Tracy Carsten
Vice President, Talent and Human Resources
Iterate Legal
Tracy brings more than two decades HR leadership expertise working in a variety of industries including e-commerce, technical consulting and software development. She serves as a trusted advisor to the Iterate team bringing expertise in the areas of HR strategy and implementation, employee connection and communication, organizational development, workforce planning, change management and project management. Her goal is always to build a culture in which employees thrive, legal compliance is held and operational excellence is achieved. Tracy possesses a Bachelor of Arts degree in Organizational Development.
Work With Startups
One of the early employees at eBags.com helping them build and grow their HR department including all of their HR practices and helping to build company culture.
More About Tracy Carsten
My most successful innovation work ...
Moving a large, established organization's traditional performance management process to an ongoing feedback process with no forms or ratings.
My second most successful innovation project was ...
Developing innovative recruiting methods back in the day when dot.coms were just becoming popular. We hosted an onsite job fair one time where we had people lined out on the street to come work with us at eBags due to the amazing culure we had there.
Qualities of an innovator
- Boldness
- Passion for solving a problem for others
- Collaboration with others to get well rounded ideas
Fun Tidbits
Why work with Iterate?
Iterate provides leading edge solutions to our customers' challenges. It's a fast-paced environment where bold thinking and learning is encouraged.
You may not know about me ...
I'm the granddaughter of the jockey who won the Kentucky Derby in 1949.
What school did NOT teach me ...
How important it is to just be real and be yourself.
Free Time
Hiking, camping, international travel, and volunteering
Favorite Books About Innovation and Why
One Favorite Book
by Michael Michalko
Tracy's thoughts: It 's full of ideas to get your creative juices running.
Favorite Quotes About Innovation
“There's a way to do it better - find it.”
~ Thomas EdisonFavorite Music and Movie?
Blues Rock - Stevie Ray Vaughan, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Jonny Lang; and 80's hairbands
Anything that Alfred Hitchcock directed. He chose great actors and his camera angles helped tell the story in creative ways.