Wendy Nice Barnes
Chief People Officer, GitLab
Wendy Nice Barnes, GitLab’s Chief People Officer, has over 20 years of talent leadership experience in pre-IPO and Fortune 500 companies. As Chief People Officer, Wendy leads GitLab with the members of the executive team and works closely with its DIB (Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging) and remote leaders. Prior to GitLab, she served as CHRO at Palo Alto Networks, where she supported the organization’s growth from 750 employees globally and $255M in revenue to over 5,000 employees globally and an annual run rate of ~$3B. Other previous roles include VP of Human Resources at eHealth and senior HR leadership roles at Netflix and E*TRADE.
