Barb Bidan in Waterloo, IA | University Of Waterloo - Wilfrid Laurier University

Barb Bidan

Female

A magnetic leader who excels at growing team org capabilities, Barb has delivered practical results in complex chaotic organizations across some cool industries, including mobile, consumer tech, software retail. Barb is a Canadian living in Dallas, half-time in Sunnyvale traveling the globe to help build the future of Yahoo. Responsible for the Programs Sourcing function, Barb's delivers scalable, impactful programs across all functions and regions via a CoE model. Prior, Barb led Global TA for BlackBerry's RD org during the company's best performing highest growth years. As a leader of leaders, Barb was a key driver of overall strategy, with a focus on technical recruiting - sourcing engineers per quarter. Barb led the development of programs for sourcing, competitive intelligence, talent mapping, employment brand marketing, college recruitment and tools, technology operations. Over her career, Barb has been a business leader who has successfully built a specialty in HR TA. Barb has a reputation as someone who 'gets it' 'gets it done'. Barb's MBA experience and her early work with direct PL responsibility are what make her a welcome, credible influential partner across functions levels of the organization. Barb is a connector A relationship builder with an innate ability to observe understand organizational undercurrents. Barb acts as a conduit for information exchange breaking down silos helping teams deliver more effectively. Barb operates with a true sense of urgency She has been successful in helping clients get what they need using this driven, yet prioritized, approach. Barb is an igniter She has a development bias that is evident in her passion for developing leading others. Barb is a candidate for the GPHR SPHR designations via SHRM. Barb holds a BA from the University of Waterloo, a Post-Grad Certificate in HR Mgmt from Conestoga College is completing an MBA at the University of Texas (Dallas). read more ...