Pilar Johnson
Managing Partner at Debut Capital
Pilar Johnson
Managing Partner at Debut Capital
Houston, Texas
Overview
Work Experience
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
2020 - Current
We invest funds and resources in Black, Latinx, and Indigenous Founders. Our vision is to highlight these influential ideas that will shape our future into the revolutionary world it's meant to be.
Senior Manager, Diversity & Inclusion
2019 - 2019
- Lead Culture & Growth Operations area within the Member Experience Team; with a focus on implementing company-wide processes centered around diversity and inclusion in all hiring, recruiting, and marketing materials. - Created a D&I compliance packet for senior WeWork Leadership to address diversity and inclusion in key areas of hiring, training, and retention. - Implemented and led a D&I training seminar for senior Engineering management within the WeWork Member Experience department.
Head of Operations and Chief of Staff
2017 - 2019
(Acquired by The We Company in June 2019) - Partnered with Prolific Interactive’s CEO and Executive Leadership team to ensure accuracy and integrity of due diligence processes for company acquisition by The We Company, including disclosure schedules, seller/exiting packages, staffing plans and communications; and business closeout. - Optimized Prolific Interactive’s annual $15M P/L budget by analyzing financial statements, activity reports, and billings. In addition to handling all budget approvals and identifying areas for growth and reduction on a quarterly basis. - Managed a team of contractors and vendors to complete the construction of Prolific Interactive's 18K sq. ft. office, with a total budget of $1.5M. The buildout was completed on schedule, and under budget. - Implemented company wide EEOC guidelines and data tracking, resulting in an average response rate of 80% from prospective applicants as part of Prolific Interactive's D&I strategy. - Established an Emergency Action Plan ensuring safety of team and client partners. - Implemented and led mandatory D&I training seminars for each company office, resulting in an average of 90% participation from staff. - Created Prolific Interactive's NPS survey and generated holistic reports of client sentiment and feedback in order to improve the operational efficacy of client facing teams.
Operations Manager
2015 - 2017
- Organized daily priorities and projects for the Managing Director and directly managed essential day to day tasks for the Operations Coordinator. - Established and implemented departmental policies, objectives, and procedures, conferring with senior management as necessary. - Collaborated with the People Operations team to identify key staffing requirements, and interview prospective candidates, hire and train new employees. - Developed and strengthened external vendor relationships through timely payment and recognition of all accounts payable.
Community Manager & Operations Coordinator
2013 - 2015
- Overseeing operations and inventory across eight company locations with 2,000 entrepreneurs in co working space - Managing IT projects from start to completion - Overseeing training and supervising new Community Managers - Facilitate new office move-ins and move-outs, phone and Internet set-ups, and building maintenance logistics - Collecting and depositing monthly rental payments from all member companies - Conduct administrative tasks such as receiving mail/packages, phone calls and guests - Contributing regularly to company blog and social media platforms (WordPress, Facebook, Twitter) - Planning and executing large-scale networking events for members - Tracking potential sales leads