Yuri Kruman

Career Strategist

HR, Talent & Systems

Current projects: 

1) partnering as AI x L&D and HR SME with top 5 AI labs (FAANG), top EdTech and other clients through Mercor, micro1 and Hurix to build, evaluate and improve AI-driven courses, highly specialized prompts and rubrics.

2) Running (successful) AI pilots for mid-size firms to build, evaluate and improve AI-driven tech stacks for HR, L&D and enterprise AI transformation.

Led more than 30 HR transformation projects for venture-backed startups, PE-owned firms, and mid-market companies

Provided interim CHRO and CLO support for organizations with headcounts ranging from 50 to 2,500 employees

Designed and implemented HR tech stacks including ATS (BreezyHR, Greenhouse), LMS (Trainual, LearnUpon), and engagement platforms (CultureAmp, Glint)

Delivered enterprise L&D programs with adoption rates over 90 percent, supporting manager and high-potential development

Managed HRIS configuration, onboarding flows, and performance systems aligned to organizational KPIs

Coached over 1,300 startup and Fortune 500 executives on leadership development, internal communication, and team strategy

Created HR analytics dashboards and scorecards using Power BI and PeopleBox to track engagement, retention, and performance metrics

Managed $300K+ HR and/or L&D budgets

Fractional CHRO / CLO, Strategic HR Advisor, CHRO Coach (AI, M&A)

The Wharton School

Guest lecturer for the Wharton CHRO program and CHRO Coach (AI, M&A)

Session: HR’s Midlife Crisis: AI, Grit and Irreverence

Guest Lecturer

HR.com

Advisory Board Member - The Future of Learning Technologies 2025

TM Forum

Built a company-wide, three-tiered L&D program for 300+ employees focused on universal, manager, and high-potential tracks

Delivered trainings via Butter.us and LearnUpon LMS with 100 percent staff satisfaction ratings

Redesigned performance management framework to incorporate L&D outcomes as 20 percent of evaluation

Coached all high-potential and managerial staff in 1-on-1 and cohort formats

Implemented internal communications plan to improve information flow, event cadence, and leadership transparency

Conducted full HR tech audit and helped lead HiBob implementation and configuration

Partnered with internal HR team to build workforce development metrics and analytics infrastructure

Developed custom training content based on proprietary leadership development methodologies

Managed $150K L&D budget

Interim CHRO / CLO (Consultant)

Lattice

Exciting news! I've joined the Winter 2025 Cohort of Lattice's Certified Fractional HR People Leader Program! This initiative is all about enabling strategic partners to effectively meet their clients' People Management needs.

What makes this adventure special?

 I'll be part of a diverse array of professionals united by the shared ambition of cultivating a thriving fractional HR business.

 The program offers clear and organized opportunities to confront business challenges, using Lattice to solve our clients' most critical issues.

 There are countless opportunities to engage with peers, learn from one another, and forge meaningful relationships.

If your team is in need of additional help or if you'd be interested in connecting with Lattice let me know! I can't wait to get started on this exciting journey and soon you’ll see my face amongst these talented Fractional HR People Leaders: https://bit.ly/4eVQjgl

Certified Fractional People Leader Program (Winter 2025 Cohort)

GCE Strategic Consulting

Yuri’s specialties include HR M&A Integration, Benefits, Payroll and Compliance, HR Tech Stack Builds, Performance Management, High Performer Retention, Team and C-Suite Coaching, Building L&D Programs and People Analytics.

His industry-leading HR consulting, L&D and DEI work has been recognized by multiple industry awards and has impacted many thousands of executives and staff. He advises enterprises, VCs and PE funds on HR Tech, GTM and product strategy, as well as strategic HR. Yuri has mentored 100s of founders and executives through Google for Startups, Venture for America, Crew Capital, Innovation Channel, Alchemist and other networks and accelerators.

HR Practice Area Leader / Fractional CHRO

Touro University

Currently teaching or have taught:
* Digital Marketing
* Principles of Marketing
* Consumer Behavior

Adjunct Professor

Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

Managed executive communications, media relations, and crisis communications for a global research university.
	•	Produced content for international campaigns, increasing media placements by 40% and enhancing the university’s global reputation.
	•	Trained faculty and leadership in media engagement and public speaking.

Head of Communications, PR and Social Media

PR and Communications Manager

Ideapress Publishing

FORBES “Top 21 Books to Read in 2021.” 
USA TODAY "Top 20 book fueling readers to upgrade their personal and professional lives"
Featured in ENTREPRENEUR

- Selected as a Best Book Award Finalist (Self-Help General category) at the 2022 American Book Fest
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Author - "Be Your Own Commander-in-Chief"

Commander-in-Chief Media Group

We empower brands, humans and organizations to create and scale fast growth using their greatest asset: their people and origin stories.

COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF PODCAST:

Guests to date include:

Hillel Fuld, Israel's Unicorn Whisperer
Adam Singolda, CEO of Taboola (Nasdaq-traded)
Omer Keilaf, CEO of Innoviz (Nasdaq-traded)
Ronni Zehavi, CEO of HiBob (HR Tech Unicorn)
Didier Elzinga, CEO of CultureAmp (HR Tech Unicorn)

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Podcast and Newsletter Creator

I help high-growth companies and global enterprises scale effectively by designing AI-powered people systems, building enterprise L&D programs, and integrating culture, compliance, and strategy across HR functions.

As a 3x interim/fractional CHRO and CLO, I have led over 30 large-scale HR transformation projects across healthcare, tech, financial services, and professional services. My work includes end-to-end HR tech implementations, M&A HR integrations, L&D strategy, employer branding, internal communications, and executive coaching.

Key achievements:

Led 12 full-cycle HR M&A integrations for firms ranging from 120 to 2,500 employees

Built and delivered multi-tiered L&D programs for organizations with up to 1,000 employees

Designed and implemented HR tech stacks, including ATS, LMS, engagement platforms, and performance systems

Boosted Glassdoor ratings from 2.7 to 4.3 through EVP and comms strategy

Increased project completion rate by 45 percent through internal comms system redesign (ClickUp, Slack)

Delivered over $1 million in HR consulting value over the past three years

Coached more than 2,200 executives at organizations including Danone, Medtronic, Flatiron Health, and Ariel Investments, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and many other Fortune 500, FAANG and other tech firms.

Tools: BreezyHR, Greenhouse, Workday, SuccessFactors, HiBob, SAP, CultureAmp, Glint, 15Five, Trainual, Docebo, LearnUpon, Obrizum, ClickUp, Power BI, SQL, PeopleBox

Let’s connect if you are scaling your people function, building L&D programs, preparing for M&A, or undergoing HR digital transformation.

Executive Board Member/Contributor

- Conducted comprehensive audit of HR function, Performance Management, Learning and Development, Internal Communication
- Co-built HR operating plan as part of larger organizational operating plan
- Built out 3-tiered L&D program (High Potentials, Managers, Universal) in LearnUpon using proprietary materials based on my books
- Designed and co-implemented internal communication plan
- Delivered trainings on Butter.us platform 
- Coached all High Potentials and Managers 1-on-1
- Coached HR team on strategic initiatives 
- Achieved 100% rating for value from all staff, to date on all trainings delivered 
- Helped redesign Performance Management function to include L&D as 20% of performance management
- Helped with HiBob configuration and rollout

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Expand to new markets with our global network of 10.000 advisors. Free advisor matching service for companies.

As a CEO I'm responsible for the overall business and service development.

Co-Founder

Several startups

Small-scale investor in a few startups that we at Boardio have worked with.

Angel Investor

LUOTSI

Luotsi was a matching service for organisations looking for partners. Earlier we operated Luotsi under the name Binder. Luotsi is now merged with Boardio.

Camiloc Oy

Advisor

Abonnet

Abonnet (Advisory Board on Net) was the first version of what became to be Boardio. Our key focus was to offer companies a virtual solution to find advisory board members and to run advisory board meetings online. We were ahead of our time but learned (the hard way) that key value add we can bring is to connect companies with advisors. That became the core focus of Boardio.

Nokia

This role included finding and furher developing most promising innovations, get internal buy in and start concepting and prototyping activities.

Innovation Manager

I started my Nokia career in Nokia Ventures organization as a Solution Marketing Manager for a mobile PKI solution that enabled strong user authentication and digital signatures with mobile phone. 

My next position was Business Development Manager in Mobile Payments field. That included strategy development, market making and pilot facilitation activities in mobile payments but also more broadly in mobile digital services. I also managed few pilot projects with operators and independent content retailers. 

Since 2006 i worked on innovation projects. This means innovating new mobile software based concepts that have end user value and thus provide business potential. My role included initial concepting, internal validation, prototyping and testing with real users.

During this time I started close to 10 innovation projects and first ones are now shipping in devices and rest are on the pipeline.

Senior Manager

Andersen Consulting

I worked in London in a project developing a mobile service for a UK based financial institution. Before the project was completed i was offered a position in Nokia.

Consultant

Nordea

In Nordea i worked as product owner of e-commerce-, identification- and electronic invoicing-products. My main task was to develop existing products further, innovate new features and new product opportunities. I also took actively part in pilot projects with corporate customers.

Product Manager -  internet and mobile payments, e-invoice, e-salary

Own Import company

I founded this company with few friends during university times. We imported wool products from Estonia and sold them to retailers. Business was very profitable as wages in Estonia were fairly low but handwork skills were in good level.

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