About Tamar Elkeles, Ph.D.

Tamar Elkeles, PhD is a Board Director, Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), Chief Learning & Talent Officer (CLO) and thought leader in the Human Capital, Talent, Enterprise Education and Education Technology field. She is a seasoned technology executive with extensive experience in the high tech industry. Tamar has expertise scaling companies, managing global growth, leading digital transformation and building leadership teams, as well as an extensive background implementing best in class practices in technology companies.

She is currently a Senior Advisor with East Wind Advisors, an investment banking firm in the media, entertainment, education and consumer sectors. Before that she was Chief Human Resources Officer at XCOM, a wireless technology company propelling the next mobile revolution. Prior to this role she was Chief Talent Executive for Atlantic Bridge, a global venture capital fund focused on technology investments. She was previously Chief People Officer at Quixey, a Silicon Valley mobile tech company and before that was Chief Learning & Talent Officer at Qualcomm. In her nearly 25 years at Qualcomm she created a world class talent organization and grew the company from 700 employees to over 31,000.

Her scope of leadership has included strategic HR operations, digital and organizational transformation, talent strategy, compensation, executive/leadership development, recruitment, DEI, engineering development, employee communications, M&A integration, market research/competitive intelligence, talent management, culture & engagement, learning technology and mobile learning.

She has been featured in publications including CLO Magazine, Training Magazine, T&D Magazine, Fast Company and HR Executive Magazine for her leadership and contributions to the human capital profession. She was named “CLO of the Year” and under her leadership, Qualcomm was named “Learning & Development Organization of the Year”.

She is the author of four books: “The Chief Learning Officer” (2011), “Measuring the Success of Learning Through Technology” (2013), “The Chief Talent Officer” (2017) and “Forward Focused Learning: Inside Award Winning Organizations” (2020).

Tamar is a Board Director for GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE: GPX) and G3 VRM Acquisition Corporation (NASDAQ: GGGV). She also serves as a Board Member for Open Sesame and The Forbes School of Business & Technology at the University of Arizona. She is an Advisor and Board Member for several start-ups in the education technology, enterprise software and human capital sector.