Laurie has more than 20 years of experience in various human resources leadership roles in both start-up and large company environments.
As a member of the Portfolio Success team, Laurie serves as a strategic business partner to a wide variety of Norwest portfolio companies. Laurie advises portfolio executives on best practices around HR policies and programs, planning and infrastructure, and compliance guidance. She also collects and provides industry and portfolio company benchmarks for managing the people side of each portfolio company’s unique organization.
Before joining Norwest, Laurie was the director of HR services at a venture-backed technology start-up company. In this role, she led the development and delivery of a comprehensive suite of products and services including benefits, payroll, training, and consulting. Earlier, Laurie was a human capital consultant at TriNet HR, and spent 12 years at Accenture, most recently as the Director of HR for Northern California.
Laurie holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and business administration from Kalamazoo College and a graduate certificate in executive coaching.
Laurie has more than 20 years of experience in various human resources leadership roles in both start-up and large company environments.
As a member of the Portfolio Success team, Laurie serves as a strategic business partner to a wide variety of Norwest portfolio companies. Laurie advises portfolio executives on best practices around HR policies and programs, planning and infrastructure, and compliance guidance. She also collects and provides industry and portfolio company benchmarks for managing the people side of each portfolio company’s unique organization.
Before joining Norwest, Laurie was the director of HR services at a venture-backed technology start-up company. In this role, she led the development and delivery of a comprehensive suite of products and services including benefits, payroll, training, and consulting. Earlier, Laurie was a human capital consultant at TriNet HR, and spent 12 years at Accenture, most recently as the Director of HR for Northern California.
Laurie holds a bachelor’s degree in economics and business administration from Kalamazoo College and a graduate certificate in executive coaching.
Egg collector at a big commercial egg farm
What was your favorite job?I spent a year and a half living in San Juan, Puerto Rico helping to implement the centralized accounting system for the government of the Commonwealth.
What is something that people may not know about you?I started my career as a software engineer, following in the footsteps of my maternal grandfather, who taught the first programming class (in COBOL) at San Jose State University.
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