Kim understands people operations better then anyone I've met. She was insightful in helping us hire the perfect person and understands the tactical side of operations (HR / Benefits / Accounting) and people / culture which is equally as important. I'd highly recommend her to any companies in rapid scale mode.

Kim is one of a few HR professionals defining the next wave of corporate culture and best practices. Her ideas have been foundational to our building a great culture that's focused on bringing people together to do their best work and to learn and grow along the way.

Kim was as meaningful to the company's path as any founder or early engineer. I worked with Kim closely through her 8 years at Disqus. It's difficult for me to recall moments in the company's history without her in it, as Kim was as meaningful to the company's path as any founder or early engineer. Kim was always an excellent complement to my own strengths and skills. As a first-time founder and CEO, my job was varied and was also constantly changing. Kim complemented this by always growing as an operator and a people manager -- supporting me in areas where I was weaker and seeking growth in areas that were new to her. She excels at finding areas where she can make contributions that will be felt, no matter how murky or distant the goals may be. I feel both fortunate and proud of the time we had working together, and it's clear to me that she's someone who would be a dependable partner to anyone at any level in an organization. For similar reasons, Kim also has the make of a strong leader that others regularly look to for guidance.

Kim simply shifted what I look in a company culture. I have worked with Kim for the entire 5 years I worked at Disqus and I can easily say she created the awesome Disqus culture from the ground up and made it sustainable. Here are a few specific ways how she achieved this and helped Disqus leave its mark on me and simply shifted what I look in a company culture: Kim was very proactive, seeking out all the ways in all possible places to improve communications, efficiency and happiness at Disqus Kim was able to distill and tailor all those different ideas and implementations into something specific and applicable to Disqus Kim realized the need to scale herself and the culture very early on and invested into this. She expanded the People Operations team slowly but steadily while also codifying the every day operations she was doing in a way that new hires in the PO department were able to sustain the culture while allowing her to look into the future for more strategic planning. Kim was as transparent as she can with company decisions, status and policies. Our PO department run happiness surveys periodically and she made the raw and interpreted results available as soon as possible, without sugar coating any not-so-great parts. Kim always made sure that action was taken when an issue was raised. I could literally track the progress of certain changes once they were surfaced either in regular pulse surveys or in 1-1 discussions. At the end, she helped and drived such a strong and valid culture at Disqus that when the company had tough times, everyone actually came together instead of going into their own corners in desperation. Even when there was a large number of people going in or out, the core values of the company and the culture maintained itself while also evolving to benefit from the new people's experiences. Now if you work at a large company, you may be saying "duh, this is the way you do things" but mind you the largest Disqus was during those times were 60 people with at most 4 people in the PO department, including Kim. I'd say that's not something everyone can do and I have learned so much from her regarding how to work better and make a company feel connected. I'd always remember those times fondly and would be looking out for any opportunities to work with her again.