Our Team

Jackie Niemiec

Jackie has held a variety of positions including Recruiter, Talent Acquisition and Employee Relations Specialist, and Associate Support Supervisor and was previously with Webb Chemical as the Talent Acquisition and Employee Relations Specialist where she was responsible for managing the talent acquisition process, training, compliance, and employee relations.  Jackie is most proud of creating and maintaining structured recruiting processes.  She holds a Bachelor’s degree specialized in Human Resources and has been in the Human Resources field for more than 10 years. In her spare time, Jackie enjoys watching football, kayaking, and attending concerts. Jackie has also been coaching gymnastics more than 15 years.

Joan Zajac

Joan has held a variety of positions including Senior Analyst of Financial Management, Treasury Analyst and Corporate P&C Analyst, and was previously with Renault Argentina as Senior Analyst of Financial Management where he was responsible for being a FCF specialist, forecasting short, medium, and long-term liquidity, finding the best way to protect the Cash and reporting cashflow budget and monthly analysis.  Joan is most proud of his work with automation/digitalization of processes, and his expertise in cashflow, having been ranked as one of the analysts with the highest liquidity accuracy in the Renault Group. Joan is an Accountant graduated from the U.B.A. (University of Buenos Aires) in Argentina.In his spare time, Joan enjoys training/running outdoors, getting updated with anything technology related (hardware or software) and anything to do with cars/motoring (F1 specially).

Daniel Ponce

Daniel has held a variety of positions, including insurance claims administrator and freelance translator. He was previously with GNP Seguros as a reinsurance analyst, where he was responsible for ensuring that bigger insurance claims were properly reported to reinsurance vendors and that reinsurance treaties were properly renewed and administered.Daniel is most proud of demonstrating his constant commitment to his work, which has led him to be offered opportunities to try new positions where he can be valuable. He is a soon-to-be graduate in Actuarial Science from UNAM, the most important university in Mexico.In his spare time, Daniel enjoys cooking and baking, and he always listens to music! His favorites in life are dogs, Mexican food (of course), baking cakes and pies from scratch, soul, R&B, and psych-rock bands. He is the first HTM teammate located in Mexico and is eager to show his beautiful country to everyone who would like to get to know it better.

Viviana Galvis

Viviana Galvis is the Office Coordinator at HTM where she helps to oversee processes and applications that help drive even greater efficiency. For over 30 years, Viviana has used her project management, process-oriented and creative collaboration skills to apply her passion for high performance. Throughout her career, Viviana has held a variety of positions including Sales Representative and General Manager, and prior to her onboarding with HTM, was an Account Executive with Original Impressions where she worked for 20+ years and was responsible for marketing, printing and managing inventories for top fortune 500 companies. Viviana is most proud of owning a small business that provides unique and inspiring tradeshow activations and branded promotional items B2B. In her spare time, Viviana loves to cook for her family, garden and travel. Her favorite place is the beach.

Gavin Snider

Gavin has held a variety of positions including Operations Director and Social Media Manager, and was previously with the company Waterstreet as Operations Director where he was responsible for day-to-day operations, purchasing, curating, and management. Gavin is most proud of his ability to grow individually and professionally. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of A&M Corpus Christi, TX.In his spare time, Gavin enjoys travelling to South America, surfing, music production, and spending time with his dog.

Patty Horne

Patty has held a variety of positions including Events Coordinator and Executive Assistant, and was previously with Celebration Cinema as the Group Events Coordinator where she were responsible for scheduling group events for three movie theaters in Michigan. She has been with How To Manage for two years as a Scheduling Coordinator for the Programs Department. In her spare time, Patty enjoys playing and snuggling with her three corgis. She also enjoys doing jigsaw puzzles during the winters and being outside for any reason in the summers. She and her husband enjoy traveling in their RV around the country. She is married to Bill, who is a veterinary anesthesiologist at Michigan State University and has one 25-year-old son who works in sales for the Minnesota United Soccer Team.  Other interests are running in nice weather, watching British crime shows, and taking her corgis to do pet therapy at local senior living centers.