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Amy VanDuyn brings more than 20 years of HR experience to Phreesia, where she is responsible for the design and implementation of all talent strategies, policies and processes across the company.Prior to joining Phreesia, Amy worked in human resource leadership roles across many industries, including hospitality, SaaS and public relations, contributing to the growth and culture of companies at a variety of sizes and stages. Her passion lies in working closely with business leaders to define and implement talent strategies that align with their business goals, and creating environments where people can grow and excel in their careers. Amy holds a BA in hospitality business from Michigan State University.
Amy has done an amazing job of establishing a culture of accountability and ownership within the organization – not only for her reports, but across departments as well. She knows when to provide support and jump into a situation, but also allow employees to remain autonomous and fully execute their commitments. She also knows how to examine a problem from all sides and find the root core of an issue. This has helped our organization grow and scale effectively and efficiently. Furthermore, within any organization that is growing as rapidly as Phreesia, it’s important to revisit past decisions and see if anything needs to be modified. She’s not afraid to own up to potential misses, or note when something that has been done in the past isn’t working anymore. This flexibility and adaptability has allowed us to remain leaders within our industry.
Amy can diffuse complicated situations and distill complex issues down to their core, break them a part to digestible pieces so they can be managed appropriately. She is also able to replicate the exercise so that there is a template for addressing the issue moving forward. This makes for scalable work. Amy is also very approachable – which in a HR person is critical. She comes with an unbiased opinion and truly has both the employee and the organizations best interest in mind while handling delicate situations with dignity and privacy.
Fundamental backbone of the organization, is a true executive partner to the Leadership team at Phreesia. She has a vision for how a strong talent strategy will drive success in a growing SaaS organization, and executes. Ability to pivot to align with changes in the SaaS landscape and within the business,. Highly respected amongst her peers and at the grassroots level in the organization Recognized leader in talent programs amongst peers in the industry
Very capable executive. Through out Phreesia’s high growth phase, Amy has managed to: – Hit employee growth targets – Managing company organization to absorb growth without disruptions – Keen to innovate and fail quickly While adapting to growth is a challenges for any executive in a SaaS high growth company – Amy led initiatives to ensure that the whole organization adapted to growth while improving performance and productivity.
I have worked with Amy since she joined the company in 2010. She is smart, passionate & driven by results. Through her leadership, we have seen Phreesia grow from a couple dozen employees to ~500. She has been a mentor to me as I have grown within the organization. Amy has the unique ability to raise the potential of people that work with or for her. She can quickly assemble a high performing team.
Amy deeply understands the business, how all roles impact product, revenue and profitability, and bring genuine value by working with executives and managers to better structure their organizations for success. Amy has also been highly successful in growing talent to help her scale her organization, which in turn has helped her people scale the rest of the company.
as vp hr, amy: powers our company culture; coaches our co-founder/ceo through growth stages; advises leadership team on all facets of hr; positions us with a competitive advantage in hiring & retention; factors risks & perspectives we may neglect or omit; keeps us focused on our functional expertise areas; remains a consummate professional in any situation.
Dedicated and determined teacher; holds herself and others accountable; role model for women in early career program; critical thinker; uses the HR platform to help grow and improve the business- not just as a benefits provider and personnel disciplinarian; excellent communication skills and solution oriented.
Amy is very smart and leads our Human Resources department fiercely. She strives to learn and research what is new in the recruiting market. By this she finds strategies on how Phreesia can change our recruiting efforts with the ever changing market. I have had the great opportunity of working underneath her.
Amy excels on helping our organize form and execute on a talent strategy that fuels our innovation and high rate of growth. She’s an invaluable resource for me when approaching challenging issues managing a large team of people.
Strategic planning, objective setting and managing accountability, creative and effective recruiting processes, alignment of new hire and role development training to culture and priority, makes developing managers a priority.
Practical, efficient, and manages to balance the best interest of the employees and the business at the same time. Friendly, consultative and great at being a trusted partner to managers all the way through to executives
Very strong commitment to ensuring the highest quality of talent is hired and retained. Understanding the direct correlation between hiring the best talent and Phreesia’s success as a market leader
Amy is disciplined, consistent, and uses strong vision and strategy to move the company forward. She’s able to implement strategic changes in a fair and kind way.
Has a creative way of approaching problems that the average person doesn’t think of Her integrity but ability to adjust to changing employee culture is amazing
As VP, HR, Amy has helped make Phreesia have the a strong, talented and diverse set of employees that drives the company forward while growing and having fun.
Functional Expertise in HR and Talent Responsiveness Forward Thinking Stakeholder management
Engaging people-person Innovative Empathetic Role Model
Crazy good energy, great attitude, build great programs
Leadership, strategy, transparency, honesty,
BOD Communication and fairnness
Charisma
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