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👋 I'm a 2x Founder and People + Culture leader with 7+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience at early-stage startups. I specialize in sourcing and hiring technical and GTM talent. I believe the best hiring is rooted in curiosity, empathy, and trust. This led me to building EverMore — a career companion tool for individuals to track wins, growth, and tell their story.
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Contact
📧 [email protected]
📍 Austin, TX (remote)
🤝 linkedin.com/in/kelseyapeterson
✍️ medium.com
💜 Get to know me!
💥 Experience
EverMore — Austin, TX (remote)
Co-founder + COO (Aug 2025 — present)
- Building a career companion tool that helps individuals, managers, and leaders own their career story through guided reflection, grounded growth paths, and AI coaching support.
- Leading product strategy, operations, and go-to-market initiatives for early beta launch.
- Designing coaching-integrated experiences that support managers in real-time as they navigate leadership challenges.
- Building a talent matching experience that helps candidates share their story in a more human way—and gives companies a window into how someone thinks and handles real situations, beyond what a resume can show.
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While building EverMore as a bootstrapped founder, I'm available for fractional recruiting & talent development, as well as one-on-one manager coaching.
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Osano — Austin, TX (remote)
Director of People + Culture (Dec 2023 - Aug 2025)
- Leadership Development: Led monthly Manager Meetups, driving leadership development across performance management, bias training, hiring, compensation, and career development. Managed People + Culture team including Sr. Technical Recruiter, Employee Experience Lead, and Recruiting Coordinator.
- Total Rewards & Performance: Managed bi-annual compensation cycles and implemented continuous performance management including monthly self-reflections, quarterly manager/skip-level reviews, and culture surveys.
- Employee Experience: Orchestrated annual Team Trips for 80 employees and successfully integrated WireWheel acquisition (6 employees). Secured multi-year culture awards (Built In, Great Place to Work, Best Workplace for Working Parents).
- Systems Optimization: Streamlined operations through strategic implementation of HRIS, ATS, performance management, compensation, and project management tools.
***Recruiting Manager / Technical Recruiter (*Dec 2021 - Dec 2023)