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Bren Gagnon-Wong

Trailblazer · DISC type DI
Director Human Resource Business Partner at Applied Materials
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Bren Gagnon-Wong is a multi-faceted HR and Talent Acquisition leader, skilled in designing and executing global talent strategies for companies at all stages, from early-stage startups to IPOs. Colleagues describe her as an effective, helpful, and astonishingly competent leader. She holds a B. S. from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and an M. S. from Golden Gate University.

Bren was a key leader during Automation Anywheres hyper-scale growth, helping build the processes and team to scale the company from 500 to nearly 3, 000 employees.

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Current Role
Director Human Resource Business Partner
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Personality Overview

How Bren shows up

Charismatic
Friendly But Fast
Values Relationships

They are charming and can persuade others to support their decisions. A combination of speed and relationship gets the best response from them. They are more likely to accept new and exciting technologies.

Priorities

Topics Bren cares about

Scaling Teams
Was instrumental in building the teams and processes that allowed Automation Anywhere to grow from 500 to almost 3, 000 employees.
Employee Experience
Focuses on programmatic strategies to enhance the employee journey, including onboarding, retention, recognition, learning, and development.
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Career

Work history

12-2024
Director Human Resource Business Partner
Applied Materials
6-2024 - 12-2024
Human Resource Consultant
Applied Materials
3-2023 - 4-2024
Sr. People Experience Director
Automation Anywhere
4-2022 - 2-2023
Head of Talent Acquisition
Teknova
6-2020 - 7-2021
Senior Human Resources Consultant
Amazon
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Education
B.S.
University of Massachusetts Amherst
1992 - 1995
M.S.
Golden Gate University
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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