Summary
Sandra Peterson is an independent Human Resources consultant in Minneapolis with over two decades of hands-on HR leadership experience and eight years of focused consulting practice. She specializes in performance optimization, pay-for-performance strategies, benefits design, talent acquisition, leadership development, and succession planning, and has led HR functions for agencies and global companies including StoneArch, Boston Scientific, and Johnson & Johnson. Known for translating business strategy into practical people programs, she pairs deep employment law and policy acumen with a talent-first approach that boosts engagement and measurable performance. Unusually for an HR leader, she also lists Salesforce and full-stack development skills on her GitHub profile, signaling a comfort with HR systems and data-driven automation that enhances her consulting toolkit.
8 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
MA-HR/IR, Human Resources, MA-HR/IR, Human Resources at UMN Carlson School of Management