Executive · Founder · Atlanta
I build companies, teams and communities.
For more than a decade, I've helped founders, executives and organizations navigate growth — building the people, systems, teams and operating infrastructure behind what comes next.
10+ Years
Building & scaling organizations
40 Under 40
Atlanta Business Chronicle, 2026
Startup → Scale → Acquisition
Across the full journey
Founder
PeopleHappy
CEO
Heart of South Downtown
Atlanta
Home base
My work has never fit neatly into one box.
I've spent my career at the intersection of people, business and growth. I've built HR functions from the ground up. Advised founders and executives. Helped companies navigate funding rounds and acquisitions. Built People Operations infrastructure for rapidly scaling organizations.
And then I took those same skills beyond the walls of a company — leading an organization focused on economic development, workforce opportunity and the future of one of Atlanta's most important neighborhoods.
Different environments. Same work.
01
People
Build teams that can actually scale.
- People strategy
- Organizational design
- Leadership advising
- Performance
- Employee relations
02
Business
Turn growth into something the organization can sustain.
- Operating infrastructure
- Organizational strategy
- M&A integration
- Change management
- HR technology
03
Community
Build opportunity beyond the organization.
- Economic development
- Workforce strategy
- Community engagement
- Public-private partnerships
- Economic mobility
Selected impact
10+
Years building people + organizational infrastructure
Multi-Site
People operations across corporate, warehouse and frontline environments
Startup → Enterprise
Early-stage organizations, venture-backed scale and mature operating environments
Series A → Acquisition
Supporting companies across major stages of growth
Global
Distributed workforce, EOR and cross-border operating experience
40 Under 40
Atlanta Business Chronicle, 2026
Growth & M&A
I've spent much of my career helping organizations through moments when everything changes.
Acquisition / Scale
Pardot → ExactTarget
Supported people and organizational work around Pardot during the Atlanta Ventures era and its acquisition by ExactTarget.
Acquisition / Integration
Rigor → Splunk
Supported Rigor as part of the Atlanta Ventures ecosystem through growth and its acquisition by Splunk.
Acquisition / Integration
Prelude → Calendly
Worked on the people-side integration of Prelude after Calendly's acquisition, including onboarding operations, systems readiness, employee experience and organizational change.
Scale + M&A Integration
Calendly
Led People Operations workstreams supporting rapid organizational scale, acquisition integration, onboarding operations, systems readiness and organizational change.
Brianna has worked across the entire journey.
Featured work
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40
Recognition · 2026
Atlanta Business Chronicle 40 Under 40
Recognized among 40 Atlanta leaders under 40 making significant contributions across business, community and their industries.
The venture
Building the company I always wanted growing businesses to have access to.
PeopleHappy helps growing companies build the people infrastructure they need without building a massive internal HR department before they're ready.
Explore PeopleHappy →What's next
I'm always interested in the right problem.
Executive leadership. Advisory work. Boards. Companies navigating real growth or change.
If the mandate is to build stronger teams, better systems and an organization capable of what's next, I'm interested in the conversation.