Samira Bahmanyar
Regional Human Resources Manager · Contributor, PerfCopilot
Samira is Regional Human Resources Manager at KW Property Management and Consulting in Miami, where she leads HR operations across the company's South Florida portfolio. Over 13+ years in HR she has worked across hospitality, real-estate, and IT — including a three-year tenure as Human Resources Manager for NSD LLC, the parent of HPC Host. She holds a Graduate Certificate in Organizational Behavior Studies from Harvard Extension School and graduated Summa Cum Laude (3.99 GPA) from Florida International University with a BBA in Human Resources Management and International Business.
She contributes to PerfCopilot on the operational craft of review writing — how to keep ratings anchored to artifacts, how to screen draft feedback for bias before it lands on an employee's desk, and how to design templates that produce defensible outcomes even when the manager writing them isn't a natural essayist.
Topics Samira writes about
- Reducing bias in performance reviews — the language patterns that distinguish "assertive" from "abrasive," and how to catch them at draft time.
- The mechanics of recency, halo, and tenure bias — why working memory writes most reviews, and the structural fixes that work.
- Review-writing craft for engineering managers — templates, self-review prompts, and worked examples that survive calibration.
Experience
- Regional Human Resources Manager — KW Property Management and Consulting, Miami · Apr 2023 – present
- Corporate People Manager — Menin Hospitality, Miami · Sep 2022 – Apr 2023
- Human Resources Manager — NSD LLC (for HPC Host) · Jan 2017 – Jan 2020
- HR Coordinator — The St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort · Feb 2013 – Aug 2014
- HR Metrics intern — Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. · 2011
Education
- Harvard Extension School — Graduate Certificate, Organizational Behavior Studies
- Florida International University — BBA, Human Resources Management & International Business · Summa Cum Laude (3.99 / 4.0) · Golden Key International Honor Society · 2010–2012
Posts on PerfCopilot
- How to Write a Performance Review for Engineers
- Performance Review Examples for Software Engineers
- Self-Review Examples for Software Engineers
- Engineering Performance Review Template
- How to Reduce Bias in Performance Reviews
- Recency Bias in Performance Reviews
- Types of Performance Review Bias