#01_introductions

Hello everyone -
Greetings from Germany. I am living in Munich but was born and raised in Berlin. I am married, and have a son (8 years). Professionally you find me in the HR, People and Talent space. I am an HR Executive with many years in SW business. I have experience in helping growth & scale up organizations - especially those in transition from one to the other. The majority of my career I spent at Red Hat (SW vendor with an open source development model) where I led EMEA HR and its open source culture to grow and scale from 250 ppl to 8500 ppl.
My topics stretch from scaling culture, scaling an organization, managing diverse talent and business landscapes, hiring, comp & ben, business advisory, compliance, transformation & change, M&A, leadership advisory and employer branding to name a few.
Last I was the CHRO working with a Private Equity company on 2 European Portfolio companies and their founders post acquisition (which is a very new territory for the founders and challenged them in a very new way - happy to share lessons learned if interested)

What I'm working on
Helping growth and scale up companies as Advisory Board member - currently attending Board certification training and learning alot about value of having an Advisory Board, the work and the impact Boards can provide.

How can I help
Help answer questions on building Healthy and Open organizations from the start - culture & values, team structures, leadership teams, scaling an org, how to marry people and business needs from the start
International expansions on HR topics (lets openly address geopolitical/political threats and opportunities also) in particular expanding into EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa)
M&A advice: pre and post merger advisory in due diligence and integration efforts
Support in VC funding process on HR, People and leadership topics
Building robust Leadership teams: help maneuver founders and CEOs on how to scale as a leader, how to delegate and enable others to drive accountability across an organization
Everything People & HR: provide highlevel advice, sparring and mentorship to Founders, CEOs on general HR and People topics
Here to listen when you need s.o. to vent to for just a moment - being a founder and CEO can be tough and at times can feel lonely. Am here for you when you need some time being just yourself and need a safe and trusted environment to talk.

Why I joined Gildre
Being an entrepreneur is a bold and admirable decision but such an important contribution to innovation and helping our society thrive. Not always does a founder have access to funds to get all the support and expertise along the journey. As an Open Source evangelist I support the idea of Gildre to bring a community together, share best practices and support each other. I will be glad if I can make a contribution to some of your success stories and learnings.

Look forward to connecting:
linkedin.com/in/dunja-heinrich-mba-061a131