Ellen has been a Total Rewards Leader and People Technology advisor for the last 25+ years, most recently serving as Vice President, People Operations for Crunchyroll, a Sony Pictures Entertainment company. She currently serves as a consultant and an advisor to start-ups in the People Technology space, more specifically with early stage founders focused on family, caregiving, or mental, financial and women's health.

She is passionate about changing the world, one employer at a time, through meaningful benefits and programs that truly make a difference in their employees' lives. Her deep empathy, compassion and drive to create some of the best and most innovative people programs has helped organizations she supports reach and exceed their goals. She focuses her work with brands that own their responsibility to their employees and their families and are willing to invest in solutions that change lives.

She's a people person with the chops to do hard things and see beyond tomorrow, preparing companies for the future of work.