Event Details

SPS SHRM is happy to introduce:

Shannon Swift from Swift HR Solutions

presenting:

"Tales from the Table"

Topics covered include:

• Importance of Culture/Values and HR’s role as the “keeper” of the culture
• How HR can add value to all constituents (Board, Executive Team, Peers and entire Team)
• Working with a Board of Directors
• HR’s responsibility to the organization

Pending 1.0 Strategic Credit approved through HRCI & SHRM

About The Speaker: 

Shannon Swift is the CEO of Swift HR Solutions, Inc., a provider of strategic HR services and products for early stage companies. Shannon has more than twenty years of human resources experience, combined with successful executive level management and business development roles. Prior to starting Swift HR Solutions in 2004, she held executive HR roles at GoAhead Software, Nastech Pharmaceutical, and Health Team Northwest, formerly Home Health Care of Washington. She has also held senior level business development roles in outsourcing firms TriNet VCO and PMSI.

Shannon's passion and expertise is in facilitating effective growth/building capacity in organizations. She has extensive experience in growing human resource infrastructure from start up or early-stage to mid-size, mid-stage organizations. Shannon also opened, developed, and managed TriNet VCO's first successful branch office (in Bellevue, Washington), after which she added managing four other branch offices around the country. She works effectively with executive teams and boards of directors to ensure that all HR efforts and results are aligned with corporate values and organizational objectives.

Shannon holds a B.A. in Psychology, with a business supplement, from the University of Washington, and has achieved life time certification as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR). She is past president and a current member of the Lake Washington Human Resources Association (LWHRA), a chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), and was named Chapter "Member of the Year" in 2002.  Shannon is a member of Entrepreneur Organization (EO) and currently serves on the Seattle Chapter Board.  She is also a current Board member of the Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) and served on the Board of the Northwest Entrepreneur Network (NWEN) from 2007 – 2013,  where she was Chair of the organization from 2009 - 2011.  Shannon was recognized as one of the 2009 "100 Top Women in Seattle Tech" by Tech Flash, and was also honored with the "Best Service Provider to Start Ups" award by Seattle 2.0.  Shannon is a frequent public speaker on various human resources issues and "best practices".

Information on Registration: Please be sure to register and pre-pay on or before the close of business on Tuesday, Septebmer 19th to be eligible for the early bird discount ($10.00 off walk-in registration price) and to assist us in ensuring that we have an adequate number of hand-outs as well as enough space and food for all our guests. Late registrations must register at the meeting and pay the walk-in rate at the door.