Kristi Suddock

As vice president of talent at TSP, Kristi oversees the development and initiatives of the company’s people. Kristi supports TSP’s talent strategy of hiring top talent — specifically, those individuals who are looking to grow both professionally and personally. Not only is Kristi known by her peers as being a “non-traditional” human resource professional, but she also has a true desire to help her colleagues by taking some of the pressure off of their human resource requests.

Kristi joined the TSP team in August 2014 and has been in the role of vice president since November 2019. Kristi was immediately drawn to TSP’s culture and knew she had to be a part of its “greatness.” One of her goals is to be able to work with every TSP employee at some point throughout her career. Before her arrival at TSP, Kristi was a senior director of human resources for a global marketing research company. One of Kristi’s biggest highlights from her career involves taking a training program that started from grassroots initiatives and expanding it globally in a very short period of time. Kristi received a Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences from the University of North Texas, with a concentration in sociology, psychology, and emergency administration. She also obtained her SPHR and SHRM-SCP certifications.

Outside of work, Kristi enjoys spending time with family, reading, and wishing she had “mad Martha Stewart skills.” Some of her favorite books include the Harry Potter series, the Game of Thrones series, the Divergent trilogy, and mostly any book by James Patterson or Lincoln Child.

Favorite Vacation Spot: Las Vegas (she visits a few times a year)

Fun Fact about Kristi: She was the Linn County Kansas Fair and Rodeo Queen in 1984

The Most Unusual Thing in Kristi’s Office: A clay pig that her son made in grade school

Kristi’s Hero: For me, a hero saves lives and fights for our freedoms. But there are many strong women I admire, both for their ability to manage their personal lives and careers with grace while wearing four-inch heels (Kristi says she “walks like a baby giraffe in heels”).