Michelle Whitmore, Sphr, Shrm-Scp Email & Phone Number

Boulder, Colorado, US

Boulder, Colorado, US

• Partner with start-up and early-growth companies to develop and implement people and talent acquisition programs, ensuring alignment with corporate vision and culture. Consulting assignments included creation of.
• Standardized interview processes and introduced metrics for candidate selection that are consistent with corporate ideals for high-performing culture and leadership acumen.
• Created staffing plans and talent acquisition strategies, including direct recruitment of key roles. Placements include: o Studio GM, departmental leads for all functional areas, and senior technical talent for mobile.
• Conducted market analyses for compensation and benefits, ensuring competitiveness for top talent. Created compensation & benefit strategy for current and prospective employees.
• Developed top-level strategy to incorporate building blocks of high-performing culture throughout all people processes/company communications.
• Created/revised performance management process, aligning competencies with corporate goals and culture.

Irvine, California, US

• Partnered with executive leadership to develop and implement HR & recruiting programs. Supported/managed additional Sega-related business groups/HR staff as needed in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia & Japan.
• Recruited/onboarded all positions, corporate and technical, for San Francisco office as well as Sega-related entities where needed. Managed all terminations including group layoffs/RIFs.
• Created processes and workflows for all functional service areas within HR. Ensure coordination/integration with key internal business partners (facilities, IT).
• Created/reviewed/revised policies and procedures in response to ever-changing needs of organization. Ensured compliance with local/state/federal employment regulations as well as consistency across organizations..
• Served as first line of support to managers on employee relations issues. Managed performance coaching, progressive discipline process, policy communication/interpretation and formal investigations.
• Managed leaves of absence and workers comp claims.

Philadelphia, PA, US

Within regional headquarters, recruited for open positions, processed annual bonus payout; acted as liaison between regional offices and corporate headquarters.

• Created HR department and served as sole HR resource responsible for recruiting, HR and office management.
• Placed 42 new hires including Producers, Programmers, Designers, Artists, QA and IT Professionals. Managed full recruitment process—skill set identification, sourcing, interviewing, employment offers, relocation &.
• Managed coaching & disciplinary process with department leads. Advised on policy interpretation as needed.
• Managed bi-weekly payroll for 45 employees. Audited payroll deductions, correcting inconsistencies that cost company in excess of $2300 annually.
• Processed enrollments, changes, terminations, billing and employee assistance for all benefit programs.
• Reviewed plan providers at open enrollment; signed new 401k provider which reduced administrative fees by 62%, new Section 125 provider reduced administrative fees by 29%.

• Hired to assist in the development of a contract placement division within perm staffing organization.
• Sourced, screened and maintained candidate pool consisting of software/web developers (C++, Java, VB, ASP), ERP/CRM developers and consultants (SAP, Peoplesoft, JD Edwards, Siebel), database administrators and.
• Recruited for management-level positions including CTO/CIO, technical department managers and technical leads.

• Hired to develop permanent placement division within contract staffing organization.
• Recruited for all levels of IT professionals, including software engineers/web developers (C++, Java, VB, ASP, COM/DCOM), software/network architects, web designers (HTML, DHTML, JavaScript), database.
• Recruited for senior and exec-level positions including CTO/CIO, technical directors, account managers, sales engineers and e-commerce consultants.
• Contribution to revenue exceeded $130K.