Jeremy Hannah
San Francisco State University
Viante Talent Solutions
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Work Experience
Co-Founder/VP of Talent Solutions
Viante Talent Solutions
March 2025 - Present
In 2024, after nearly two decades of driving impact inside global organizations and as an external advisor, I hit pause for a purpose-filled sabbatical. My wife Valerie and I spent the year traveling the world, exploring diverse cultures and perspectives. That experience inspired the creation of Viante Talent Solutions—a coaching and consulting practice grounded in the passion for being a spark for community, culture, and a deep rooted desire to help people grow and thrive. The name, “Viante,” itself is a play on words derived from Latin and Italian roots meaning “the traveler” or “the way ahead,” and that’s exactly what we aim to offer: a path forward for individuals and organizations ready to transform. Through our proprietary FORWARD™ framework, I partner with curious, courageous clients to: ► Deliver deeply personalized, human-centered coaching that taps into each individual’s unique strengths and aspirations. ► Equip businesses with world-class talent strategies, leadership development, learning journeys and organizational growth solutions. As Founder, Coach and Global Talent Solutions Leader, I bring a blend of strategy, creativity, and a commitment to helping others unlock their full potential and lead with greater clarity, confidence, and purpose.
Personal goal pursuit
Career Break
February 2024 - February 2025
Embarked on a purpose driven sabbatical focusing on personal and professional growth, with particular effort put into enhancing expertise through immersion in cultures around the world. ► Explored leadership and employee experience across diverse cultures in over 20 countries, gaining fresh insights into the future of talent management, employee engagement, and leadership development in global organizations. ► Created an online presence to share knowledge on global leadership, inclusion, and workforce innovation.
Director, Talent Management
Carrier
January 2019 - February 2024
I owned the creation and execution of the talent strategy for all global functions, comprising ~35K employees across seven departments. I continuously evolved managing the talent pipeline, growing leadership capability and enhancing the employee experience all in alignment with organizational goals. Notable achievements in this role: ► Increased employee engagement response rates by 20% and overall engagement scores by 5 points through targeted, data-driven talent processes and scalable development initiatives. ► Spearheaded change management for several large functional transformations, focusing on leadership engagement and the employee experience. Engagement scores remained consistently some of the highest overall scores in the company throughout the transformations. ► Led multiple work streams in the successful implementation of culture transformation through targeted tools and training designed to drive change and enhance adoption. ► Created Carrier’s first Change Management Community of Practice, connecting change leaders to drive adoption and resilience during large-scale functional transformations. ► Steered HR operating model transformation by formulating global service delivery catalog, process documentation, and organizational structure for Americas region within the Talent COE structure. Leadership Development, Talent Management and +4 skills
Global Head of Talent
Driscoll's
August 2016 - January 2019
I was responsible for defining and executing the enterprise talent strategy, specifically assessing and enhancing global talent development, succession planning, and performance management programs, tools and technology. Notable achievements in this role: ► Partnered directly with the CHRO, C-suite and HR Leadership Team on developing and deploying the global talent and performance management strategy, including establishing an innovative 4-box talent segmentation strategy, which drove a 50%+ increase in internal leadership hiring and a 200% increase in employees with actionable development plans. ► Acted as a trusted advisor to the CHRO, providing data and executive-level narrative on Board of Directors and executive leadership team presentations. ► Spearheaded the global integration of an enterprise competency model, translating company values into operational performance and leadership review standards across 15+ countries. ► Managed global early-career pipelines and university programs, achieving a 30% intern-to-full-time conversion rate increase. ► Directed global HR technology implementations (SuccessFactors performance and talent module configuration), managing cross-functional stakeholder alignment, executive communications, international delivery and change management strategy. Performance Management, Global Cross-Functional Team Leadership and +4 skills
Talent Programs Manager - Contract
Southern California Edison
November 2010 - August 2016
As leader of the Assessment and Talent Programs team, I was responsible for enabling my team in enterprise-wide program and process execution. I set and drove the group vision & strategy. This was particularly important in ensuring the company's assessment tools for its 10K + field employees were, first and foremost, ensuring each candidate could perform their duties safely, but that the assessments themselves were valid, reliable and legally defensible. For the period of about a year, I also directed the technical training team in conducting needs assessments, designing and launching all training programs for craft, field, and engineering roles. Notable achievements in this role: ►Managed Talent and Organizational Development workstreams during a massive HR operating model redesign, coordinating cross-functional SME teams and delivering recommendations to the HR Leadership Team, which contributed to ~$12M in operational cost savings. ► Directed behavioral assessment and coaching strategies for 1,600 leaders over the course of 8 months, synthesizing complex assessment data into executive development plans, yielding a 40% increase in employee engagement related to leader effectiveness. ► Managed and coached teams of talent, assessment and technical training design subject matter experts, establishing operational discipline and high-trust cross-functional delivery. ► Built and executed a brand-new, self-service career management system from scratch, creating digital online tools, coaching materials, and structured career development workshops. ► Led the transformation of legacy performance management and succession processes, successfully introducing a new competency framework and underlying software platform. Coaching, Organizational Development and +4 skills
Education
San Francisco State University
MS, Industrial and Organizational Psychology
2004 - 2006
Activities and societies: Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology; Industrial and Organizational Psychology Student Association, Vice President Analytical Skills
California Polytechnic State University, Pomona
BA, Psychology
2000 - 2003
Activities and societies: Psi Chi - National Honors Society for Psychology Minor in General Management Analytical Skills