Global People Executive · Culture & Governance Leader
I've rebuilt how a Fortune 500 company manages 70,000 people across 31 countries — and I report the results straight to the boardroom.
I've spent three decades building the people, culture, and governance infrastructure that multibillion-dollar companies run on — at Oracle, at Salesforce, and now on the global stage from Mexico City.
The Readiness Scorecard
What enterprise-scale people leadership actually requires.
This isn't an outside framework — it's the six markers search firms and boards most consistently probe for in a people-function leader, mapped against my own record.
6/6markers met, in my record.
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Enterprise scale
70,000+ employees, $31B+ revenue, 31 countries
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Governance fluency
Boardroom Bound Boardology™ Institute graduate; I report quarterly to the Board's Compensation & Audit Committees
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Global operating experience
I'm the senior-most HR executive for Latin America, based in Mexico City, leading people strategy for ~4,000 employees across six countries
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Technology-shift leadership
A career spanning green screens, the internet, Y2K, cloud, and now AI and agentic systems
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A leadership pipeline, not just a claim
I founded the Women's LEAD Development Program — active in 6 global regions
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Board-level standing
Habitat for Humanity board member since 2018; Executive Leadership Council sponsor
On stage at the Black Enterprise Women of Power Summit.
How I Lead
“Cindy runs people strategy the way a CFO runs the balance sheet — with accountability, transparency, and discipline.”
At Salesforce, I rebuilt Global Employee Relations from a transactional service into an insight-driven partner to the business — reporting workforce risk directly to the Board's Compensation and Audit Committees, and moving 20% of the company's 9,000 annual employee-relations cases to AI-driven resolution without losing the accountability the function is built on.
Signature Impact
Scale that speaks for itself.
70,000+
Employees across 31 countries under my global employee relations strategy at a $31B+ company
$6B
In annual R&D investment shaped through the 13 global CXO advisory boards I directed at Oracle
25%+
Year-over-year pipeline growth from the $15M global Account-Based Marketing function I built and led
6 Regions
Where my Women's LEAD Development Program now runs — alumni outperform company benchmarks on retention and promotion
Human or Agent? A lighthearted look at where the line actually falls.
Leading Through The Agentic Shift
I'm not just watching the AI transformation. I'm shaping the conversation around it.
I speak and moderate on how humans and AI agents work together inside the enterprise — from “Together: Humans + Agents at Work,” a panel alongside BCG X's Managing Director & Senior Partner, to Salesforce's internal AI Mastery Series on leading through the agentic era.
Leading Humans + Agents Together — my session for Salesforce's Trailblazing Women series.
It's the natural next chapter for me. I've already led people through every major technology inflection point of the last four decades — from green screens to the cloud, and now to agentic AI.
Career Snapshot
Four decades of technology change. One throughline.
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1988–2005
MCI WorldCom Communications
Western US Region Manager — sixteen years leading through the internet's arrival and Y2K.
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2005–2014
Oracle Corporation
Managing Director, Executive Forums, Global Customer Programs — directed 13 global CXO advisory boards influencing nearly $6B in annual R&D investment.
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2014–Present
Salesforce
Nine years, three promotions — from building a $15M growth function to leading employee relations for a 70,000-person global workforce.
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2014–2021
VP, Global Account-Based Marketing & Director, Global Executive Industry Advisory Boards
Built a $15M function that grew pipeline 25%+ YoY and launched Salesforce's first Industries Advisory Boards.
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2021–Present
SVP, Global Employee Relations
Promoted to rebuild the function into a global center of excellence for 83,000 employees across 32 countries.
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Current
Senior HR Executive, Latin America — Mexico City
Took on the expatriate assignment as the senior-most HR executive for the region, leading people strategy, organizational design, and talent for ~4,000 employees across six countries.
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2014–2021
Building Leaders
My record is in the people I've brought forward.
Women's LEAD Development Program — I founded it, and it now runs in all six Salesforce global regions.
Executive Equality Sponsor — I sit on Salesforce's Internal Equality Global Board, work that reaches 50,000+ employees.
Faculty — I teach in Salesforce's senior executive leadership program.
Executive Leadership Council — I'm a proud Salesforce Executive Sponsor of the ELC.
Global Impact
I've led people strategy on every continent.
Click a pin to explore each stop
More stops on the way — Latin America and Atlanta pins coming soon.
Executive Leadership
Speaking on the biggest stages — and building teams that reflect the world.
I've delivered a Fireside Chat on Executive Presence alongside Dame Inga Beale, and I bring that same directness to every stage I'm on — from LEAD and Equality events to keynotes that mix hard-won career lessons with the personal story behind them.
The teams I build reflect the markets I lead in. My work spans continents, and so do the people I hire, promote, and sponsor along the way.
Executive Leadership Council (ELC) — Salesforce Executive Sponsor
Black Enterprise Women of Power Summit
National Diversity & Leadership Conference (NDLC) Award
Disney Data & Analytics Conference — “Decoding the Black Box of Your Career”
About Me
I've spent three decades making sure the people living through technological change never got lost in it.
I started as a commercial executive in telecommunications in 1988 — the era of green screens. I've led through every shift since: the arrival of the internet, Y2K, the move to cloud, and now AI and agentic systems. At Oracle, I ran a portfolio of thirteen global CXO advisory boards shaping nearly $6B in R&D investment. At Salesforce, I built a $15M marketing function that grew pipeline 25%+ a year — then moved into the seat I hold today, rebuilding Global Employee Relations into a global center of excellence for 83,000 employees across 32 countries. Most recently, I took on an expatriate assignment in Mexico City, becoming the senior-most HR executive for Latin America — proof that thirty years in, I'm still choosing the harder, more global assignment.
I've spent my career building the infrastructure other people's careers grow inside of. I'm the mother of five and a grandmother, and I've lived the moves myself — California, Georgia, Florida, Mexico. The next Fortune 500 company I lead people for won't be the first place I've had to start over and build something real. It'll be the biggest.
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