Derek Sidebottom

CHRO, Advisor, Entrepreneur
Summary
Derek Sidebottom is a global talent executive, coach, and consultant with a strong focus on accelerating organizational capacity.
With a background as a Senior international HR Executive, Derek has vast experience in both Private VC/PE & Public sectors.
He is a repeat top employer winner with proven success in IPO & M&A leadership.
Derek has demonstrated expertise in HR stand-up, scale-up, cost optimization, and workforce transformation change leadership.
Having led hyper-growth initiatives, Derek has taken organizations from 180 to 1500 global employees and increased revenue from $40M to $450M in just 24 months.
As the Founder of FarsideHR Consulting, Derek specializes in bespoke talent program development, coaching, and fractional embedded HR executive services.
He is also the Founder of Squadley, a SaaS integrated OKR & management feedback platform.
Derek is recognized as a speaker, coach, and advisory board member in the industry.
His HR Functional Excellence includes defining vision, mission, values, and the talent value proposition, designing world-class recruiting experiences, creating cultures of achievement, OKR alignment, maximizing talent density, and accelerating team performance.
He excels in rewarding excellence through appropriate market-calibrated rewards and recognition practices.
Derek is known for continuous improvement and up-leveling leadership teams through long-term partnerships, data analysis, feedback mechanisms, coaching, and cultivation.
His experience spans CEO partnership, Board governance & relations, risk management, workforce & infrastructure planning, and alignment of company priorities.
Derek's educational background includes a Masters, Executive MBA from Athabasca University, a Grad. Diploma in Human Resources (Honors) from Humber College, and a BA in Psychology from the University of Ottawa.
He has been involved with various organizations in advisory and leadership roles such as MeBeBot, StartUpNV, SemperVirens Venture Capital, Luna Park, Modern Treasury, FarsideHR Solutions, Qolo, CrowdStreet, Dosh, LendingHome, Waggl, Rocket Fuel Inc., Kabam, Electronic Arts, Corel Corporation, Alcatel/Lucent, and The Conference Board.
Derek's career reflects his passion for enhancing organizational capabilities and driving impactful HR strategies across diverse sectors.