Irene Edan Canes-Vargas

Irene Edan Canes-Vargas is the head of Global People Operations at Discord. Irene has over ten years of experience working in Human Resources. Irene has worked as an HR business partner, HR manager, and Sr. HR generalist.

Irene started their career as an HR assistant at Zazzle in 2007. Irene was promoted to HR manager at Meridian Herbal Patients Group in 2010 and then to Sr. HR generalist at Zazzle in 2015. In 2018, they left Zazzle to become the Director of People Operations at Hired, Inc.

Irene is a highly experienced and successful Human Resources professional. Irene is passionate about their work and takes pride in their ability to help others. Irene is a strong leader and an excellent communicator.

Irene Edan Canes-Vargas has a B.S. in Business Administration from San Francisco State University's Lam Family College of Business and an Associate of Arts from De Anza College.

Some individuals on their team include Emmy Negrin - Head of Inclusion, Diversity & Purpose, Allen Levy - Head of Learning & Development, and A.J. Figliolini - Head of Global Total Rewards. Their manager is Jason Citron, Co-Founder & CEO. They work with Stanislav Vishnevskiy - Co-Founder & CTO, Tomasz Marcinkowski - CFO, and Julia Tang - VP, Product Marketing & Research.