Paul O'Beirne

CEO & FOUNDER Head of Coaching & Consulting

Paul O’Beirne founded ORCA HR Solutions in January 2013 to help leaders and their teams improve organizational performance. Paul heads the leadership and organization development practice, conducts executive workshops, and coaches.

Prior to ORCA, Paul worked for 25 years as a senior Human Resources leader on Microsoft executive teams, leading complex organizational change. He set up and supported Microsoft businesses launching in Ireland, India, China, the US, and the United Kingdom. He has supported businesses spanning from Operations, Global Sales and Marketing, International Products to Worldwide Research and Development. As the HR leader, Paul managed merger and acquisitions, divestitures, and global integration of business functions; he and his teams were accountable for overall people and organization strategies including staffing, leadership development and organizational development. At Microsoft, Paul focused extensively on leadership and team development across global and diverse organizations.

Paul is a trusted advisor for tech businesses in all phases of growth from start-up to enterprise and has built organizational blueprints and governance models for complex global matrix organizations. He has developed curriculum for Leadership Training in Global Matrix Management, Performance Management, Management Excellence, Understanding, and Leading Change. He worked with the London Business School to develop a global leadership program for high-potential leaders.

Paul graduated from Smurfit Business School with an Executive MBA, and a Master’s in Organizational Leadership (from Pinchot University (formerly Bainbridge Graduate Institute) In addition, he was awarded a Professional Coaching Certification PCC certification from the International Coaching Federation and is one of the first coaches certified in Conversational Intelligence (CI-Q). He is a certified Master Trainer by the Association of Talent and Development. He holds numerous certifications in the areas of psychometric assessment, (e.g. DISC, EQ, Hogan, Leadership Circle 360), coaching, and organizational development methodologies.

He volunteers in his community and is on the board of Neural Education Development which is focused on integrating neuroscience into teaching and learning.

I strongly recommend Paul and Orca HR solutions for any new enterprise, from startup business to new initiatives inside existing enterprises Paul helped our founding executive team to establish a mutual understanding and working relationship out of the gate, invaluable as a way to start building our company.
Brian Ringer
Brian RingerCEO Emerald Technologies
I’ve had the pleasure of working with ORCA HR solutions on a variety of learning initiatives and coaching engagements. Paul and his team have been invaluable partners in helping us to deliver leadership solutions on a global scale.
Christina Apostolou
Christina ApostolouSr. Director, Leadership Development
The best coaches are able to provide empathetic perspective that turns into meaningful guidance. This is Paul’s super power. He is able to identify the gaps, the places where you can get better, and then provide feedback that is real, actionable, and supportive.
Nathan Loveless
Nathan LovelessDirector, Business Strategy and Development Goodway Group
I have been fortunate to work with Paul both when I was at Microsoft and over the last several years at the Goodway Group. He is truly amazing when it comes to coaching and helping companies get the most out of their people. He took my leadership team through an exercise where he helped us not only establish our mission and values but learn to listen better and trust one another in a way we never had before.
Brody O Harran
Brody O HarranEVP GLobal Business Development The Goodway Group
Paul builds me up, but also appropriately challenges me as a leader. I continue to grow as a person and a professional because of Paul. Paul is a trusted friend, an executive coach, and a wonderful guide for me.
Chris Bruno
Chris BrunoVP & GM of Emerging Markets +Strategic Advisor
Paul has set the bar for me on what a great coach should be like, and the phenomenal impact they can have. His non-leading thought-provoking questions not only made me figure out “on my own” the business issues we were discussing, but they also helped me understand myself better. Coaching has led to improved decision making, and a marked improvement in how I show up for others, who could tell I was utilizing some newfound superpower in my transformation as a leader – that superpower was Paul.
Daniel Moth
Daniel MothPartner Director of PM Microsoft
Working with Paul as my executive coach was a Transformative experience, I was someone who is a good doer but I was missing the other side. I was so used to being a certain way. He worked with me on applied examples to create that transformation. This broadened the understanding on the work I needed to do.
Alejandro Cabrera
Alejandro CabreraCMO and Founder Uproar.car
I started working with Paul in mid-2018, during my time as an executive at Zillow. While there were several seemingly qualified coaches I could have chosen to work with, I elected to go with Paul because of the personal connection I felt with him. Paul is always authentic, he cares deeply about his clients, and it shows. Not only did he work well with me on an individual basis, but when I brought him in for some broader team exercises, the team members took to him as well. He is honest and direct, challenging me when I need to be challenged and always supportive. It is hard to ask for more in a coach, and I have continued (and will continue) my relationship with Paul even though my time at Zillow is now in the rearview mirror. Having Paul in my corner as I make the transition into the next chapter of my career instills confidence in me, and I know he will continue to serve as a great resource, partner, and friend moving forward.
Chris Bruno
Chris BrunoVP & GM of Emerging Markets +Strategic Advisor
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