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About the HR Forums
We’re a global community of human resource executives and senior managers with our home base in the Bay Area’s high tech and biotech companies. Our members since 1997 have included HR vice presidents from the likes of Adobe, Advanced Micro Devices, Agilent, Apple, Applied Biosystems, Borland, Cisco, CNET, CV Theraputics, eBay, Genentech, Genencor, HP, Intuit, National Semiconductor, PDL BioPharma, Sun, Yahoo! etc., as well as dozens of newer, smaller companies. Our newest Forum, the Consultants Forum, consists of former HR executives now serving the HR community as consultants.

Our focus is on active, ongoing knowledge exchange among HR leaders to benefit:
  • their companies
  • their careers
  • the HR profession
What They're Saying About the HR Forums
An excellent way to interact with other senior HR leaders on big issues. The quality of thought and participation is truly valuable. More than just a theoretical forum, the HR Forums deal with application in the real world. This combination provides an excellent mix of deep thought and practicality, a combination not always found in such groups.

Kevin Lyman
Vice President, Human Resources, Altera
Formerly SVP, Corporate HR, Advanced Micro Devices

Aryae is well connected with HR/OD professionals in both the high tech and biotech/biopharma industries and offers resources to senior level HR executives. He is a great leader of the HR Forums group.

Emily Lee Kelley
Vice President, Human Resources, Alexza Pharmaceuticals

The HR Forums have proven to be an invaluable facility for meeting key HR influencers in the Bay Area. I highly recommend HR Forums membership.

John Brennan
Vice President, Human Resources, Advent Software

Aryae has a talent for bringing HR execs from around the Valley together to discuss in an open forum our wins and our misses.

Nancy Kato
Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Tivo

An exceptional human resources organization that has been able to attract the brightest thought leaders who lead some of the world’s best run HR organizations. The HR Forums provides an incredible resource for HR professionals facing challenges who need to quickly tap into the HR talent pool to get questions answered or to gather information. If you are an HR leader, I highly recommend joining the HR Forums organization.

Greg Pappas
Vice President, Human Resources, CyberSource

Aryae Coopersmith, visionary of the HR Forums, has proven time and again to be a true thought leader for the human resources profession. Aryae's giving spirit, pure curiosity and a true sense of partnership ensure that every encounter serves the best interest of everyone involved. I have concluded every HR Forums event and interaction with Aryae truly inspired and feeling even better prepared as a leader.

Dianna Wilusz
Managing Partner, Human Capital and Private Equity Services
Craford Benefit Consultants

The HR Forums are a wonderful source for leading HR ideas, thought leadership and incredible dialogue. Never miss any of these events.

John Radford
Senior Vice President
Aon Consulting's Radford Surveys

The HR Forums offer strategic and real time opportunities when driving Human Resource solutions. The executives, consultants and partners involved offer insightful thought leadership and solutions that allow me to swiftly, and with competitive information, challenge and change our organization strategy. The website, group meetings, tele/web conferences, and HR Summits prove valuable and typically have leading edge topics with great timing for current and future initiative planning.

The differentiator of the HR Forums is the openness, trust, intelligence, commitment and business acumen among the team.

Jim Harrington
Vice President, Human Resources
Synaptics