Ellen Chin

About Ellen Chin

I am a leader with experience transforming companies and building culture. I am a pragmatic problem-solver who loves big challenges. My leadership philosophy is to lead with your Hands, Hearts and Minds. Leading with your Hands means rolling up your sleeves and being ready to jump into the issues alongside your team. Leading with your Mind is to be strategic in your thinking, make sure you lead for the short, medium and longer-term goals and objectives. Most importantly lead with your Heart, when you care about and support your people, they can achieve more than they thought was possible. “A leader\'s job is not to do the work for others, it\'s to help others figure out how to do it themselves, to get things done, and to succeed beyond what they thought possible.” -Simon Sinek Trusted advisor to and partner of Boards of Directors and C-Suite valued for decisive leadership, international perspective and ability to execute pragmatic operational solutions with urgency across all levels of organization. Collaborative, innovative problem-solver and change agent who thrives in complex, challenging situations, leading organizations to the next level of growth, efficiency and profitability. Supportive, empathetic builder of engaged teams across global operations who inspires, motivates and empowers others to succeed. Strategic relationship-builder skilled at using analytics to influence people and elevate HR teams to respected business partners. Strong communicator – sought-after speaker at industry conferences on topics of leadership, diversity and company-wide global transformations; author of numerous articles; company spokesperson featured in various media; internal leader of town halls.

Experience

1. Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Harvest Midstream

   Harvest Midstream Company

   Jan 2021 — Present · Houston, TX, US

   Head of HR, reporting directly to CEO across all portfolio companies of JDH Capital and Harvest Midstream; part of Executive Management Team of both companies. Built Culture and People Strategy. o Created a new culture at spun-off company. o Evaluates portfolio companies and implements the Hilcorp culture. Started up new companies and spin-off companies. o Builds new people processes, policies and programs at spin-off companies. o Designed and build new leadership development program starting at entry to C-suite levels Designed compensation and HR programs to support culture and business strategy. o Designed new compensation programs, including broad-based and executive short-term & long-term incentives (STI & LTI).

Education

• The University of Texas at Austin

  Bachelor of Business Administration, Management Information Systems, Dean's List

  1990 — 1994