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Tech Culture Club: Brightly’s Erikka Buracchio On Ageism, Employee Feedback

June 7, 2022 Suzanne Blake

The final episode of Tech Culture Club (sponsored by Vaco) saw host and WorkDove CEO Melissa Phillippi speak with Brightly Software’s Chief People Officer Erikka Buracchio. Brightly Software, previously known […]

Tech Culture Club: Vaco’s Chief People Officer Tracey Power On Tough Talks

May 31, 2022 Suzanne Blake

Tech Culture Club host and WorkDove CEO Melissa Phillippi welcomed Vaco’s Chief People Officer (and longtime friend) Tracey Power onto the show this week. Vaco is a global talent solutions […]

Tech Culture Club: Bandwidth’s Rebecca Bottorff Gets Real About WFH Policies

May 24, 2022 Suzanne Blake

In this week’s episode of Tech Culture Club sponsored by Vaco, Bandwidth’s Chief People Officer Rebecca Bottorff did not mince words when it came to one of the main topics […]

Tech Culture Club: Ex-Red Hatter DeLisa Alexander On “Capitalism For Good”

May 17, 2022 Suzanne Blake

In this week’s episode of Tech Culture Club sponsored by Vaco, host and WorkDove CEO Melissa Phillippi had the chance to pick the brain of DeLisa Alexander, the former Chief […]

Tech Culture Club: Viably’s Karen Clark Recommends Having Tough Talks Early

May 10, 2022 Suzanne Blake

On this week’s episode of Tech Culture Club sponsored by Vaco, Viably’s Chief People Officer Karen Clark divulged a wealth of advice for the HR manager in any growing organization. […]

Tech Culture Club: Spiffy’s Nicole Haight On Transparency, Startup Mistakes

May 3, 2022 Suzanne Blake

It seems like every other week the on-demand car care startup Spiffy is making headlines for some new business development. In March, for instance, the Durham-based company announced a new […]

Tech Culture Club: ServiceTrade’s Joanna Cox On How To Battle Hiring Crunch

April 26, 2022 Suzanne Blake

In this episode of the Tech Culture Club podcast sponsored by Vaco, host and WorkDove CEO Melissa Phillippi sits down virtually with guest Joanna Cox, ServiceTrade’s Human Resources Manager. Based […]

Tech Culture Club: Pendo’s Kelli Dragovich Declares Death To Pantyhose

April 19, 2022 Suzanne Blake

Raleigh-based unicorn Pendo has been through a year-plus of massive growth. The product experience software company more than doubled its employee headcount since 15 months ago, leaping from 450 to […]

Tech Culture Club: ProcessMaker’s Natalie Kesler On Covid’s Impact On HR Practices

April 12, 2022 Suzanne Blake

On this week’s episode of Tech Culture Club, WorkDove CEO Melissa Phillippi chatted with Natalie Kesler, the Human Resources Director for Durham-based enterprise software company ProcessMaker. ProcessMaker has around 170 […]

Tech Culture Club: Inaugural Episode Welcomes Teamworks’ Hilary Lerner

April 5, 2022 Suzanne Blake

In the inaugural episode of the Tech Culture Club podcast sponsored by Vaco, host Melissa Phillippi—the CEO of performance management software startup WorkDove—welcomes Hilary Lerner, the Senior VP of People […]