Tami Rosen Speaking Topics

• Building Companies That Last: Leadership Lessons from Startup Scale to Public Markets

  Companies do not scale in a straight line. They move through distinct phases of growth, reinvention, and resilience, each requiring different leadership decisions, operating models, and strategic priorities. Drawing on three decades of experience scaling organizations across startups and Fortune 100 companies, Tami Rosen shares a practical framework for navigating the full business lifecycle, from early acceleration to hypergrowth, public markets, and periods of economic or organizational reset. Using real-world examples including Pagaya’s journey to IPO and leadership roles at Goldman Sachs, Apple, Atlassian, and Luminar, she explores how leaders align business strategy with people, culture, technology, and capital at each stage of scale. Tami highlights how emerging technologies, including AI, can significantly enhance performance and scale, while emphasizing that people and culture remain the true differentiators that determine whether technology creates lasting enterprise value. She also addresses the critical inflection points where companies stall or fracture, and how executive teams and boards can anticipate and manage those transitions. The session offers actionable insights for leaders and teams who are building resilient, growth-ready organizations that sustain enterprise value over time.

  Target Audience:

  This talk is designed for leaders and teams at growth companies navigating scale, transformation, or increased complexity. It is highly relevant for executives, functional leaders, and teams responsible for driving performance across strategy, people, technology, and operations. The insights apply across industries and company stages, from high-growth startups to mature organizations preparing for reinvention or public markets.

• Building High-Performing Boards: Designing Governance for Strategy, Growth, and Value Creation

  Building an effective board is one of the most consequential decisions a company makes, yet it is often approached too reactively or too narrowly. Drawing on over decades of experience building boards and her experience as a board director at Pagaya, Tami Rosen offers a practical framework for designing boards that align with a company’s strategy, stage of growth, and long-term objectives. She explores how leaders assess board composition and competence, identify the capabilities required to support strategy and risk oversight, and recruit directors who meaningfully elevate performance in the boardroom. The session addresses the art of the ask, including how CEOs and founders approach high-caliber candidates with clarity, credibility, and purpose. Tami also shares guidance on board succession planning and effective onboarding, highlighting common missteps and what new directors must understand in their first year to contribute thoughtfully to governance and oversight. The discussion concludes with clear advice for growing companies and first-time board builders seeking to establish strong governance foundations that support scale, resilience, and enterprise value.

  Target Audience:

  This talk is designed for board directors, founders, CEOs, and Chief People Officers who are building or evolving their boards as their companies grow. It is also especially relevant for board members and directors overseeing strategy, governance, risk, succession, and long-term value creation. The session will benefit companies at key inflection points, including first-time board formation, rapid growth, leadership transition, or preparation for public markets. Private equity and venture-backed leaders, as well as independent directors serving on growth-stage or complex organizations, will find the insights highly practical. The content is applicable across industries and is well suited for leadership teams and boards seeking to strengthen governance while supporting innovation, performance, and scale.

• From Connection to Strategic Impact

  Leaders have always excelled at building deep, meaningful relationships when networking—but too often, we stop short of making the bold asks or strategic offers that spark real, transformative results. We can change that. This session with Tami Rosen, Board Member and Chief Development Officer at Pagaya, explores how to bridge that gap, empowering leaders to pair authentic connection with intentional action—unlocking new partnerships, revenue opportunities, board seats, and career inflection points for themselves and their networks. Discover how embracing this shift can turn strong relationships into powerful engines for professional growth and impact.

  Target Audience:

  This is an applicable skill across all organizations, large and small. However, this topic is especially relevant for mid-level or executives with a need to build broader relationships across external stakeholders, new markets, and broader ecosystems.

• Bionic Companies: Scaling Human and Business Potential

  As we envision the future of work and talent, the most successful companies of tomorrow won’t be human or machine—they’ll be bionic. In this [session or workshop], Tami Rosen, Board Member and Chief Development Officer at Pagaya, will challenge us to think beyond efficiency and embrace a new kind of resilience—one rooted in human potential. She’ll explore what it takes to build future-ready organizations that integrate the power of AI with the creativity, empathy, and judgment of human talent. From reimagining talent pipelines to balancing automation with long-term leadership development, Tami will offer a candid look at what boards and C-suites should be asking now. Expect actionable insights on how to lead structural, cultural, and strategic shifts that unlock true innovation.

  Target Audience:

  This session will resonate most with C-suite executives, board members, and HR or talent leaders who are responsible for shaping the future of their organizations. Companies navigating digital transformation, AI adoption, and workforce reinvention will find the content especially valuable, as will leaders tasked with aligning culture, leadership pipelines, and long-term strategy. Forward-looking organizations in industries under pressure to scale responsibly—such as financial services, healthcare, technology, and professional services—will benefit from learning how to integrate human potential with technological innovation to drive resilience, adaptability, and sustainable growth.

• The Future of Learning: Building a Culture of Continuous Growth

  Traditional performance reviews, though well-intentioned, are often ineffective. In this talk, Tami Rosen, Board Member, Chief Development Officer, and Chair of the Advisory Board at Pagaya, will share why the era of annual reviews is over and why organizations need a true paradigm shift toward continuous learning. Drawing on her track record leading people strategy and transformation at global companies, Tami will introduce the "Continuous Learning Cycle" program she has implemented successfully in multiple organizations and explain how it fosters collaboration, strengthens performance, and drives higher retention and happier employees.

  Target Audience:

  This talk will be most valuable for HR and people leaders, senior managers, and business unit heads who are looking for practical alternatives to annual performance reviews to strengthen retention, engagement, and skill-building. It is also well-suited for technology-driven companies integrating AI, automation, and digital tools, where success depends on employees learning continuously and working effectively alongside new systems. High-growth or transforming organizations will benefit from insights on building a culture of adaptability and collaboration, while boards and senior executives will gain perspective on how modern talent practices can reduce turnover, support culture, and sustain competitiveness.

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