{"id":17244,"date":"2020-04-27T21:04:01","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T21:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/?p=17244"},"modified":"2024-05-30T02:03:02","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T09:03:02","slug":"sswift","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uwb.edu\/business\/opportunities\/mentorship-edge\/mentors-archive\/sswift","title":{"rendered":"Shannon Swift"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><i>Founder and CEO<\/i><br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/swifthrsolutions.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Swift HR Solutions<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cShannon\u2019s specialty is taking dumb, distracted entrepreneurs by the hand and showing them how to put the human systems in place to build a real company. A company that has health benefits, a comp system, a 401k, awesome recruiting, and, most importantly \u2014 values.\u201d<br>\nRich Barton, Chairman &amp; CEO, Zillow.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shannon Swift is the CEO of Swift HR Solutions, Inc., a provider of strategic HR services and products for early stage companies. Shannon has more than twenty years of human resources experience, combined with successful executive level management and business development roles. Prior to starting Swift HR Solutions in 2004, she held executive HR roles at GoAhead Software, Nastech Pharmaceutical, and Health Team Northwest, formerly Home Health Care of Washington. She has also held senior level business development roles in outsourcing firms TriNet VCO and PMSI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shannon\u2019s passion and expertise is in facilitating effective growth\/building capacity in organizations. She has extensive experience in growing human resource infrastructure from start up or early-stage to mid-size, mid-stage organizations. Shannon also opened, developed, and managed TriNet VCO\u2019s first successful branch office (in Bellevue, Washington), after which she added managing four other branch offices around the country. She works effectively with executive teams and boards of directors to ensure that all HR efforts and results are aligned with corporate values and organizational objectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shannon holds a B.A. in Psychology, with a business supplement, from the University of Washington, and has achieved life time certification as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR). She is past president and a current member of the Lake Washington Human Resources Association (LWHRA), a chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), and was named Chapter \u201cMember of the Year\u201d in 2002.  Shannon is a member of Entrepreneur Organization (EO) and currently serves on the Seattle Chapter Board.  She is also a current Board member of the Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) and served on the Board of the Northwest Entrepreneur Network (NWEN) from 2007 \u2013 2013,  where she was Chair of the organization from 2009 \u2013 2011.  Shannon was recognized as one of the 2009 \u201c100 Top Women in Seattle Tech\u201d by Tech Flash, and was also honored with the \u201cBest Service Provider to Start Ups\u201d award by Seattle 2.0.  Shannon is a frequent public speaker on various human resources issues and \u201cbest practices\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Founder and CEO Swift HR Solutions \u201cShannon\u2019s specialty is taking dumb, distracted entrepreneurs by the hand and showing them how to put the human systems in place to build a real company. 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