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206 people in our graph share verified history with Monica — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.
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Monica: together at CBS Interactive
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About
Operating Partner for HR and strategy; currently CEO and General Partner at Good Trouble Ventures, previously a two-time public company CHRO and an HR executive at Microsoft.
Experience
- 726 CapitalFounder & Managing Partnercurrent2026 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- SummerBoard of Advisorscurrent2024 — presentNew York, New York, United States
- Act One VenturesVenture Fund Advisorcurrent2024 — presentLos Angeles, California, United States
- BetterUpStrategic Advisorcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- SwedishBoard Directorcurrent2019 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
- LegacySevenManaging Directorcurrent2021 — presentSeattle, Washington, United States
- Good Trouble VenturesCo-Founder, CEO & General Partner2024 — 2026San Francisco Bay Area
- CNBCCNBC Workforce Executive Council2023 — 2024
- Domo, Inc.EVP & Chief People Officer2022 — 2023Seattle, Washington, United States
- LivePersonChief People Officer2021 — 2022Seattle, Washington, United States
- MicrosoftGlobal Head of Human Resources, Mixed Reality / AI Platform & Cloud Security / Identity2020 — 2021Greater Seattle Area
- MicrosoftHead of Global Talent Management) / HCM Product Leader2016 — 2020Greater Seattle Area
- TwitterHead of Human Resources, Global Sales & Brand Strategy2014 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- CBS InteractiveSenior Director Human Resources2013 — 2014San Francisco Bay Area
- SonyChief Diversity Officer/Human Resources Executive2005 — 2013San Diego County, California, United States
- PepsiCoDirector Human Resources2001 — 2004Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
- VerizonInternational Human Resources Director1999 — 2001Puerto Rico
- VerizonHuman Resources - various1995 — 1999Various
Skills & more
Talent Management99Talent Acquisition77Organizational Development33Employee Relations20Performance Management32Employee Engagement79Succession Planning54Leadership Development53Recruiting39Human Resources75Change Management29Workforce Planning25
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OnboardingCoachingTrainingCorporate CommunicationsOrganizational DesignTemporary PlacementPersonnel ManagementEmployee BenefitsLeadershipHRISStrategyStrategic PlanningLanguages Spanish
From Monica's professional profile.
Colleagues at Act One Ventures
Alejandro Guerrero
General Partner at Act One Ventures
Alex Guerrero
Investor at Act One Ventures
Bob Baltera
Senior Advisor at Frazier Life Sciences
David Chaiken
Operating Partner, Technology at Act One Ventures
Gabriela Camilli
Associate at Act One Ventures
Israel Muñoz
Principal at Act One Ventures
Jan-Christopher Nugent
Operating Partner, Sales & Marketing at Act One Ventures
Lara Brooks
Operating Partner, GTM at Act One Ventures
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Monica Pool Knox?
- Operating Partner for HR and strategy; currently CEO and General Partner at Good Trouble Ventures, previously a two-time public company CHRO and an HR executive at Microsoft.
- Where does Monica Pool Knox work?
- Monica Pool Knox is Operating Partner, HR & Strategy at Act One Ventures.
- Where did Monica Pool Knox go to school?
- Monica Pool Knox studied at Texas McCombs School of Business (Master of Business Administration (MBA), Management / Marketing); UC Santa Barbara (Bachelor of Arts (BA), Communications); UC Santa Barbara (Bachelor of Arts - BA, Communications).
Same school
Also attended Texas McCombs School of Business294
Bill GurleyGeneral Partner Emeritus at BenchmarkArnon DinurPartner at 83NorthMonica SolizDirector, Marketing at Sapphire VenturesDale ChangOperating Partner at Scale Venture PartnersJoel HemmertFinance/Legal/IR at 8VCMadison McDonaldFinance/Legal/IR at 8VC
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Also attended UC Santa Barbara404
Logan GreenCo-founder of LyftJen WangDeal Operations Manager at Felicis VenturesArturo LitvinHead of Global Portfolio Development at Intel CapitalKevin ThauInvestor at Spark CapitalErica DelamareInvestor at DaphniDanielle RomanowskiExecutive Assistant at Sapphire Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Summer6
Also worked at Microsoft1,852
Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorNat FriedmanCo-lead of Meta Superintelligence Labs; co-founder of NFDGKai-Fu LeeChairman of Sinovation Ventures and CEO of 01.AIBill GatesCo-founder of Microsoft; Chair of the Gates FoundationMike KriegerCo-founder of Instagram; Chief Product Officer at Anthropic
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Also worked at Sony15
Tom WigmoreFinancial Accountant at Advent Life SciencesAlice KoInvestment Partner at Joyance PartnersRachna LatherDirector, Commercial Go-to-Market Strategy at JumpStart VenturesChika NakasuExecutive Manager at Playground GlobalEdmundo CasasGenAI Expert at 30N VenturesJennifer ScottCFO at Ridgewood Infrastructure
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Also worked at Verizon99
Tony WellsVenture Partner at Copper Sky CapitalEllen RubinPartner at Glasswing VenturesAnupam RastogiManaging Partner at EMERGENT VENTURESWalter DelphVenture Partner at Archer Capital GroupJami HuntManaging Partner at Alpha EdisonTiana PidgeonSenior Associate at American Family Ventures
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