Vetted People & HR Professionals in New York

Derya Kazak

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Director-level HR leader specializing in change management, employee relations, and talent development

Armonk, NY10y exp

“Strategic HR leader with experience managing global teams (India/Brazil/Canada) and partnering on immigration and multi-country regulatory considerations. Has driven major org changes including implementing an attendance policy across 14 logistics locations and restructuring an HR department to align with growth, using a data-driven approach (turnover, time-to-hire, performance, exit interviews). Target compensation is around $150K, flexible based on total package.”

Catherine Reyes

Screened ReferencesStrong rec.

Senior HR Director specializing in Total Rewards and HR Operations for healthcare systems

Bronx, NY16y exp

“HR/People leader with experience managing global teams and delivering complex HR/payroll system integrations (including an India-based support team) on schedule. Has built HR/onboarding teams and HRIS workflows from the ground up and partnered with senior leadership on high-impact change initiatives like a full return-to-office transition, including employee communications and backfill recruiting.”

“Talent Acquisition leader and player-coach who has managed small recruiting teams and partnered directly with executives (CEO/CFO/VP People) on headcount planning, hiring budgets, and role prioritization. Notably redesigned a software engineer interview process at Sprinter Health by moving the algorithm screen earlier and updating outdated questions, improving conversion and reducing wasted hiring manager time.”

“People/HR leader in a manufacturing tech startup environment who partners directly with co-founders/CFO to drive org-wide change. Led a major shift to a Spotify-style squad model on the commercial side and uses engagement-survey analytics (including AI-assisted analysis) to guide management practices, restructures, and resource decisions while handling sensitive ER situations.”

Kehinde Majekodunmi

Screened

Senior Talent Acquisition Leader specializing in high-volume and DEI-focused recruiting

Brooklyn, NY9y exp

“Recruiting/people-ops leader at Marcy Lab School who partners directly with executive leadership to solve funnel and retention challenges. Designed a pre-orientation “Immersion Day” to reduce admitted-prospect drop-off and built a scalable diversity recruiting workflow by partnering with Black Girls Code to address a gender gap in the applicant pipeline.”

Julie Goldstein

Screened

Senior People Operations & HR Leader specializing in employee experience, HRIS/ATS, and M&A

New York, NY14y exp

“HR leader/HRBP with global team management experience who has driven high-impact people operations initiatives across many functions (Sales through Engineering and Legal). Implemented a company’s first HRIS and ATS integration while scaling hiring (52 FTEs in <10 months), cutting operating costs 35% and improving retention. Also led year-long post-merger integration of culture and core people programs and managed multiple layoffs with strong compliance and zero legal claims.”

“HR leader/partner with multi-state experience supporting a 2,000-employee population across the US, focused on scaling people infrastructure and reducing compliance risk. Partnered with senior leadership at Always With Love HCA to formalize HR processes via gap analysis and phased change management, and drove HRIS adoption by training 90 clients to move from paper to electronic onboarding and document acknowledgements.”

“People/HR partner who supports product design and UX organizations as a day-to-day contact, handling employee relations, coaching, training, compensation questions, and performance reviews. Experienced partnering closely with senior leaders through major organizational change (including restructuring and client loss) and uses a holistic, metrics-informed lens (performance, billability, utilization, potential) to guide scaling decisions.”

Murat Bashelvaci

Screened

HR Director specializing in talent acquisition, people & culture, and organizational transformation

New York, NY22y exp

“People leader with experience at Ryan Specialty and Canon managing global, distributed teams and building cross-functional orgs. Has built a product design function (PM/UX/analytics) supporting internal platforms across regions and partnered with senior leaders on growth-driven organizational change using structured feedback loops to accelerate adoption.”

Diana Najera

Screened

Senior HR Business Partner specializing in people operations, HRIS, and compliance

New York, NY4y exp

“Senior HR Business Partner with hands-on experience partnering with a CPO and senior leadership to stand up a new California production facility, rapidly scaling headcount while building scalable workforce planning and training infrastructure. Strong HRIS-driven approach to compensation benchmarking/internal equity and to diagnosing productivity and engagement issues. Experienced leading high-stakes ER investigations (harassment/hostile work environment) using structured processes and digital evidence, partnering with legal to reduce risk.”

“Global Head of Talent Acquisition–level leader who has managed a 20-person recruiting/sourcing org across North America, Latin America, Europe, and APAC. Personally owned VP/SVP/C-suite hiring for 13 years and drove a data-backed recruiting lifecycle overhaul (interview panels + backups) to address 180–200 day time-to-fill and candidate experience issues, partnering closely with HRBPs and the CFO on headcount and budget.”

“Regional Director of HR with experience supporting a large NYC unionized workforce and handling serious employee relations investigations. Has led people through major organizational transitions (new company structure/benefits/operating practices) via proactive employee communications and cross-department follow-ups, and has a track record of developing HR and payroll staff into regional leadership roles.”

Brianna Flint

Screened

Director-level Talent Acquisition Leader specializing in high-growth startups

New York, NY10y exp

“Talent acquisition leader who has managed recruiter teams across rapid-growth environments, including scaling a seed-stage recruiting function hiring 10+ contractors per week. Hands-on executive search experience (including leading a CIO hire for Savvy Wealth’s Series B expansion) and known for building structured, data-informed recruiting frameworks with strong HRBP and executive stakeholder partnership.”