Our Consultants
Betsy Allen
Betsy Allen is a creative leader with a successful history of building relationships with a variety of executive stakeholders through developing solutions-oriented approaches that enable business visions. She is adept at leveraging a mix of strategic planning, operational execution, and analytics to help teams deliver profitable results. After earning a BS Degree from Michigan State University, Betsy had the opportunity to establish and lead talent/HR teams at Tower Automotive, Actuant Corporation, Cooper Standard, Guardian Industries, and Molex.
High-impact areas include:
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- Executive Coaching, Onboarding & Recruitment
- Culture "Curation"
- Project & Vendor Management
- Communication Coaching
James Bailey
James is a highly experienced HR Labor professional who held full accountability for human resources functions at nine manufacturing facilities in U.S., Canada, and Mexico that generated over $30B in revenue for the organization. In his various roles, James broke down barriers between different departments of HR to create a customer service centric HR organization. James' specialties include employee/labor relations, reduction of EEO liability, North American HR issues and solutions, and building HR organization from the ground up.
David Bomzer
David has over 30 years’ experience working in public and private equity backed firms in both internal and external roles in mid-markets, global Fortune 500 organizations, and has board experience. David works with teams to deliver large, complex projects that help organizations realize the full value of their human capital as well as with individuals as an executive coach and consultant to help them progress in achieving their career and business goals. Whether as a consultant or an Interim Head of HR, David effectively partners with all levels of clients, from the Board to the floor, to develop solutions that address their business needs. David has held leadership roles in domestic and global as well as union and non-union environments. His deliverables include the development of a nationally recognized integrated succession planning - leadership development framework, a sales coaching initiative optimizing sales representative time driving enhanced revenues and margins, and successful integration of acquisitions and mergers.
Cliff Cameron
Cliff has been providing human resources consulting services since 2020. Prior to 2020 Cliff had over 40 years of human resources experience in the automotive industry working in both OEM and supplier organizations. At the functional level he has supported manufacturing, technical, sales, and staff organizations. His experience has included launching international joint ventures with Chinese and Japanese partners, providing acquisition due diligence and post-close transition planning, and extensive collective bargaining experience that has included supplier industry competitive agreements. Cliff has strong business acumen with an in-depth experience and understanding of Human Resources and how it relates to business needs and conditions.
Erica Hansen
Erica is an experienced relationship builder with a diverse human resources background. Erica has increased management effectiveness and coached employees to improve overall workplace satisfaction. Erica has worked in small, growing organizations and large organizations, across many industries from healthcare to non-profit to service. Erica focuses on facilitating investigations, creating employee experience initiatives to improve culture, developing and improving policies - including writing employee handbooks, and conducting compliance audits.
Karen Humes
Karen is a human resources professional with over two decades of dedicated experience and a diverse background in HR domains, with a specialization in HR processes and procedures, HR projects, performance management, succession planning, UAW, and HRIS systems. With a wealth of knowledge and practical understanding, Karen has successfully navigated various HR challenges and complexities. With a deep understanding of the ever-evolving HR landscape, Karen has consistently leveraged her skills to foster a culture of growth, engagement, and compliance within organizations. She has successfully executed numerous HR initiatives, from revamping onboarding procedures to spearheading HRIS system integrations.
Terri Lies
Terri has a very successful tenure in the talent and HR space, supporting automotive manufacturing, tech/consulting companies, and the staffing business. She has experience in all aspects of talent acquisition and recruiting including both hands-on and leadership roles as well as managing talent programs and vendor relationships. She is also well versed in the talent management space including employee engagement, career mobility, and L&D. Her passion is helping all people, ensuring the business has the right talent, and doing the right things to make the business and culture successful. Her positive attitude makes her stand out along with her ability to drive results.
Linda Moore
Linda is a long-time strategic and innovative leader experienced in human resources, organizational development, and strategic planning. She has worked in non-profit and for-profit organizations as well as corporate and manufacturing environments. Linda has the knowledge and skills to align HR practices with business goals, manage complex HR issues, and foster an inclusive and productive work culture. She can collaborate with all levels of the organization resulting in the delivery of comprehensive solutions that can be welcomed and sustainable. Her key areas of expertise include strategic planning, succession planning, talent development, performance coaching and management, compensation, talent acquisition, and employee engagement which includes employee surveys and action planning. Linda has a unique skill set as she has 20 years' experience working for Japanese-owned organizations leading their HR functions where she understands the challenges that can arise with such companies in the US. She welcomes the opportunity to work with you on what you need for your organization to retain top talent and thrive.
