Catherine Reyes

About

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.

Experience

Education

Key Strengths

• Led global collaboration to deliver a payroll system integration merger on time with an India-based team
• Built HR/onboarding function from the ground up, implementing workflows and systems to maintain HRIS data
• Managed sensitive organizational change (5-day onsite mandate) through leadership alignment, individual employee conversations, and coordinated backfills
• Team-building approach focused on complementary strengths and diverse backgrounds to improve collaboration and outcomes

Reference Highlights

• Strong systemic thinker; anticipates downstream and unintended consequences
• Cohesive, scalable, sustainable approach to enterprise decisions
• Trusted partner and consultant to the C-suite
• Successfully spearheaded NovaTime to UKG transition
• Orchestrates collaboration across executives, IT, chiefs, and administrators
• Exceptional leadership coach and thought partner (greatest strength)
• Selected to mentor highest-level leaders (VPs, Medical Executive Directors, Chiefs, senior executives)
• High discretion and confidentiality
• Provides strategic perspective and insight with ease
• High emotional intelligence; promotes leader well-being and effectiveness
• Fosters clarity, confidence, and accountability in leaders
• Calm, balanced approach in complex employee relations situations
• Objective listener; ensures all perspectives are heard and well documented
• Maintains neutrality while resolving conflict
• Resolves conflict while preserving dignity and rebuilding trust
• Focus on long-term team cohesion
• very strong and analytical
• effective at delivering outcomes
• engages all stakeholders
• trusted advisor to senior leadership
• good judgment and timing in sensitive decisions
• inclusive and supportive leader
• takes time to listen to the team
• effective coach who helped staff get promoted
• handles employee relations by listening and analyzing situations
• does not take sides; creates psychological safety
• helped avoid bad press and staff dissatisfaction during outsourcing/layoff planning
• helped avoid a strike by advising against laying off 200+ people during Christmas
• prioritizes employees being heard
• identifies deficiencies in organizational policy
• excellent team player
• excellent communication
• understands her role
• punctual
• thinks outside the box
• approachable
• great leader
• ensures projects are completed within allowed timeframes
• protects the organization through strong policy understanding
• proactive in preventing potential legal issues
• takes the lead during downsizing/restructuring
• aligns team before executing sensitive changes
• caring and empathetic during layoffs
• trusted by executive team
• leads by example / rolls up her sleeves
• open door policy
• develops and promotes staff
• well thought out and fair in employee discussions
• stays focused under pressure
• well spoken and direct
• professional and respectful in challenging situations