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Michelle McCalla

Director-level HR Business Partner specializing in change, integration, and organizational effectiveness

New York, NYSENIOR HUMAN RESOURCES BUSINESS PARTNER, DIRECTOR18 years experienceDirectorTelecommunicationsTechnologyInsurance
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HR/People leader specializing in complex change and employee relations, including post-acquisition integration and multi-company rebranding environments. Built an end-to-end playbook to integrate 75 acquired employees (job mapping, comp/incentives, classification changes, HRIS/payroll execution, legal risk mitigation) that became a regional template, and is known for influencing resistant leaders while maintaining compliance and trust.

Experience

SENIOR HUMAN RESOURCES BUSINESS PARTNER, DIRECTORBOLDYN NETWORKS, INC.
HUMAN RESOURCES BUSINESS PARTNER, REGIONALUSI INSURANCE SERVICES, INC.
HUMAN RESOURCES BUSINESS PARTNER, VICE PRESIDENTWELLS FARGO INSURANCE SERVICES, INC.

Education

New School University, Milano Graduate Schoolmaster, Organizational Change Management
Baruch College, City University of New Yorkbachelor, Human Resources Management

Key Strengths

  • Led seamless integration of 75 acquired employees through structured comms + project planning
  • Cross-functional partnership with Finance, Total Rewards, Legal, HRIS, and Payroll to execute complex people changes
  • Created a repeatable integration playbook adopted as a template for other populations (e.g., sales/go-to-market)
  • Influenced resistant senior leaders to accept job mapping/classification changes without escalation
  • Risk-aware employee relations judgment (protected class considerations; avoided surveillance approach via Legal validation)
  • Data-driven leader coaching using Hogan assessment, engagement survey insights, focus groups, and exit data
  • Used people metrics (overtime reports) to surface burnout/staffing risks and drive headcount increase decision
  • Resolved high-stakes wage & hour issue with fact-finding, compliance education, back-pay remediation, and trust rebuilding

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Languages

English

Skills

HR StrategyPeople StrategyHR Business PartneringStrategic Workforce PlanningOrganizational EffectivenessOrganizational DesignOrganization DevelopmentOrganizational Change ManagementChange ManagementPost-Merger IntegrationAcquisition IntegrationPolicy HarmonizationExecutive CoachingLeadership CoachingEmployee Engagement