Introducing The Delta Cohort Guest Instructors

The application deadline for the Delta Cohort is Friday, January 21st, 2022.

One of my favorite aspects of the Amplify Accelerator cohorts is bringing in world-class people operators from my network as guest instructors to share their deep expertise with the students.

I'm thrilled to announce the next group of world-class guest instructors who will be joining us for the Delta Cohort. They'll be sharing their expertise via a presentation and answering all of the students’ questions in a live AMA during the course.

Introducing the Delta Cohort Guest Instructors

Q has been the global head of people operations at Airbnb since 2018 where he has been responsible for the strategic vision, build-out and execution of Airbnb’s first dedicated People & Talent Operations function to amplify the employee experiences across the entire lifecycle, globally.

He has led numerous critical programs at Airbnb including global IPO readiness and compliance efforts, contingent workforce programs, pandemic responses, workforce restructuring and operationalizing future of work programs globally.In addition to his professional career across various industries and company sizes ranging from pre-seed to late stage firms, Q is a startup mentor, angel investor and advisor for numerous startups and accelerator programs at PeopleTech Partners, Hacking HR, Workplace Accelerator, and a board member at Roleshare & Key International Foundation. He brings a unique perspective from each of his experiences to be a creative people & business leader.

His love for music and film, comes with a passion to support aspiring artists and led him to start a record label. His desire to continuously learn also led him to earn a live sound engineering certification, enabling him to set up audio for live concerts and performances. He has executive produced 2 films, one of which has won numerous awards at global film festivals. His  fun fact is that he was a professional swimming & snooker champion in high school.

Bryan Power brings more than 20 years of human resources and talent acquisition experience to Nextdoor – most recently as Chief Human Resources Officer at Yahoo. Throughout his time at Yahoo, Bryan was responsible for leading the global People Team, serving more than 10,000 employees in 30 offices across the Americas, EMEA and APAC.

Prior to Yahoo, Bryan held a similar role at Square, successfully growing the company from 350 to 1600 employees, and ramping employee programs and HR infrastructure ahead of the company’s successful public offering in November 2015. Previous to Square, Bryan spent eight years at Google.

He is also a board member of Avenica, a U.S. recruiting firm that focuses on placing recent college graduates into entry-level career-track positions, as well as an advisor to a number of high growth tech companies in San Francisco.

Pat Wadors is the Chief Talent Officer & CHRO at Procore Technologies, headquartered in Carpinteria, CA. Pat oversees the Global Talent Organization and is responsible for supporting the company’s focus on employee experience and growth. Pat’s longtime focus on building healthy companies that scale, drives her vision to create amazing employee experiences for Procore’s people around the world.

Prior to joining Procore, Pat was the Chief Talent Officer of ServiceNow and before that, she was the Senior Vice President, Global Talent Organization at LinkedIn, where her focus was on recruiting and developing top talent, driving organizational transformation, supporting a highly engaged workforce, and growing LinkedIn’s global footprint. Pat also held human resources leadership positions at Plantronics, Yahoo!, Align Technology and Applied Materials, and currently serves on the boards of directors for Accolade and UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group).

Pat earned her B.S. in business management with a concentration in human resources management and a minor in psychology from Ramapo College of New Jersey.

Acknowledged as one of the Top 100 Minority Executives two years in a row, Rocki Howard is Chief People and Equity Officer at The Mom Project and host of the Voices of Diversity podcast. Rocki is a tenured talent acquisition strategist with Lean, Project Management, and HR certifications

She is a proud over 40, black, Christian wife and mom who prioritizes being a voice for the multiple dimensions of diversity. She is on a mission to help disrupt the intersection of diversity, recruitment, and inclusion to create high-performing inclusive work cultures.

She believes "If we change the lives of the historically excluded, we change the world.

Rocki has been featured in talent outlets such as HR Executive and ERE. In the past year, she has been featured on multiple podcasts including the Redefining HR Podcast, the Recruiting Daily Podcast*,* and The Pozcast with Adam Posner*,* and has been a featured presenter over 40 times on the topic of diversity including events such as SourceCon, HR Tech, TA Week, and the 2021 CandE's Virtual Conference.

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