Brian Gilbert

Head of People at Heron Care · People operations · performance management, HR operations

Heron Care

Nashville, TN · CT (UTC-6)

9+ years experience

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

English, Mandarin

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I've spent 17 years on people operations - first at BlackRock, now at Heron Care. Cut time-to-hire from 73 days to 34. Before that: Kaiser Permanente and EY. Most at home with HR operations and employee relations. Jazz piano, badly.

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HR operationsperformance managementHRISpolicyemployee relations

Experience

Head of People
Jan 2026 - Present
Heron Care · 9 mo · Full-time · Nashville, TN
- Ran manager training for 96 first-time leads.
- Hired 93 engineers in a year with a 92% offer-accept rate.
- Built the leveling and comp framework for 1845 people.
Talent Acquisition Lead
Nov 2024 - Jan 2026
Kaiser Permanente · 1 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Nashville, TN
- Hired 49 engineers in a year with a 73% offer-accept rate.
Director of Talent
Jun 2021 - Nov 2024
EY · 3 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Nashville, TN
- Cut time-to-hire from 77 days to 32.
- Ran manager training for 185 first-time leads.
Talent Acquisition Lead
Nov 2018 - Jun 2021
Procter & Gamble · 2 yr 7 mo · Full-time · Nashville, TN
- Hired 221 engineers in a year with a 80% offer-accept rate.
- Cut time-to-hire from 57 days to 27.
HR Business Partner
May 2017 - Aug 2018
BlackRock · 1 yr 3 mo · Full-time · Nashville, TN
- Cut time-to-hire from 75 days to 34.

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Education

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
BS, Human Resources
2005 - 2009

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