Kate Kemp
About Kate Kemp
Kate Kemp is the Chief People Officer at Restaurant365, with extensive experience in HR leadership roles at companies like DocuSign, Airbnb, and Autodesk.
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Kate Kemp currently holds the position of Chief People Officer at Restaurant365. She has a notable career history, having previously served as Vice President Human Resources at DocuSign and HRBP Leader at Airbnb.
Education and Expertise
Kate Kemp earned an MBA from the Wisconsin School of Business, specializing in Strategic Human Resource Management, alongside a focus on Innovation & Change Management. She also holds a Bachelor's Degree in Human Resource Management and Spanish from Michigan State University's Eli Broad College of Business. Kemp's expertise extends to areas such as diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB), M&A diligence and integration, compensation design and analytics, and employee relations, all underpinned by her certifications in various leadership and behavioral development assessments, including DiSC and Hogan.
Professional Background
Kate Kemp has a diverse background in human resources, spanning multiple industries and leading HR roles. She worked as a Sr. HR Business Partner and Head of HR Americas GTM at Vestas and held positions at Autodesk and Cisco. Her early career included roles at Intel Corporation, Michigan Department of Transportation, and an HR & Research Fellowship at Michigan State University. Notably, her roles have involved extensive experience in international M&A, including new site/entity setups and divestitures, and she has held in-region assignments in Europe and Asia.
HR Leadership Experience
Throughout her career, Kate Kemp has led global teams of various sizes and delivered complex, large-scale projects. At DocuSign, she served as Vice President Human Resources, managing HR strategies from 2020 to 2024. At Airbnb, she was the HRBP Leader in the United States from 2017 to 2020. Previously, she held the role of Human Resources Business Partner at Cisco from 2011 to 2014, demonstrating her capacity for leadership and strategic implementation in human resources.
Specialization in Organizational Design
Kate Kemp specializes in organizational design and alignment, business partnership and coaching with C-suite leadership, and executive hiring. Her work focuses on utilizing a data and human-centered approach to translate complex challenges into actionable outcomes. She is adept at workforce planning, talent management, succession planning, and leadership growth and development, consistently aligning organizational needs with strategic human resource solutions.