Sarah Orwig
Sarah Orwig is a strategic global human resources executive with a remarkable career spanning over three decades. With expertise in multiple organizations including product development, manufacturing, IT, software engineering, finance, legal and labor relations, Sarah has established herself as a trusted consultative partner to C-level and senior executives worldwide. Her visionary leadership and proven track record of delivering strategic, scalable HR solutions have consistently achieved remarkable business results. Sarah's impact extends beyond the United States. As the Director of HR Business Operations for Product Development in Asia Pacific, based in Shanghai, China, she effectively managed HR operations across 11 markets, supporting a team of over 3000 engineers. Her leadership was pivotal in facilitating the first-ever India union/management negotiations charter, which laid the foundation for future bargaining in Chennai, India. In addition to her impressive accomplishments in HR operations, Sarah has been at the forefront of organizational design and restructuring efforts. She directed large-scale organization design projects, demonstrating her ability to navigate complex challenges and leverage collaborative tools within virtual environments. Her expertise in leading voluntary and involuntary workforce reductions, resulting in the elimination of thousands of positions, showcases her adeptness in managing organizational change.
Shelley Riebel
With more than 20 years of helping clients design and implement programs that drive measurable improvements to performance, Shelley brings strong business acumen and creative energy to high-performing teams. Shelley creates customized solutions for clients, taking them to their next level of performance. Shelley's experience and expertise include talent management, leadership development, professional coaching, employee development, instructional design and program development, strategic facilitation, leadership assessments, and 360 feedback. She has delivered leadership training to 10,000+ employees.
Chris Shipe
Chris is a former naval aviator who for the last sixteen years worked in data analytics working most recently with C-Suite executives. Chris has led professionals in marketing, customer experience, and analytics to identify whether processes and strategies are worthwhile and achievable through data analytics. For example, Chris simplified and modernized recruiting, onboarding, and technical training and development leading to a 10% reduction in turnover and reducing the time to fill a position to under 45 days on average. Chris has also worked with material & logistics cost optimization, tooling and manufacturing complexity reduction, product complexity optimization, and constraint management using data analytics to bring about desired and achievable outcomes. Chris possesses strength is problem solving and understanding the limits and opportunities associated with data within organizations.
Destiny Starkweather
Destiny has an extensive track record of success designing and administering best-in-class compensation programs to help companies reach new levels of performance within highly competitive sectors. Focused on competitive benchmarking, job analysis and classification, managing pay structures, and ensuring equitable compensation programs to attract and retain top talent, Destiny excels at building and optimizing the performance of systems, processes, and tools that champion strategic HR compensation initiatives and drive organizational success. Her specialties are helping to identify and establish compensation strategy, developing compensation structure analysis & design, conducting job classification and creating the environment for appropriate architecture, and working on base pay merit and incentive pay administration.
Karen Straske
Karen Straske has been providing superior human resources consulting services since 2005. She began her human resources career in 1993 and by 1999 she was directing a corporate human resources department. Karen has worked for small to medium-sized organizations with a local, national, and international presence. Karen provides human resources solutions to organizations in need of professional expertise. She will work with your staff to customize human resources solutions based on your exact needs. From sexual harassment training to the proper handling of resignations, she can help assist with all the details, smoothly and seamlessly, in an effective and affordable manner. She will develop policies and programs that fit your corporate culture. Additionally, she is available to be on location when needed.
Ron Watson
Ron is the retired Vice President of HR for Oakland University, responsible for the strategic direction of University Human Resources (UHR) that included training, development, diversity, equity & compliance, benefits, compensation, employee/labor relations, employment, compliance, and human resources information systems. Ron has designed and implemented new compensation structures and benefit packages and led labor negotiations for the university. Before that role, Ron was Vice President at Compuware and integrated 16 acquired companies into Compuware’s compensation and benefits programs and overall culture by developing a comprehensive process. Ron's specialties are HR organizational design, compensation and benefits, M&A, and succession planning.