Vanessa Monsequeira (she/her) is a global People Experience leader, systems thinker, and advocate for women in tech. As VP of People at Gorilla, she designs and scales equitable people systems that make high-growth organizations feel human, fair, and frictionless.

Vanessa treats the employee experience as a product — applying user-centered design, agile ways of working, and strategic foresight to every stage of the talent lifecycle. Her work focuses on building scalable, culture-first infrastructure that supports performance without sacrificing people’s sense of belonging or wellbeing.

With a career that spans Miro, Deloitte, PwC, and Philips, she brings cross-cultural fluency, business psychology, and tech-enabled design to transform how teams are built and led. She is particularly passionate about building workplaces where people from all backgrounds can lead without compromise.