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Jeff is a seasoned executive with more than 20 years of experience in the human resources (HR) field. Jeff is as a strategic consultant to many high growth progressive Pre IPO software companies across the globe including Calendly, ConsumerAffairs.com, and Logz.io. He serves as a Board member and/or advisor to several cutting edge companies including Behavox, Impraise, Logikull, Sapling, and SmartRecruiters. Jeff is also a Portfolio Advisor to OpenView Venture Partners.

Prior to this, Jeff was the Chief People Officer at Atlassian. He was responsible for HR, Real Estate, Employee Experience, and Shared Services worldwide. Jeff was instrumental in driving a successful IPO and growth agenda over four years enabling Atlassian to go from 300 team members and $100M in revenue to 2000+ and over $600M in revenue and a market cap of more the $6B during his tenure. Prior to joining Atlassian in 2012, Jeff was CPO at SuccessFactors, an SAP company, where he built the company’s HR function, led a series of key initiatives to produce more than $25 million in savings, helped drive an innovative product improvement strategy and best practice sharing with customers worldwide, and doubled the company’s salesforce with a record- breaking 600 new hires in one year. Previously, Jeff was Chief HR Officer at Safeco, a personal insurance company, where he made the largest overhaul to the company's rewards program in its’ history and designed a progressive talent management agenda to support a new high growth market expansion business strategy. Jeff has held various HR leadership roles at Microsoft, General Electric and Bell South. Jeff is a Six Sigma BlackBelt and holds a Master’s degree in Sociology from the University of South Carolina-Columbia, and a Master’s degree in HR management from the Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina.