Gena Rubia

“I work with Gena at The North Face. She is a tremendously hard working, thoughtful and insightful individual, and her work exemplifies these values. Gena always demonstrates a professional and positive presence even under high pressure and during tough times. I appreciate her willingness to collaborate and share her knowledge with her team internally and cross-functionally. ”

“Gena is an exceptional HR leader and practitioner, with a strong background in both retail and human resources. I worked with Gena in Hong Kong in my roles as senior leader in Organizational Effectiveness, Learning & Development, and Change Management. Gena was well regarded by the corporate merchandising group as well as her peers in human resources. She was known to be professional, competent, results driven and effective, as well as warm, empathetic, and a nice person! I personally enjoyed all my interactions with Gena on projects and as part of the corporate HR team. She has my strong recommendation and I would love the opportunity to work with Gena again in the future.”

“Gena is collaborative, detail -oriented, team player, and responds immediately to problems or opportunities. I always knew that I could depend on Gena.”

“Gena and I worked closely together for 7 years, throughout which I could always count on her professionalism, commitment, and insights. She has a strong understanding of the functional "hard" skills as well as the "soft" skills needed for success at DFS. This, in turn led her to be a reliable partner in recruiting, career planning and evaluating performance. I highly recommend Gena, she will add value and a unique global experience to any organization she joins.”

“Gena has been one of the most important members of my team. I worked with her for 5 years, not only is she dependable, has great interpersonal skill, hard working, efficient and also well organized. She is well respected by the organization and has great command skills. Gena has excellent working relationship with all key stakeholders and is truly missed. I would highly recommend her because I know she will add value to your team like no one else can.”

“I have known Gena for over 8 years now. In my many years of experience as an executive recruiter, I can say that Gena is one of the best HR business partners I have worked with. Her ability engage talent and create the right experience for them through the process was just amazing! She is creative, strategic and great at moving the pieces of the puzzle to find the right fit for the talent. ”

“I've known Gena for over 10 years. Gena has been my "go to" person whenever I had an HR-related question. She's an exceptional communicator and has the skill and insight that has enabled her to champion the Employee as well as the Company. I was very pleased to have her support and expertise in hiring my Associate Risk Manager. She is truly missed.”

“I have known Gena for 10 years. Over the recent 3 years, it was indeed my pleasure to work with Gena together in the Hong Kong Corporate office, though we were in different team. We worked closely together on mobility related matters. Gena is a trustworthy, diligent, efficient and responsible employee. At work, she has shown a positive working attitude and demonstrated strong organizational capability. In many occasions, she has proved her ability to work well under pressure, and she can always deliver efficient services to different teams on a consistent and professional manner. I can see her passion and enthusiasm whenever she was involved in complex big projects or just small exercises. She is able to deal with issues/challenges independently with specific action plan in mind. Her communication skill is so strong that allows her to hold every conversation with the employees effectively and productively. Gena was indeed an important, effective and integral member of Merchandising Human Resources Team in Hong Kong, and she is highly valued by different levels of employees within the Company. With her solid HR experience and all-rounded knowledge of HR management, I enthusiastically recommend her to any future prospective employer without reservation. ”

“I have known Gena for over a year and had the opportunity to work with her at DFS Group. Gena is well liked and respected by her Business Partners because of her business acumen and ability to facilitate people decisions with business impact.Gena is a well rounded professional in every aspect of HR Management.I wish her luck in the future ventures.”

“Gena is an HR practitioner and team leader in the true sense - which to me means she consistently does things above and beyond expectations, no matter the depth of the project, and earns respect from anyone she works with. Plus, her gift, she has an exceptional adeptness in communicating with people – making employees and business partners feel valued and part of the organization – while also representing the organization in the best way. I’ve seen her successfully coach, counsel, inform, enforce, as well as guide management and employee actions in every situation. Over the last few years I’ve had the privilege to work with Gena in both US and in Hong Kong, through many new and complex projects and requests. Gena's a top notch HR business partner who I'd work with again anytime/any place. I envy the fortunate team who gets to work with her.”

“Gena Rubia is the ultimate professional. While working with Gena, she was able to foster strong relationships with college professionals; as a result of her strong interpersonal skills, her positive approach and her flexibility. Her integrity is impeccable. She is extremely easy to work with and can be depended on to get things done. I highly recommend Gena for any Talent Acquisition Management role.”