Vanessa Black

Tanium solves the biggest security and IT management challenges organizations face by providing lightning-fast ability to see everything and do anything across computer networks – with unparalleled scale. I led Tanium’s people programs, globally, including strategic initiatives such as: Social Impact, Employer Brand, Organizational Change Management, DEI, Sustainability, and efforts related to Employee Engagement.

Led organizational transformation, change acceleration, and talent optimization projects for clients including Salesforce, Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts, AB InBev, Barrick Gold, The City of Toronto, Onex, and Magna International. Slalom is a purpose-driven consulting firm that helps companies solve business problems and build for the future, with solutions spanning business advisory, customer experience, technology, and analytics.

Program management for global Sales & Leadership portfolio. Managed seven international operating teams to develop, customize, and deploy talent development programs with an emphasis on coaching, local enablement, and change management.

Managing Consultant in Talent & Change Practice with global client experience focused on change leadership and people centered development. Focus areas and impact: -Led stakeholder engagement and enablement for the implementation of a $225mm provincial economic relief program, with benefit to 570,000 households -Partnered with Caribbean nation on their path to achieving “developed nation status” with a civil service transformation aligned to people-centered development and enabling HRIS technologies -Reimagined workplace structure and culture of leading financial services provider for the introduction of a remote workforce model with est. +$20mm net cost avoidance opportunity -Engaged with national CPG leader to design a future state shared service delivery model, resulting in a $9.8mm cost reduction -Developed cloud transformation strategy and change playbook for multinational matrixed organization's transition of social and collaboration platforms (including email) to the cloud with impacts to 500,000+ end users

As a Senior Consultant in IBM's Strategy + Analytics practice, I helped our clients through transformational changes in their business. Within IBM, I provided leadership in the areas of employee engagement, digital (social) eminence, and cloud transformation. I received IBM's Excellence and Eminence Award, was recognized as a Global Business Services Advocacy Ambassador, and was a member of the IBM global advisory committee for Employee Engagement.

As part of the Strategy and Transformation team, I consulted with clients spanning a number of industries while gaining experience in business strategy, transformation, and issue based consulting. My experience was part of IBM's Consulting by Degrees: a comprehensive development program designed to nurture and develop high-performing candidates and accelerate their career paths to management and executive leadership positions.

Managed key relationships with US Department of Defense, Canada Department of National Defense, OEMS, and international clients for multinational defense manufacturer. Supported diversification efforts, government lobbying, and development of offering memorandum resulting in the firm's acquisition by private equity investor Admiralty Partners in 2011.