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Rickey Villareal

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Director, People Business Partner at Brex
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Rickey Villareal is a Director, People Business Partner at Brex, who specializes in coaching leaders and implementing data-driven HR strategies to foster team success. His experience spans high-growth tech companies including Maven Clinic and Gem. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from San Francisco State University.

Colleagues consistently describe him as a strategic talent partner with a positive aura, who is detail-oriented and process-driven. He is adept at navigating tough situations and building strong relationships with both management and employees. He follows insights from sources like the Harvard Business Review.

Unique fact: While at Cruise, he single-handedly scaled the contingent workforce from 50 to 900 contractors.

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Experience
13 Years
Current Role
Director, People Business Partner
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
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Coaching Leaders
His professional headline is "coaching leaders to better outcomes," and he describes himself as a coach who guides leaders to solutions.
AI in HR
He is actively involved in deploying AI initiatives at Brex and is focused on building an "AI Native Ops future".
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Career

Work history

1-2025
Director, People Business Partner
Brex
9-2023 - 11-2024
Director, HR Business Partner
Maven Clinic
5-2022 - 9-2023
Sr. People Business Partner, GTM
Gem
2-2019 - 5-2022
Lead HR Business Partner
Project Rōnin
2-2017 - 2-2019
Sr. Manager, HRBP & Recruiting
Cruise
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Education
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
San Francisco State University
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