Nic was born and raised in England. Dave is a third-generation San Franciscan which he loves to casually mention to anyone who claims to be a native. Nic and Dave first met while working at the same company even though separated by 5,000 or so miles. Fast-forward, Dave met up with Nic in Santiago, Chile while he was on vacation (or holiday as they say in the UK) and Nic was teaching English as a second language to Chilean business people to supplement her travels. “Just friends” turned into “more than friends.” Thus, Nic did her own Brexit from both England and Chile and headed to the US (with Dave).

Deciding that marriage and kids weren’t enough, Dave and Nic launched their consulting business. They’re obsessed with delighting customers, helping them achieve success by sharing their expertise and experience. Speaking of which, if you want to know about Nic’s and Dave’s professional qualifications keep reading below. Maybe not as thrilling as tales of romance in the southern hemisphere but probably info that might help you determine if Nic and/or Dave have the background you’re looking for in a consultant.

Dave Kiyasu, Principal, has over 20 years of experience as both an in-house leader and independent consultant in HR with for-profit and nonprofit organizations. He also did a stint in IT and co-founded an HR software company. Dave is best known as a total rewards expert helping organizations effectively compensate different stakeholders, from Board Directors to executives, sales reps to engineers. He is experienced with designing different forms of remuneration- salary, variable, equity, benefits and perks; and the foundational philosophy and strategy in which these compensation elements are rooted. He has also helped multiple companies navigate the pre- to post-IPO total rewards journey.

Among his many experiences, Dave was Vice President, Total Rewards and HR Operations at Salesforce, as well as, at Zuora. He also held leadership roles at Ariba (now an SAP company), Aspect and Hewlett Packard. His consulting clients include Salesforce, Workday, Zuora, Tradeshift, Intuit, Visa, Oncopeptides, Coda Biotherapeutics, Nitrome Biosciences, Juniper Networks, Optimizely, Addepar, TiVo, SolutionSet, Marcus & Millichap, Avago Technologies (now Broadcom).

Nic Kiyasu, Principal, has over 20 years of experience spanning both nonprofit board and corporate HR leadership roles. Nic has varied and deep volunteer experience, especially with community focused nonprofit organizations. Most recently, she served six years on the board of Family Connections, the last four as its President. There, she led many changes in the organization, including board make-up, executive leadership, governance, fund development, and operations.

She has also led the HR function of UK operations for numerous US based companies, including Aspect, SAS (at the time the largest privately-held software company in the world), and Micro Focus (which bought the software assets of HPE).