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Vicki Roan

Chief People Officer at Pontera

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Overview

Vicki Roan serves as Chief People Officer at Pontera[1][3]. Roan has held multiple leadership roles in high-growth venture-backed companies, including positions as VP of People and Operations at both Stylitics[7] and Influenster[8], as well as operational roles at Wheels spanning General Manager, Global Head of Launch, and VP Operations for North America[6][5][4]. Roan's background emphasizes scaling global teams across North America and EMEA, with experience in talent strategy, HR infrastructure, total rewards, organizational design, performance management, and leadership development[2]. Roan holds an MBA in Operations and Information Management from the Wharton School[11] and a BA in Economics from Columbia University[12].

Profile introduction
Source excerptLinkedIn [2]

The inflection points are where the work gets interesting - when a company hits 50 people and the informal culture starts to crack, when a team has doubled in 18 months and nobody's sure who owns what anymore. I'm a CPO with deep experience scaling global teams in high-growth, venture-backed companies. I've built People functions from scratch across North America and EMEA - spanning talent strategy, HR infrastructure, total rewards, org design, performance management, and leadership development. What tends to set me apart is the operator background. I've run market launches, managed P&Ls, a…

Career history

  1. Chief People OfficerNov 2021 to presentPontera
  2. VP Operations, North AmericaFeb 2020 to Mar 2021Wheels
  3. Global Head of LaunchSep 2019 to Feb 2020Wheels
  4. General ManagerApr 2019 to Sep 2019Wheels
  5. VP of People and OperationsOct 2017 to Apr 2019Stylitics
  6. VP of People and OperationsJan 2016 to Oct 2017Influenster
  7. MBA Graduate Student2013 to 2015The Wharton School
  8. Founder and Strategic Business Consultant2013 to 2015Kent & Wythe

Education

  1. Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Operations and Information Management2013 - 2015The Wharton School
  2. BA, EconomicsColumbia University
  3. Academy for the Advancement of Science and Technology

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