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Shelly Morales

Commander · DISC type D
Founding Team Member at Polymathic
📍 San Francisco Bay Area, United States

Shelly Morales is the Founder and CEO of MoralesHR, a recruiting firm focused on a human-centered approach. With over 20 years of C-suite experience at companies like LinkedIn, Juniper Networks, and Cadence, she partners with CEOs and boards to place transformative talent. She holds an SPHR certification.

Shelly is passionate about building professional communities and restoring trust to the recruiting industry. She serves as the SF Bay Area Lead Ambassador for Transform, a community for HR leaders and innovators. Her background includes speaking on panels about developing managers and fostering employee mobility.

She began her journey working at her familys hot dog stand before holding top HR leadership roles.

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Current Role
Founding Team Member
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
San Francisco Bay Area, United States
Personality Overview

How Shelly shows up

Decisive
Risk-Taker
Impact-Driven

They like to act fast and expect others to do the same. They are very proud of what they do. More than the product, they care about the effectiveness of the product.

Priorities

Topics Shelly cares about

Human-centric Recruiting
Her firm, MoralesHR, was founded on the principle of a human-centered approach to restore trust and accountability to the recruiting process.
Fractional Talent
She speaks about the strategic use of fractional talent as a cost-effective way for organizations to access high-impact expertise and fresh ideas on demand.
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Career

Work history

5-2025
Founding Team Member
Polymathic
3-2025
SF Bay Area Lead Ambassador
Transform
8-2024
Advisor
Xapa
8-2024
Advisor
StartupExperts
8-2023
Board Member
Last Mile Education Fund
In the press

Media appearances

Speaker Details: Transform 2024 – Shelly Morales. Featured in Transform Conference
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Shelly Morales – Transform Profile. Featured in Transform
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Education
Business Management & Strategy
HR Certification Institute
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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