Andrea Barnes, Founder
Andrea Barnes has spent nearly 20 years in HR and organizational development, from early-stage startups to Fortune 50 companies across tech, biotech, insurance, and distribution, including both privately held and private equity-backed businesses. Most recently, she worked in global tech where she built multiple AI-powered tools that took manual, multi-hour processes down to minutes. These are the kind of tool she now builds directly into client engagements. Earlier, she was VP of People for a global biotech where she ran the people function end to end.
Andrea is a practitioner, not just an advisor. Whatever the transformation, she gets close to the actual work: building the tools, piloting the approach, and staying fluent in the technology involved, including hands-on, working and building experience with Claude, Google Gemini, ChatGPT, and Microsoft Copilot. She brings that fluency into every engagement instead of leaving it on a slide.
Andrea holds a Master's in Psychology of Leadership from Penn State University, a BBA in HR Management from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, and is Bridges certified in change management. She lives in Madison, WI with her husband, their two kids, and a very opinionated goldendoodle.