Tera Hogan founded Ankardia to help executives and founders make work work by unlocking the full potential of their people when it matters most. With targeted support at critical inflection points, great talent can navigate intense growth moments and emerge ready for the next challenge. Tera provides clear, practical guidance so leaders can stay focused on their mission.

Even the strongest teams hit moments when the scope expands faster than the support around it. Tera partners with leaders to zero in on what will actually drive success, lending calm, steady guidance in tricky situations so leaders can move forward with confidence. With over 20 years of experience blending management consulting rigor and People Operations leadership, she pairs strategic clarity with practical, hands-on execution.

Prior to founding Ankardia, Tera spent 12 years at Google leading People Operations and business teams through periods of rapid scale and transformation. She drove operational rigor, organizational design, and manager enablement by building high-performing teams and cultures while bringing calm, battle-tested resolution to complex workplace challenges. She built her operational foundation during eight years in management consulting at Accenture, leading delivery teams and owning executive client relationships.

Through Ankardia, Tera embeds with leadership teams via targeted performance sprints, on-call executive advisory, and fractional Head of People or Strategic Ops leadership. Guided by a commitment to leaving every organization better than she found it, she builds durable internal capability and clear leave-behind playbooks so leaders can stay locked in on their product, company, and mission while their team is equipped for every challenge ahead. 

Based in Austin, Texas, Tera holds a BBA in Business Honors and Marketing from The University of Texas at Austin. Outside of her advisory work, she is deeply committed to her community, serving on the Children’s Trust Advisory Board and as Co-Chair of the Cardiac Patient and Family Advisory Council at Dell Children’s Hospital.