Melissa Ribeiro

Melissa Ribeiro has 20+ years of progressive HR leadership experience across a variety of industries and organizations, including broad international roles and significant depth in Latin America.

In her role as Encora’s Chief People Officer, Melissa provides strategic leadership to the People & Culture and Talent Acquisition functions to support the business through a period of progressive transformation.

Before Encora, Melissa was Chief People Officer at Actian Corporation, an onsite and cloud data management organization. Prior to Actian, Melissa was the Global Executive Vice President of Human Resources at Deluxe Entertainment, a private equity-owned entertainment firm. Earlier in her career, Melissa served as the Global Vice President of Human Resources at Opera Mediaworks. Before Opera, Melissa was the Head of HR for Yahoo U.S. and Latin America.

Melissa holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Northern Parana University in Brazil and a Master of Science in Management from Parana State University. She also has a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from The Georgia School of Professional Psychology.