Shannon Swift is the founder/CEO of Swift HR Solutions, Inc., a provider of strategic HR, Talent, and Leadership services and solutions for early to mid-stage companies. Shannon’s career spanned HR and Executive roles in a variety of early-stage health care/life sciences and technology companies, along with 2 other outsourced HR models, prior to starting Swift HR Solutions in 2004. A self-professed “startup junkie”, Shannon is passionate about helping founders lay a stage-appropriate and culturally-aligned HR foundation from the earliest stage, avoiding common startup mistakes and keeping them from becoming distracted by HR issues.

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She is an active member and volunteer leader for the western region of Entrepreneur Organization (EO) and past President of the EO-Seattle Chapter. She also served on the Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA) Board for 9 years and served on the Board of the Northwest Entrepreneur Network (NWEN) from 2007 – 2013, where she was Chair of the organization from 2009 – 2011. Shannon was recognized as one of the 2009 “100 Top Women in Seattle Tech” by Tech Flash, and was also honored with the “Best Service Provider to Start Ups” award by Seattle 2.0. Shannon is a frequent public speaker on various human resources issues and “best practices".