Alexis Prieto

As the Head of People at Wayfinder, my goal is to support our talented employees in the work they are doing for our youth by removing barriers and creating equitable and exciting people programs within the organization.

As an agile and lean people leader at a Series A startup, I have built and lead their critical people systems from scratch including full-cycle recruitment and onboarding, performance management and recognition, organizational compensation philosophy and leveling, organizational communications standards, employee resource groups, and employee benefits and policies.

In partnership with our executive team, I work to establish and implement human resources policies and procedures, resolve employee relations disputes, provide executive coaching and strategic guidance, and increase retention for the organization.

Turing Labs is a Series A startup backed by Y-Combinator, Insight Partners, and few of the world's leading industry experts, aiming to provide a virtual product development platform to help consumer packaged goods companies develop fail-safe products in record time. As Turing's HR & Talent Consultant, I developed and implemented a high touch employee onboarding strategy for the organization.

99 Counties is an Iowa and Chicago based pre-seed startup backed by Google Ventures, OMERS Ventures, Union Labs Ventures and Supply Change Capital connecting consumers to local, regenerative farms.

As 99 Counties' HR & Talent Consultant, I developed and managed their HR & Talent function from the ground up which included:

• Recruitment
• Hiring Strategy
• Payroll & Benefits
• Company Policies & Employee Handbook
• Organizational Communication Strategy
• Employee Relations
• Executive Coaching

Founded in Santiago, Chile in 2019 with the Kaufmann Group as their primary investor, güil has been on a mission to help solve humanity's biggest challenges through the gaze of mobility by building startups that create impact-driven solutions, supporting and accelerating teams with our market expertise, and investing in early-stage ideas that will redefine our future. As güil's Talent Acquisition Consultant, I led the executive recruitment and hiring process for their CEO, Head of Innovation and Head of Investments positions.

TrustPoint's next generation software for construction portfolio management enables systematic visibility, personalized controls and preventive action. Their customers are industry leaders funding $ billions in US construction.

TrustPoint.AI is backed by leading VCs like Union Labs Ventures, successful founder angels and construction finance leaders. My role as TrustPoint 's HR & Talent Consultant was to lead their People Operations function by creating people processes to support their growing international team which included:

• Employee Engagement Solutions
• Compensation & Benefits
• Performance Management
• Training and Development, and
• Employment Practices

XRC Labs is a venture firm & startup accelerator investing in Pre-Seed to Series A startups in the retail tech, consumer goods and consumerization of healthcare sectors. My role as HR & Talent Consultant at XRC included driving their risk management, employee relations, executive coaching, talent acquisition, employee onboarding, employee handbook, total compensation and all other people decisions.

SmartHR is a boutique HR & Talent consulting firm which supports Y Combinator, Omers Ventures and Union Labs portfolio companies. While working closely with SmartHR's founder, I supported scalling startups in various tech focused industries including EdTech, FinTech, AgTech, InsurTech, AI, and Deep Tech. Our services at SmartHR were designed to support the entire employment lifecycle.

Founded in 1912, SIXT is a leading international provider of high-quality mobility services. With around 500 employees worldwide and products SIXT Rent, SIXT Share, SIXT Ride and SIXT+ they offer a uniquely integrated mobility service across the fields of car rental, car sharing, ride hailing and car subscriptions

I joined SIXT's International Management Program in 2014 when they first entered the US market with the intention to help them scale across the country. After completing the management program, I relocated to California and opened their first Los Angeles city location, and spent the next 6 years opening and developing branches throughout Northern and Southern California

My roles at SIXT included P&L management, recruitment, coaching & development, strategic partnerships, business development, legal negotiations, employee relations, organizational development and operating efficiency.