Resourceful Measures – Fractional Executive HR Leadership

20+

Years of HR Leadership

Financial Services Technology Manufacturing

Who I Am

An HR executive with two decades of progressive leadership across financial services, technology, and manufacturing, building people functions that scale with business growth.

Held Human Resources leadership roles at companies ranging from mid-market to enterprise, leading through hypergrowth, restructuring, and M&A.

Financial Services: extensive experience embedded in the RIA and wealth-management ecosystem supporting registered investment advisors, independent broker-dealers, and asset managers on talent retention, complex incentive compensation, performance management, and the people challenges that define the industry.

Technology: partnered with product and engineering leaders to build high-performance cultures, design competitive compensation, and reduce attrition in fast-moving environments.

Manufacturing: workforce planning, labor relations, multi-site HR operations, and driving operational efficiency through disciplined people strategy.

Common Pain Points

Is Your Business Facing Any of These Challenges?

As organizations grow, people challenges often become business challenges. If any of the following sound familiar, it may be time for strategic HR leadership:

Employee turnover is increasing

Hiring feels reactive instead of strategic

Managers are struggling to lead effectively

Compliance concerns are becoming more complex

Need a more competitive compensation structure

Leadership is spending too much time handling HR issues

You're not ready for a full-time CHRO, but need more than administrative HR support

Areas of Expertise

Deep knowledge across every dimension of Human Resources

Talent Strategy & Planning

Workforce planning, succession pipelines, org design, and headcount forecasting tied directly to business goals.

Compensation & Total Rewards

Market-competitive pay structures, incentive plan design, equity programs, benefits strategy, and pay equity analysis.

Talent Acquisition

Executive recruiting strategy, employer brand, full-cycle hiring frameworks, and offer competitiveness.

HR Compliance & Risk

Federal and state employment law, handbook development, policy design, audit readiness, and HR risk mitigation.

Performance & Development

Performance management system design, manager capability building, L&D strategy, and high-potential programs.

HR Infrastructure & Systems

HRIS/HCM selection and implementation, process optimization, onboarding programs, and HR metrics & reporting.

Industries Served

Broad experience. Immediate relevance.

Registered Investment Advisor

Human Capital Support for Growing Advisory Firms

Don't let people challenges and HR demands distract you from your clients. Strategic HR can minimize risk, strengthen your workforce, and support growth. We handle the employee experience so you can focus on delivering an exceptional client experience.

✓Organizational design and growth planning
✓Compensation and incentive strategy
✓Recruiting and retaining advisors and support staff
✓Performance Management
✓Leadership development and succession planning
✓Employee engagement and culture initiatives

Technology

SaaS · Enterprise Software · Hardware · IT Services

Embedded HR leadership for high-growth tech firms, from startup culture-building through IPO readiness and post-acquisition integration.

Manufacturing & Industrial

Operations · Supply Chain · Aerospace · Consumer Goods

Multi-site HR operations, workforce planning, labor strategy, and safety culture in complex, high-volume production environments.

Professional Services

Consulting · Legal · Accounting · Nonprofits

People strategy for service-intensive organizations where talent differentiation and retention are the primary competitive lever.

Core Services

Flexible engagements tailored to your stage, size, and goals

HR jigsaw puzzle with recruiting, coaching, training and skills pieces

Fractional Human Resources

Embedded HR leadership on a part-time or project basis
Strategic partner to CEO, COO, and Board
Flexible: 10–40 hrs/week based on your needs

HR Audit & Assessment

Comprehensive review of HR practices and compliance posture
Gap analysis with prioritized, actionable recommendations
Benchmarking against industry and company-stage standards

Project-Based Consulting

Compensation strategy and pay equity analysis
Benefits redesign and vendor management
Performance management system build-out
Employee handbook and policy development

M&A HR Advisory

Pre-close HR due diligence and risk identification
Integration planning, culture alignment, and Day 1 readiness
Benefits harmonization across combined populations
Retention strategy for acquired leadership and key talent

Service Offerings

Two ways to engage, choose what fits your needs

On-Demand HR

Your senior HR resource, available when you need it, without the full-time overhead. Ideal for growing companies that need expert guidance on a flexible, as-needed basis.

