Lesbians Who Tech + Allies | Queer. Inclusive. Badass. San Francisco Bay AreaGlobal Head of Culture & Inclusion @ Twilio Inc. From March 2017 to June 2019 (2 years 4 months) San Francisco Bay AreaVice President of Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging @ Indeed.com San Francisco Bay AreaSenior Manager, Employee Engagement & Experience @ Yahoo! Communications partner to business leaders and senior executives to lead employee-focused cultural change and break-through strategies to drive engagement. Executed the design, development and implementation of global engagement and experience programs; tracked success metrics to address each program's impact. Designed and delivered strategic communications for complex, high impact global HR initiatives for 12,000+ Yahoos globally. Provided best practice and proven tools to support Yahoo initiatives such people manager effectiveness, performance management, recruitment, diversity, career development and process/system change. From July 2013 to September 2014 (1 year 3 months) Sunnyvale, CAHR Business Partner, Diversity & Inclusion @ Google Served as a strategic business partner to senior leadership focused on a broad-based and transformational talent agenda designed to recruit, develop and retain the very best innovative talent in the business. Directed in-depth research into diversity best practices/initiatives; utilized the same to craft HR strategic planning. Built strong cross-functional teams and continually explored new avenues for growth. Oversaw initiatives from start to finish (including concept, design, launch, and reporting)—tracked progress and utilize findings to strengthen policies. Managed strategic efforts to ensure Google’s workforce of 37,000+ accurately reflected the diverse nature of its global user base. From September 2009 to July 2013 (3 years 11 months) Mountain View, CAProgram Manager, Talent & Outreach Programs @ Google Led recruitment, pipeline development, and partnership-building campaigns at leading educational, civil rights, and public interest organizations, including 105 Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). Consulted closely with academic institutions to set goals and create dynamic curriculum tailored to Google’s recruitment needs. Served as a public facing diversity point-of-contact for Google; spoke at numerous high-level conferences and strategic planning events. Advocated advancement of ethnicity/gender/LGBT diversity inclusion within talent outreach. Met regularly with stakeholders to assess needs and craft mutually beneficial strategies. From July 2007 to September 2009 (2 years 3 months) Mountain View, CAPrograms Specialist, University Alumni Relations @ Google Headed comprehensive outreach programs, targeting alumni organizations throughout the country. Drove the use of Google platforms to organize/mobilize membership bases. Met with clients to analyze goals; identified best practices to achieve those goals and managed implementation of the same. Individualized plans to best meet the needs of disparate organizations. Established benchmarks and reported on ROI to senior management. Created processes that identified and recruited outstanding alumni candidates for employment at Google. Oversaw full lifecycle of multiple high-level programs concurrently. From July 2005 to July 2007 (2 years 1 month) Mountain View, CAChief of Staff, Office of the Vice President @ Analog Devices Recruited, trained, and supervised employees. Led training programs in new technologies. Managed day-to-day operations. Generated in-depth Business Sensing report, thoroughly analyzing competition throughout Silicon Valley and examining business drivers. Oversaw over 6,500 employees. From 2002 to 2005 (3 years) San Jose, CAManager, Operations & Claims @ Forever Able, Inc. Generated operational and financial reports and facilitated analysis for the CEO office. Produced proposals, marketing materials, client/staff presentations, and training manuals. Processed insurance claims as the liason between the company and the client for 8 locations. Created customer relations database increasing follow-up and resolution by 3X. From 2001 to 2002 (1 year) San Jose, CAEngineering Project Manager @ QuinStreet Managed project milestones from development through testing and launched the first full production e-commerce client. Developed technical specifications by using client-approved business requirements and facilitating meetings with the development and data groups. Managed implementation expectations for enterprise clients including quality assurance testing and “push” to production. From 2000 to 2001 (1 year) Redwood City, CAOperations Manager @ Searchbutton.com Provided thought-leadership to the overall business operational strategy in partnership with the COO. Generated operations and financial reporting to provide the CEO cabinet with visibility. Managed IT staff of 5 desktop support employees. Facilitated employee training of internal tools. From 2000 to 2000 (less than a year) Mountain View, CAProject Manager @ RealNames Corporation Proposed business technology solutions for Product Marketing and gathered functional business requirements from internal organizations. Coordinated teams to identify and clarify key deliverables and developed project timelines to ensure deployment schedules. Evaluated departmental processes and procedures to ensure optimal productivity. From 1999 to 2000 (1 year) San Carlos, CaBusiness Systems Analyst @ Providian Financial Performed business analysis by developing proposals, functional requirements and technical specifications. Liaison between the “user” community and engineers to ensure that the change management process was communicated efficiently and effectively. Coordinated systems/marketing projects from initiation to implementation. Created user and training documentation for collections and customer service, time schedules, project and test plans. Facilitated training for 200 operators across remote sites. From 1996 to 1999 (3 years) San Francisco, CADirector, Global Employee Communications @ eBay Inc Global communications leader on the core team to separate eBay and PayPal into two independent companies. Pure communications work and strategic consulting with HR, Legal and Finance teams. Designed and delivered communications for complex, high impact global initiatives that advanced eBay Inc.'s employee value proposition. Thought partner to subject-matter experts and senior executives to lead cultural change and break-through strategies to drive engagement for 34,000 employees. eBay and PayPal separated in July 2015. Managed strategic executive and functional communication for the HR, Legal, Corporate Affairs, Social Innovation and Comms/Brand teams for PayPal for four months. Built communications and engagement strategies for critical strategic initiatives; Consulted with insights to influence and evolve content creation -- all with the employees in mind. From October 2014 to September 2015 (1 year) San Jose, CaliforniaGlobal Head of Culture & Inclusion @ PayPal Strategic leader on cultural change to bring PayPal into its next chapter as an independent publicly traded company, including driving core work around PayPal's inclusion and diversity narrative, programs and policies for 18,000+ employees in over 60 offices worldwide. Elevated core values of collaboration, innovation, wellness, and inclusion through creative methods of education, inspiration and employee engagement. From October 2015 to February 2017 (1 year 5 months) San Jose