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Barbie Brewer is a passionate advocate for remote working. She is a Silicon Valley-based Chief People Officer with unparalleled experience of what it takes to lead a fully virtual organisation.
Barbie Brewer began her career in 1996 with a successful Bay Area start-up, building the HR function as the company grew from 20 to more than 500 employees. Following that adventure, she was exposed to more traditional HR while working for IBM and Cisco, based in Europe and the U.S. Through her career, Barbie has worked in or managed all areas of the HR Function, facilities, and IT. She served as the head of HR for Sportvision and Tiburon before joining Netflix as Vice President, HR in 2011. In 2017, Barbie rejoined the start-up world as GitLab’s Chief People Officer. GitLab was an all-remote company with team members in 54 countries.
She has a passion to enable remote work, build strong cultures that value inclusiveness and foster strong leadership. Up until December 2020 she was Chief People Officer for LoveToKnow Media. She is now the CPO at Joinsprouttherapy.com and heads up TNT Consulting, LLC. In addition, Brewer serves as Chair of the Compensation Committee on the Board of Directors for Amesite.
Barbie holds a B.A. from Santa Clara University and a master’s in human resources management. Her greatest passion is enabling opportunities throughout the world through remote work readiness.
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Barbie Brewer, former Vice President of Talent at Netflix, covers the value of remote and hybrid work and how it not only allows of a great pool of talent, but contributes to improving the global economy. Barbie discusses the challenges, opportunities, and solutions to this new way of working and thriving in remote and hybrid settings – the workplace of the future. Audiences will leave with an understanding of the meaningful impact they can have on the world through building remote and hybrid teams and learn tips and tricks on increasing the success of distributed teams while minimizing the frustrations.
Barbie Brewer is passionate about remote work and building strong, inclusive work cultures. As an industry expert on culture and talent, she helps organizations navigate a new world of work, one where people are the most important asset. In this session, Barbie illuminates the incredible potential that highly distributed workforces have for recruiting and retaining talent, building trust and collaboration, and supporting diversity, inclusion, equity, and a sense of belonging. With an eye on the future of work, audiences will leave with a complete understanding of the many ways remote work can open up new opportunities and greater access for all employees while accelerating company growth and success.
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