Samantha Simonnet

Samantha Simonnet is Senior Director Talent Acquisition at Intrexon Corp. Mrs. Simonnet is also the Founder and Managing Director of C-MONet, the Cleantech Management and Organization Network, a Cleantech & Sustainability Human Capital & Organizational Consulting Firm. Samantha is considered a pioneer in the field of green jobs and sustainability careers, having been focusing on human capital applied to cleantech and alternative energy namely in France, Germany, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, India, China and the US on technologies ranging from utility scale solar, biomass, energy efficiency and green buildings to water and energy storage. She has extensive international recruiting, organizational consulting, corporate training and executive coaching experience, acquired with leading outfits such as Amonix, Boyden Executive Search, the Center for Creative Leadership Asian Research Institute. Presently, Samantha is also an instructor with the University of California Irvine Extension and with Cal State University Fullerton Center for Sustainability. She chairs the Cleantech Open in Orange County and serves on the Advisory Committee for CleanTech OC. She is a regular speaker at cleantech and green career conferences. Samantha holds a MBA from the University of Surrey, in the UK with a major in Entrepreneurship and Organizational Development. She wrote her senior thesis on Globalization, Leadership and International Team Performance, discussing issues of cross cultural management, flexpatriation, the knowledge worker and employee engagement.

Education

• MBA University of Surrey (2003 — 2005)
• Bachelor's degree Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (1993 — 1997)

Companies

• Managing Partner - Talent Acquisition Advisory Roots2Sustainability (2018)
• Director Executive Search, North America Coulter Partners (2017 — 2018)
• Senior Director Talent Acquisition Intrexon Corporation (2014 — 2016)
• Founder C-MONet Talent Acquisition & Advisory Roots2Sustainability (2010 — 2014)
• Director Talent Acquisition Epic Sciences (2013 — 2014)
• Manager Talent Acquisition Executive Search Life Technologies (2012 — 2013)
• Global Recruiter Amonix, Inc. (2011 — 2012)
• Adjunct Professor - Center for Sustainabilty CSU Fullerton (2010 — 2012)
• Executive Recruiter - Cleantech Practice Leader BridgeGate (2008 — 2010)