Podcast: Shana Sweeney — From Google and Aetna to Building a Company From Scratch

In this episode, we talk with Shana Sweeney, Chief Human Resources Officer of SugarAI, the AI-powered CRM company formerly known as SugarCRM. Shana has led people strategy at nearly every scale: benefits at Aetna, people operations at Google, utilities and manufacturing at Severn Trent, co-founding the health data startup Nuna, Inc., and 11 years at SugarAI, where she rose from director of HR to CHRO. We cover her core hiring philosophy, what a company-wide rebrand actually requires from HR, why middle management is being redesigned rather than eliminated, and where AI is taking talent acquisition, workforce planning, and the future of work.

Jul 22, 2026
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Podcast: Shana Sweeney — From Google and Aetna to Building a Company From Scratch

Podcast: Shana Sweeney — From Google and Aetna to Building a Company From Scratch

In this episode, we talk with Shana Sweeney, Chief Human Resources Officer of SugarAI, the AI-powered CRM company formerly known as SugarCRM. Shana has led people strategy at nearly every scale: benefits at Aetna, people operations at Google, utilities and manufacturing at Severn Trent, co-founding the health data startup Nuna, Inc., and 11 years at SugarAI, where she rose from director of HR to CHRO. We cover her core hiring philosophy, what a company-wide rebrand actually requires from HR, why middle management is being redesigned rather than eliminated, and where AI is taking talent acquisition, workforce planning, and the future of work.

Podcast: Shana Sweeney — From Google and Aetna to Building a Company From Scratch

Podcast: Shana Sweeney — From Google and Aetna to Building a Company From Scratch

In this episode, we talk with Shana Sweeney, Chief Human Resources Officer of SugarAI, the AI-powered CRM company formerly known as SugarCRM. Shana has led people strategy at nearly every scale: benefits at Aetna, people operations at Google, utilities and manufacturing at Severn Trent, co-founding the health data startup Nuna, Inc., and 11 years at SugarAI, where she rose from director of HR to CHRO. We cover her core hiring philosophy, what a company-wide rebrand actually requires from HR, why middle management is being redesigned rather than eliminated, and where AI is taking talent acquisition, workforce planning, and the future of work.

Podcast: Shana Sweeney — From Google and Aetna to Building a Company From Scratch
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