Director of Human Resources

DAVRON CV: Candidate 1965360

HR EXECUTIVE | BUILDING HR INFRASTRUCTURE, M&A INTEGRATION & TOTAL REWARDS

Core Expertise

• Building end-to-end HR infrastructure for startups and equity-backed organizations.
• Leading M&A HR due diligence, workforce integration, and parallel payroll migrations.
• Reducing litigation and employment risk through proactive employee relations and documentation.
• Designing total rewards, compensation structures, merit, and executive pay frameworks.
• Delivering multi-state compliance and payroll accuracy across complex regulatory environments.
• Implementing HRIS, analytics, and workforce planning for measurable talent visibility.

Project Background

• Built in-house HR operations from outsourced models across distributed workforces in multiple states.
• Led HR integration for acquisitions, migrating payrolls and harmonizing policies with zero operational disruption.
• Drove benefits transformation by replacing PEO models, negotiating carriers, and redesigning communications.
• Executed workforce realignment across thousands of employees during global reorganizations with cultural change management.
• Cut employment litigation costs and separation-related claims through standardized severance and manager enablement.
• Implemented talent architecture including 9-Box reviews, succession frameworks, and leadership development programs.

Key Skills

• Workday | ADP | HRIS integrations & payroll systems
• M&A integration | Due diligence | Parallel payroll migrations
• Total rewards design | Compensation benchmarking | Executive pay
• Employee relations | Investigations | Litigation risk reduction
• Workforce planning | Succession planning | 9-Box talent reviews
• Benefits strategy | Vendor negotiations | PEO to in-house transitions
• HR analytics | Reporting dashboards | Turnover and exit analytics

Education

• Ph.D., Human Resource Management — Capella University
• MBA, Health Management — Post University / American Sentinel University
• M.S., Management — Regis University

Awards & Recognition

• President's Award for Global Reorganization
• PHR — Professional in Human Resources
• SHRM-CP — SHRM Certified Professional

Why Interview this Candidate?

Senior HR executive with 20+ years building HR functions from the ground up and leading complex M&A integrations. Delivered measurable business impact including $500K first-year savings, 95% reduction in litigation costs, and $750K+ in retention-driven savings while scaling multi-state operations. Combines hands-on HR operations, HRIS and analytics expertise, and C-suite partnership to stabilize transitions and drive talent-enabled growth.