About Us

Learn more about PeoplePath and our teams.

PeoplePath About Us

Mission & Vision

We set out to capture and cultivate the opportunity for long-term connections between organizations and people because we believe that lifelong relationships are the foundation for mutual success.

Conenza and IntraWorlds started out as two companies on two continents with two cultures. When we merged in 2020, we became one composite whole that celebrates our unique talents and traits.

We set out to capture and cultivate the opportunity for long-term connections between organizations and people because we believe that lifelong relationships are the foundation for mutual success.

We develop “people platforms” that don’t just maintain these relationships, they awaken and inspire them.

We advocate for a different way of doing business — a people-first way of doing business — because mutual success is how we all prosper.

Our purpose is to build connection and trust between organizations and people throughout their career journey...their PeoplePath.

Values

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Respect

We treat colleagues, clients, partners, and everyone who engages with us with respect. We act with compassion and empathy, actively listening to opinions, concerns, and suggestions. We offer help when needed.

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Integrity

Everything we do, we do with integrity. We aim to bring our authentic selves to work; to be open, honest, and transparent with colleagues and clients. We treat others the way we want to be treated, and are proud of the work we deliver together.

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Innovation

We look for creative solutions in all aspects of our business. We work collaboratively across teams and with our clients and partners. We uncover unique insights and produce results for our clients’ most pressing issues.

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Fun

We are team oriented and enjoy each other’s company. We support one another and embrace our collective journey with curiosity and enthusiasm, celebrating mutual success.

Culture

Three Countries — One Team.

 

PeoplePath's diverse team of talented professionals is located in Germany, the United States, and the Czech Republic.

We are an entrepreneurial company with a culture built on trust, collaboration and accountability. Our focus is on tapping our team’s creativity, intellect and experience to build innovative solutions that delight our customers and community members.

As we pursue this vision, we also enjoy having fun while building a world-class sustainable company.

Leadership Team

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Friedemann Holland

Vice President Global Marketing and Head of Sustainability

  • Heading global marketing as well as the company’s sustainability initiative
  • Prior to PeoplePath, built up the sales team for a Munich-based translation services startup that connected thousands of freelancers with organizations
  • Began professional career in a recruitment agency, followed by a senior consultant role in strategic HR consulting
  • Fun Fact: First basic HTML website written in the early 2000’s was a private alumni network for former classmates. Still organizing alumni events for this network.

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    Jenn Pedde

    Vice President Customer Advocacy

  • Responsible for strategic marketing and customer success best practices
  • Came to PeoplePath after managing Oliver Wyman’s global alumni program for 5 years, and Oprah Winfrey’s online communities 3 years prior
  • Passionate about the corporate alumni industry and improving the employee lifecycle
  • Also an adjunct professor at Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Communications teaching social media to journalists for 8 years
  • Fun Fact: Lived in South Korea for 3 years.

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    Locations

    Hubs: Munich | Pilsen | Seattle
    Satellites: London | New York

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    Our Development Team

    PeoplePath works with a dedicated in-house team of developers to ensure the highest level of product quality and security standards.

    The core of our team of about 35 developers is based in Pilsen in the Czech Republic. The team consists of highly experienced back-end and front-end developers, analysts, software architects, testers and system configuration managers.

    Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

    At PeoplePath, we will always respect the law and conduct our business with integrity. We are committed to protecting human rights and being an equal opportunity employer. We strongly support diversity and inclusion.

    In every office, we always have been and always will seek ways to support our local communities.

    Our commitment is evidenced by volunteer efforts and donations to non-profit organizations.

    Our first sustainability milestone on the path to net zero was to become a carbon-conscious supplier. Since 2019, we have ensured transparency through carbon accounting (Scopes 1 to 3). We are committed to continually reducing our footprint, read more.

    History

    Conenza
    1995
    Tony Audino founded one of the first formal corporate alumni programs, the Microsoft Alumni Network (MS Alumni Network)
    2006
    Based on the learnings from the MS Alumni Network a small team around Tony Audino founded Conenza
    2007
    First clients signed include the MS Alumni Network, Accenture and Goldman Sachs
    2009
    Shifted from offshore contracted development model to internal development team
    2014
    Launched the first annual corporate alumni benchmarking survey
    2015
    Met Stephan Herrlich for the first time and discussed possible combination; time wasn’t right
    2017
    Formed partnership with Cornell University to do joint alumni program research
    2019
    Reconnected with Stephan and decided we were stronger together
    IntraWorlds
    PeoplePath
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