At SIZE
Sean focuses on helping early stage and growing companies build strong people foundations that drive long-term success. At SIZE, he works with leadership teams to address core HR fundamentals such as talent planning, total rewards strategies grounded in market data, and scalable processes that foster growth. Sean begins by listening to understand each client’s most critical needs, builds trust with leadership, and designs practical people solutions that solve immediate challenges while positioning the company to scale.
Bio
Sean is a co-founder and Managing Principal of Populus Advisors, a human resources strategy and advisory firm. As a senior Human Resources executive with extensive global experience in a public companies and private equity ventures, his experience spans a variety of industries, including automotive, telecommunications, management consulting, and semiconductor and media technology companies.
Sean serves as an advisor to CEOs, Boards, private equity sponsors, and international management teams on workforce strategy, talent initiatives, and organizational design. With over 30 years of experience in the Human Resources and consulting fields Sean most recently served seven years as Chief Human Resources Officer at Service King Collision, a Blackstone portfolio company. He has spent the last 13 years serving Private Equity firms as CHRO. Prior, much of his career was with KPMG/BearingPoint leading various HR functions.
Sean is known as a purpose-based executive leader focused on transforming HR functions and building workforce strategies to create real value for the businesses he serves.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Santa Clara University and earned a Master’s Degree in Human Resources and Employee Relations from Pennsylvania State University.