Elyse Brown
Executive MBA Candidate | Global Sales Compensation Strategy | Data-Driven Problem Solver | Turning Insights into Business Impact
- Role
- Principal Consultant at Korn Ferry
- Location
- San Diego, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Elyse Brown
I’m a strategy-minded, analytically driven professional with a passion for turning complex systems into clear, scalable solutions. My career has centered on connecting people, process, and data to drive better business outcomes. I bring a unique combination of strategic insight, operational rigor, and empathy — allowing me to simplify complexity, optimize workflows, and align execution with organizational goals.Over the past decade, I’ve led compensation design, job architecture, and process automation projects that improved accuracy, efficiency, and transparency across multiple organizations. In doing so, I discovered what energizes me most — solving cross-functional problems that influence business strategy and operational performance.Now, as an MBA candidate at UC San Diego’s Rady School of Management, I’m expanding my impact beyond HR and analytics to focus on Strategy & Operations. I’m building on my foundation in data, governance, and communication to take on challenges in business operations, strategic planning roles.
Experience
Principal Consultant
Mar 2026 — Present · US
Principal in Korn Ferry’s Enterprise Sales Effectiveness Practice, where she leads engagements focused on improving sales performance and driving commercial excellence across a wide range of industries. With more than a decade of experience in sales effectiveness and compensation strategy, she brings deep expertise in sales compensation design, sales operations, job architecture, and performance governance.She partners closely with executive stakeholders to understand the unique needs of their sales organizations and designs solutions that attract, retain, and motivate talent—ultimately enabling stronger business outcomes and sustained revenue growth. Her work integrates data, process, and organizational strategy to create scalable and aligned commercial systems.
Education
AIHR | Academy to Innovate HR
HR Analytics Leader, Human Resources Management and Services
2019 — 2020
University of California, San Diego - Rady School of Management
Executive MBA
University of Washington
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Communication and Media Studies
2005 — 2009
University of California, San Diego
Certificate in HR Management, Human Resources Management
2014 — 2017
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