Lorraine Gauvin
Chief Operating Officer
SPHR
Lorraine worked with our management team to understand how our strategy needed to be executed in terms of recruiting for, and developing, our team to support our growth plans. She did this by engaging with us at a business level and demonstrating to us that she understood what our key drivers were for success. It is impossible to stress how critical this is for a software business, where human capital is critical to our ability to execute successfully. I was always impressed with Lorraine’s willingness to dig in and get her hands dirty on making things happen – here she really embraced our values around experimentalism and a bias for action.
~Kaj Pedersen, Managing Principal Ivy Softworks
Lorraine has experience leading human resources and talent acquisition in industries that span healthcare and entertainment technologies, legal services and transportation. She has held the top HR role with ABC Legal Services, Electronic Evidence Discovery and Lumedx, along with senior roles at Sierra On-line and FedEx.
Lorraine’s passion and expertise lie in driving value through employee engagement and innovative human resource and talent solutions along with a philosophy of continuous learning. Her results driven approach, business acumen, and commitment to integrity, provides the ability to easily partner with leadership teams as a trusted adviser. Lorraine has broad human resource and talent acquisition expertise that ensures desired outcomes and aligns organizations to meet their overall goals, while remaining true to their culture and core values.
Lorraine holds an MS in Human Resource Management from Golden Gate University and a BA in Psychology, from California State University, Sacramento. She is a certified Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) and is a member of both local and national chapters of the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM). Lorraine is also certified in DiSC.
Lorraine loves summers in Washington! She enjoys hiking, kayaking and exploring new parts of the state with her family, while enjoying the sun.