Samantha Byrnes

Samantha Byrnes currently serves as the Chief Human Resources Officer at Texana Bank since April 2024, following a brief tenure as a Human Resources Business Partner at memoryBlue. Prior to that, Samantha worked with Operatix as a Human Resources Business Partner focusing on U.S. employees and held various HR roles at Apple from December 2014 to January 2023, including Senior People Manager and Interim Store Leader. Samantha's career began at Target, where numerous leadership roles were undertaken from May 2009 to December 2014. Early experience includes a Human Resources Internship at The Starr Conspiracy in 2008. Samantha earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Human Resource Management from Baylor University, completing the degree in 2009.