Hi, I'm Bailey.

What this means for you

Most consultants are strong in systems or strong in people. Rarely both.

I work at the intersection, which means I can read a broken operating model and the team dynamics underneath it.

Background & credentials
Founder experience
  • Founder & CEO, Proactive Movement
    Built and led a national workplace wellness company profitably for 13 years. 7,000+ users, 50+ subcontractors, clients including CIBC, SAP, and PwC.
Operator experience
  • Head of Operations, EventMobi
    Strategy, operations, and people executive for a global SaaS during a period of rapid scale. Drove cross-functional improvements contributing to $1M+ in retained revenue.
  • Interim Head of People & Performance, Change.org
    Employee lifecycle across 400+ employees on six continents. Supported a CEO transition.
  • COO, Point Blank Creative
    Operations, People & Culture executive for a scaling national social impact agency. Grew headcount 200%.
  • Post-Investment Advisor, Acumen Fund
    On-the-ground advisory for 2 social enterprises in India.
Education & training
  • Master's in Adult Education & Leadership, University of Toronto
  • Industrial Engineering (B.Eng), University of Toronto
  • Trained in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
  • Trained in Adaptive Leadership
Methodologies
Lean & Six SigmaHuman-Centred DesignOKR / EOS implementationAdaptive LeadershipOperating Cadence DesignOrganizational Diagnostics
Teaching & recognition
  • Adjunct Professor, UBC Sauder School of Business
  • Graduate courses in Organizational Behavior, Strategic Planning, Project Management, Leadership Development
  • Top 30 Under 30, Women's Executive Network, Canada
Past engagements
Microsoft
Novartis
Eli Lilly
Change.org
EventMobi
SFU
Black & McDonald
City of Brampton
GCI Canada
Microsoft
Novartis
Eli Lilly
Change.org
EventMobi
SFU
Black & McDonald
City of Brampton
GCI Canada
Vancouver, BC · Working US · Canada · UK
My Story

I started as an industrial engineer, trained to see systems, eliminate waste, and make complex operations run efficiently. Then I spent 10+ years building a workplace wellness and employee engagement company from scratch, serving over 7,000 people across Canada. That's where I learned you can't optimize humans like a process. This tension is where all of my work lives now.

In my experience, what moves organizations forward is a rare combination of structure and humanity, accountability and trust, and radical clarity and genuine care for the people holding it all together. Getting those things to coexist is where the hard work is. It's truly a discipline and an art.

I've been on both sides of the table: as a founder and later as an executive partner, leading HR, operations, and strategy inside technology and professional service firms like EventMobi, Change.org, and Point Blank Creative. I've helped executive teams rebuild after rupture, and designed the culture and operating rhythms that enabled us to progress.

Along the way, I continued to go deeper, not just into how organizations work, but how people operate both inside and outside organizations. I completed a Master's in Adult Education and Leadership, trained in adaptive and embodied leadership, and became a certified Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction facilitator. I've taught graduate-level courses in organizational behavior, strategic planning, project management, and leadership, and currently teach as an adjunct professor at UBC's Sauder School of Business.

Here's what my clients say
02 / 04

Bailey takes the time to genuinely understand a business before bringing solutions, and she brings a range of them. Working with us over several years (pre-pandemic), she helped our decentralized organization develop a long-term culture strategy, including facilitating a multi-day design workshop with HR leaders across the company. She was able to draw out both the challenges and the strengths to help us define a shared vision. The output was excellent and the process was well received across the organization. Bailey is open, honest, and deeply competent. A true partner.

Logan King·Director, Corporate People Resources, Black & McDonald
Frequently asked

Questions I get often.

Most consultants are strong in systems or strong in people. Bailey works at the intersection, which means she can read a broken operating model and the team dynamics underneath it. Fifteen years as a founder, five-plus as an executive, years facilitating and teaching at the graduate level. When a client needs a leadership team reset and a strategic planning overhaul and a thinking partner: that's one engagement, not three different hires.

Where to start

Let's connect and work together.

A 45-minute conversation. No pitch. You describe what's not working and I tell you honestly whether I can help and how I'd start. If the fit isn't there, I'll see who in my network may be able to support you instead.

or email hello@baileyvaez.com
"I don't diagnose and disappear. I stay until the organization is genuinely moving better."
Vancouver, BC. Working across the US, Canada & the UK.
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