About Us
Our Purpose
Real People Ops Consulting is here to help Founders focus on the people side of business. Supporting startups and small businesses that need help growing and scaling their organization through the establishment of people processes, development frameworks, and engagement strategies. We strive to leverage our expertise in people operations to drive organizational effectiveness, enhance employee engagement, and promote diversity, equity, and inclusion. Through our collaborative approach, we seek to build lasting relationships with our clients and contribute to their long-term success by providing innovative and practical solutions to their people-related challenges.
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By partnering with us, you'll benefit from our extensive knowledge and expertise, as well as our commitment to delivering results. We'll help you streamline your people processes, improve employee engagement and retention, and ultimately achieve your business goals.
Meet our Founder
Alionna Gardner, our Founder and Chief People Consultant has over 12 years of experience in human resources, spending the last 8 years focused on the people operations at various startups. In her last 2 roles, she was the Head of People for 2 fintech startups, Series A and Series B. Her work with with startups and small to midsize companies focused on helping them scale and leading organizational development initiatives, along with managing their full employee life cycles.
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Alionna is a senior certified HR professional with SHRM, she holds a Bachelors in Psychology and a MBA with a concentration in HR Management. Her personal core values are trust, authenticity, compassion, equity, and integrity. She carries these values into her work and it's part of the reason why she loves being a people leader. Alionna also enjoys building relationships and finding solutions, people operations is not just a career for her, it's her passion. Leading people is a part of who she is and what she was born to do, she founded Real People Ops as a way to use her passion and expertise to give back to other like-minded Founders.
