Q is a Chief People Officer, entrepreneur, investor and trusted advisor to founders, boards, CXOs, VCs, and reputed global accelerator programs like Techstars and PeopleTech Partners. He is a mission-driven, business-minded leader, public speaker, and executive coach with a focus on people strategy and business operations. He provides valuable insights and drives sustainable change from his extensive firsthand experience across his own startups, venture growth, private equity, management consulting, and Fortune 100 companies across 25+ countries.
Q is currently the global Chief People Officer at HighLevel, an all-in-one white-label marketing platform for agencies and consultants that is backed by PeakEquity Partners and General Atlantic. As a profitable, disruptive, and rapidly growing SaaS company, HighLevel continues to expand with over 1,200 employees working remotely across the globe. Prior to HighLevel, Q was an executive team member at Paper, a Series D edtech company backed by Tier 1 VCs like SoftBank, Sapphire Ventures and IVP, where he was responsible for the People and Communication functions, including Talent Acquisition, Public Relations, and Internal and External Communications teams.
Q spent nearly five years at Airbnb as their first global People Operations leader. He played a key role in designing and implementing Airbnb's people and talent operations function from the ground up, leading the company through significant milestones such as hyper-growth, pandemic responses, workforce restructuring, IPO, and the future of work. One of Q's notable achievements was the ideation and incubation of Airbnb's Digital Nomad program in 2020. This program eventually evolved into Airbnb's formal Live & Work Anywhere program in 2022. By leveraging Airbnb's existing business model, Q helped position the company as an industry leader in the future of work, enabling employees to live and work anywhere around the world. To support this initiative, Q spearheaded the creation of a global Center of Excellence (COE) that brought together various teams to drive the vision and enhance the employee experience and business growth collectively.
Q also founded PeopleGPT, the fastest growing global community of people leaders and AI enthusiasts. In addition to virtual learning and collaborations, we also host unique in-person events infused with art and music to spark creativity and facilitate discussions on all things AI for people leaders.
Q is an ongoing contributor to Forbes, guest faculty at the London Business School, and an avid traveler always exploring new destinations and cultural experiences. Furthermore, his love for music and film has led me him to support emerging artists and filmmakers through his own record label and executive production roles for independent films. Learn more about his film adventures on IMDb here.
