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ABOUT US

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About Outside In-novation:

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Outside In-novation is a one-of-a-kind experience for organizations to leverage transformation-as-a-service, all with the ease of engagement, the joy of innovating, and the results at the speed of business. 

As Founder and Managing Partner for Outside In-novation, Kim leads the vision, experience design, and ultimately the business outcomes for her clients.  With two decades of business transformation consulting and executive leadership across multiple business functions, Kim has a proven record of transformations and innovations across Fortune 500 and non-profits. 

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75

Implementations

62

 Transformations

18

Teams Managed

6

Functions Led
Core competencies:
  • Business Transformation

  • Innovation

  • Change Management

  • Strategy

  • Facilitation

  • Executive Coaching

  • Design Thinking

  • Program Management Office (PMO)

  • Implementations

  • Business Development

  • HR Technology

  • Sailing Team Building
business function leadership:

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Consulting Practices / IT / Operations / HR / Shared Services / Business Development

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Core Values:

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People / Purpose / Passion / Persistence / Resourcefulness / Intrepidness / Ingenuity / Continuous Learning / Efficiency 

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Philosophy:

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Empathy / Transparency / Inclusiveness / Ease / Joy / Humor / Results / Life-long Relationships

PROFESSIONAL TIMELINE:

2018 - Present

Outside In-novation
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Founder & Managing Partner

Lead the vision and experience design to provide Transformation & Innovation As-a-Service to help organizations accelerate their business outcomes.

2017 - 2018

BLUE SHIELD OF CALIFORNIA​

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Head of HR Technology & Shared Services

Served as Chief of Operations to the CHRO, accountable for HR Portfolio & budget, as well as HR Technology & services.  Business Owner for a multi-year Oracle business transformation roadmap & center of excellence.

2008 - 2016

California Academy of Sciences​
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Head of Technologies & Building Operations,

& Member of the Senior Leadership Team

Triaged operations & technology to help re-opened the new museum.  Oversaw Web, Mobile, IT, Interactive Engineering, & Building Operations teams.  Implemented 25+ triage, turn-around, transformation & innovation initiatives. Part of Senior Leadership team driving organizational strategy and performance.  Drove strategy, teams, and culture to transition from a local museum to a global institution.

2006 - 2007

Fujitsu consulting

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Head of Business Development

Accountable for Business Development, Marketing, Partner Alliances, and Inside Sales to help grow revenues from $250M to nearly $800M in 2 years.

2004 - 2006

RAPIDIGM, INC.
(ACQUIRED BY FUJITSU CONSULTING)​

 

Head of Business Transformation Practice

Hired to establish a Business Transformation Practice to provide Strategy, Program Management, & Change Management consulting. The additional value-added services and consultative selling efforts increased average deal size by 400% within a year.  Held P&L responsibility.

2001 - 2004

Waste management, Inc.​

 

Deputy Director, IT Shared Services

Provided Merger & Acquisition Integration support to the CIO and Director of IT PMO with portfolio spend of $100M year-over-year.  Supported over 25 concurrent M&A initiatives to consolidate, centralize, & standardize across various business functions. Primary duties included Organizational Design, Process Redesign, Change Management & Communications. 

Previous Experiences

Pricewaterhousecoopers
Willis towers watson
trilogy software

Beyond Work:

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Kim is an avid sailor and racer in the San Francisco Bay Area. 

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Recently she did a passage from San Francisco, down the Baja peninsula, crossing the Sea of Cortez and ultimately to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.

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She is also bareboat charter certified and enjoys team building sails with her team and clients.

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