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Tawni Cranz

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Operating Partner at SignalFire

San Francisco Bay Area

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About

Tawni Cranz is an Operating Partner at SignalFire, where she advises founders, CEOs, and leadership teams on company strategy, talent, organizational design, and scaling, with a recent focus on building AI-native startups. She spent a decade at Netflix helping build its global streaming business, co-authored its culture deck, and wrote its unlimited parental leave policy, and has also worked with leaders at Waymo, Cruise, Bausch & Lomb, and FedEx Kinko's. She serves as a board director and advisor, is the founder of Nazario Ranch Vineyards, and is a graduate of the Drucker School of Management at Claremont Graduate University and the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Experience

  1. SignalFireOperating Partnercurrent2017 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. TorchIndpendent Board Member2025 — 2026Boston, MA
  3. ArrivalBoard Member & Comp Committee Chair2021 — 2023Greater London
  4. WaymoChief People Officer2018 — 2019Moutain View, CA
  5. CruiseChief People Officer2017 — 2018
  6. NetflixChief Talent Officer (CHRO)2007 — 2017Los Gatos, CA
  7. Bausch & LombDirector of HR2004 — 2007Rochester, New York Area
  8. FedExKinko'sHR Generalist1999 — 2004
  9. Work IncorporatedDirector of HR1997 — 1999Boston, MA
  10. Circuit CityOperations Manager1991 — 1996Richmond, Virginia Area

Skills & more

HRIS99Project Management7Business Strategy7Program Management5P&L ManagementExecutive CoachingEntrepreneurshipExecutive RelationshipsTalent StrategyBoard of DirectorsExecutive Compensation PlanningCompensation & Benefits
+12 moreFinancial StatementsOperations ManagementHuman ResourcesOrganizational DevelopmentEmployee EngagementWorkforce PlanningPerformance ManagementSuccession PlanningTalent ManagementStrategic PlanningFacilitationManagement

From Tawni's professional profile.

Colleagues at SignalFire

Aayush Sharma
Senior Associate at SignalFire
Alex Hooshmand
Co-founder ZaiNar & Bluekai at SignalFire
Andrew Reid
Director, GTM Recruiting at SignalFire
Asher Bantock
Head of Research at SignalFire
Audrey Salomez
Contrôleur financier at 123Venture
Ben Davenport
Venture Partner at Blockchain Capital
Bobby Lent
Managing Partner at Hillsven & Co-founder of Ariba at SignalFire
Cali Tran
CEO of Cision; CEO of Brandwatch at SignalFire

Frequently asked questions

Who is Tawni Cranz?
Tawni Cranz is an Operating Partner at SignalFire, where she advises founders, CEOs, and leadership teams on company strategy, talent, organizational design, and scaling, with a recent focus on building AI-native startups. She spent a decade at Netflix helping build its global streaming business, co-authored its culture deck, and wrote its unlimited parental leave policy, and has also worked with leaders at Waymo, Cruise, Bausch & Lomb, and FedEx Kinko's. She serves as a board director and advisor, is the founder of Nazario Ranch Vineyards, and is a graduate of the Drucker School of Management at Claremont Graduate University and the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Where does Tawni Cranz work?
Tawni Cranz is Operating Partner at SignalFire.
Where did Tawni Cranz go to school?
Tawni Cranz studied at Drucker School of Management (Executive MBA, Business); Board of Director’s Academy; UC Santa Barbara (BA, Psychology).

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