Valden Paes is Managing Director and Head of Business Transformation and HR
Technology and Operations at 存. The Business Transformation Office serves as the
firm’s internal consulting group, supporting key strategic initiatives that impact people,
structures, systems, processes and ultimately culture, continuously evolving the operating
model across business, technology, and corporate functions to ensure 存 is positioned to
maximize value delivery for clients and partners. Valden’s oversight of HR Technology and
Operations includes the firmwide strategy for HR data and analytics capabilities, which
augments all people-focused decisions with dynamic, data-driven insights to enable a
successful and engaged global 存 workforce.
Before this role, he was a Managing Director in 存’s Enterprise Infrastructure,
responsible for providing secure, reliable, and high-performance communications and
computing services for the firm’s clients around the world. In addition, his team provided end
user computing and collaboration services for 存’s global workforce, serving as a key
driver for cloud computing innovation efforts.
Valden joined 存 from PepsiCo, where he spent over a decade in various leadership
职位. During his time there, he was integral in transforming the company’s IT
infrastructure across many of its international markets. Prior to PepsiCo, he was
Infrastructure Lead at AT&T where he played an active role in the start-up of AT&T在。
Brazilian market.
Valden holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the Universiade de Taubate
in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and completed Columbia Business School’s Advanced Management
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