Retainer-Based Availability

A set number of advisory hours, priority access to senior HR counsel for questions, decisions, and issues as they arise.

Employee Relations Counsel

Disciplinary matters, performance issues, terminations, investigations, and difficult conversations handled with discretion and legal awareness.

Manager & Leadership Coaching

Real-time support for managers navigating people challenges, coaching in the moment so leaders make the right calls with confidence.

Policy & Compliance Guidance

Immediate answers to employment-law questions, policy interpretation, and compliance concerns across federal, state, and local requirements.

HR Strategy on Call

C-suite-level thinking for org design, headcount planning, compensation questions, or any strategic people matter that can't wait.

HR Projects

Defined-scope engagements that solve a specific HR challenge, delivered on time with clear outcomes.

Compensation & Pay Equity Review

Full analysis of pay structures, market competitiveness, internal equity, and incentive design, with a roadmap to close gaps.

Employee Handbook & Policy Build

From scratch or a full refresh, compliant, practical handbooks written for your industry, culture, and workforce stage.

Performance Management Design

Build or overhaul your review process, goal-setting framework, and feedback culture to drive accountability and retention.

Benefits Strategy & Renewal

Competitive benchmarking, broker management, plan redesign, and open-enrollment support to maximize total rewards.

Recruiting & Onboarding Frameworks

End-to-end hiring process design, structured interview guides, offer frameworks, and onboarding that sets new hires up to succeed.

Building HR From the Ground Up

A sustainable framework your team can operate

With a subject-matter expert always in your corner.

Assess & Design

A clean-slate audit of your current state, what exists, what's missing, what the business needs, then we architect the right HR framework for your size and stage.

Build the Foundation

Policies, handbooks, job architecture, comp structures, onboarding, compliance, and HRIS, built to best-practice standards and sized for where you're going.

Operationalize & Train

We document every process, build manager toolkits, and train your internal team to run day-to-day HR with confidence, no dependency on us for routine execution.

Hand Off With Confidence

Your generalist HR team owns operations. Processes are clear, documented, and scalable, you're not reliant on a consultant to keep the lights on.

Your Ongoing Advantage

We remain your SME.

Your generalist runs the day-to-day. We designed it so they can, and we step in for the moments that need senior judgment.

Complex employee relations, investigations, or legal exposure? We step in.

Executive comp, M&A, restructuring, or compliance audits? That's us.

New legislation, regulatory change, or a situation you've never seen? We've seen it.

Retainer-based availability, counsel when you need it, at a fraction of the cost of a senior hire.

The ROI of Fractional HR

Real savings. Real speed. Real strategic value.

60–70%

Cost savings vs. a full-time HR executive

Days

Time to engage, not months to recruit

100+

Engagements across finance, tech & manufacturing

Zero

Benefits, equity, or overhead costs

For a 100-person company, fractional HR leadership typically costs $60K–$100K annually, compared to $200K–$300K+ for an equivalent full-time CHRO hire.

Who I Serve

Organizations at every stage of the growth journey

A tree of colorful figures representing an organization and its people

Growth-Stage

You've outgrown informal HR but aren't ready for a full-time CHRO. You need strategic people leadership to scale culture, hiring, and compliance with your growth.

Mid-Market Firms

50–500 employees moving from startup to mature organization. You need HR infrastructure, management training, and a professional people function, without the full-time cost.

M&A & PE-Backed

Private-equity-backed or acquisition-focused organizations needing experienced HR leadership to manage integration, culture alignment, and talent retention across entities.

Companies in Transition

Leadership transitions, restructuring, rapid headcount changes, or turnarounds where experienced HR judgment is the difference between chaos and a clean outcome.

How We Work Together

Simple. Transparent. Built around your business.

Discovery Call

A 30-minute, no-cost conversation to understand your people challenges, growth stage, and priorities.

Needs Assessment

A brief HR audit or structured intake to scope the right engagement model and deliverables.

Engagement Design

Agree on hours, cadence, and focus areas, month-to-month retainer, project-based, or hybrid.

Embedded Partnership

Integrated into your leadership team, attending meetings, advising on decisions, delivering results.

Ongoing Flexibility

Scale up or down as your business evolves. No long-term lock-in. Full transparency throughout.