The People Factor Podcast with Thomas Kohler

Guillermo Miranda is a seasoned senior executive with extensive leadership experience in complex global environments, driving digital platforms and user-centered business initiatives to accelerate skills and people performance across global organizations. In January 2024 he launched atlas copilot in London, UK. This is the first GenAI Copilot for HR Professionals, as a Co-Founder he leads Product & Platform Development.

Timothy Tolino is the Global Director of Benefits, Mobility, and Wellness at Hunter Douglas, overseeing employee benefits for over 23,000 employees across 100+ countries. Before this role, Tim worked in Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) consulting for private equity firms, where he conducted due diligence on employee benefits, focusing on market competitiveness and financial implications. His career began with consulting firms like Gallagher and Mercer, providing him with expertise in benefits evaluation. Tim transitioned to his current role to directly impact benefits implementation, aiming to balance global consistency with local customization. His approach involves internal surveys and external benchmarking to align benefits with industry standards, ensuring they contribute to employee satisfaction and retention while driving organizational success.

Celia has over 10 years of experience across recruiting and HR, mostly within large tech organizations but more recently within start-ups. She is currently the Head of Talent Acquisition at Moss, overseeing a small team of TA partners across Berlin and London. In this role, she’s been responsible for professionalizing the company’s hiring approach and interviewing practices. Prior to Moss, Celia spent six years at Amazon in London, where she held senior positions in talent acquisition, focusing on tech recruiting delivery, and change management programs across EMEA.

Kerstin is a seasoned Chief People Officer and Fractional HR Leader with over 20 years of diverse international experience. She partners with C-suite executives at start-ups and SMEs to implement high-impact strategies that foster high-performance cultures and align people strategies with business goals. With a robust academic background in Economics, Kerstin is dedicated to delivering innovative, value-driven solutions across various HR disciplines, including talent management, organisational development, and HR transformation.

Folke Christoph Grigo is a result- and performance-oriented Senior HR Executive with role flexibility as expert, people manager, project manager, consultant and coach. He has an extensive experience in defining, implementing and monitoring HR processes while leading cross-regional teams and the further development of HR services and processes. He sets up state of the art people tool system landscapes and is an outstanding Employee Experience specialist.

Florian Blaschke is Co-Founder and Managing Director of HRCast. In this episode we talk about the challenges and solutions in headcount planning and HR controlling. Florian highlights the inefficiencies of traditional spreadsheet methods and advocates for specialized software to centralize and secure HR data. He also emphasizes the importance of regular updates to HR plans and integrating various HR functions into a single decision-making platform.

Katharina, is Head of People & Culture Recruiting, Employer Branding Manager and lives the People Mindset People Experience (PX). She has been working as a manager and trainer in HR for just over 13 years and juggle a wide range of topics in parallel. Initially between personnel planning, management, interviews, training and recruiting, before moving deeper into recruiting, employer branding and looking at the experience in the people area. This path has always made me the main point of contact for people.