Meet Our Team
| HR Professionals Kim Giangrande, SPHR, GPHR Jeanne Rudell Kristin Tetreault Jessica Duhon Meredith Esposito |
Our Advisory Board Ruwan Abeyesekera Frank Crudo Suresh Subbiah |
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| HR Professionals | |
| Kim Giangrande, SPHR, GPHR | |
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kgiangrande@intuitivehr.com Profile Kim is a Strategic Human Resource professional with extensive experience developing Human Resource infrastructure, from the foundational level, that supports the strategic direction of the organization. She has a strong ability to effectively balance corporate goals with the needs of the employee to create programs that ensure strong results and commitment to employee engagement. Kim has been responsible for the implementation of many programs, policies, procedures, and automation to support basic administration, legal compliance and overall talent management strategy. She has over 10 years of Senior Level HR experience working with Boards of Directors and participating as a full member of the Executive Teams at her previous employers. She spent 7 years with Hasler Inc. & Mailroom Services Inc., leading providers of high end mailing systems equipment managing a U.S. employee population of approximately 1,500 with over 30 offices. In her tenure there, she won the respect of many employees and key leaders through the development of a total HR infrastructure that provided a strong foundation for managing the employee relationship and provided opportunity for reward and recognition. In recent years, she worked as VP Global HR for Survey Sampling International, creating their global HR infrastructure and working with the Board of Directors to implement a comprehensive foundation for HR services. Specialization Kim specialized in leadership development. Her insights and intuition made her a well respected and sought out coach to many leaders and key employees within the organizations in which she worked. She brings great instincts and a solid value system to the table offering her clients the opportunity to do things right and effectively within budget. Credentials Kim holds both a Masters of Science in Management and MBA from Albertus Magnus College. Her undergraduate degree is a double major in Health Care Management in Human Resource Management. She holds the distinguished dual certifications of Senior Professional in Human Resources and Global Professional Human Resources from the Human Resources Certification Institute. These certifications demonstrate both the theoretical knowledge and practical experience in both strategic and international HR, demonstrating a mastery of the body of knowledge in the field.  Kim is one of eight professionals in the state of CT to hold this dual professional status. In recognition of her senior level contributions to the HR field, in July 2009 Kim was selected by Thomson West Aspatore Publishing to be represented in their Inside the Minds Series titled Maximizing Your HR Efforts: Leading HR Executives on Increasing Employee Engagement, Ensuring Optimal Efficiency, and Creating a Culture of Recognition. Copies are available for purchase on amazon.com. In addition she has written several ExecBluePrints on topics including: The Role of Strategic HR in Merger & Acquisitions; Global Learning Governance; and The Impacts of Social Networking on Employee Engagement. She also teaches Legal Aspects of Employment Law, HR Issues and International HR at Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, CT. |
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| Jeanne Rudell | |
| jrudell@intuitivehr.com Profile Jeanne is an experienced, trusted Human Resources partner with a broad business background in several industries and who has been credited with value-added insights and accomplishments. Contributions span across all business functions in the areas of business strategy, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and IPO’s at both a strategic and tactical level. Jeanne believes that an in-depth understanding of the business, the culture and opportunities and challenges is paramount to an effective Human Resources function. This understanding of the business needs and the competitive landscape enables the leadership team, together with Human Resources to positively impact employee selection, engagement, retention and bottom line contributions. Jeanne thrives in a rapidly changing environment and a culture which appreciates the value of an engaged workforce - where cost effective, business focused employee enabling initiatives are viewed as a contribution to the company's financial success. She enjoys operating at both the strategic and tactical level as well as working with executives and front line employees. Jeanne has over thirty years of Human Resources experience, which includes leading the strategic direction and operations of the Human Resources function. Her background includes employee communication, strategic organizational realignments, company mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and IPO’s, base and variable compensation programs, executive compensation, benefit plans, performance management, leadership development and training, employee selection and engagement, automation and employee relations. Jeanne held human resources positions with Bresnan Communications, Clayton Holdings, Oxford Health Plans, Baker & Taylor, W. R. Grace, The Singer Company and American Can Company. Jeanne earned her B.S. in industrial and labor relations from Cornell University and her MBA from Pace University. |
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| Kristin Tetreault |
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Kristin brings more than 15 years of strategic experience and tactical communications, leadership development and employee engagement expertise to IntuitiveHR and our clients. Her breadth of corporate experience ranges from a global, high-tech Fortune 500 company to a $5B regional health insurance plan, an entrepreneurial financial services firm and a software development company serving the convenience store industry. She has also worked with non-profit organizations, consulting groups and a variety of boutique firms specializing in learning & development, strategic communications and employment transition. In addition to strong communication skills, Kristin has in-depth knowledge and experience in employee engagement strategy, learning & development initiatives, leadership coaching, 360 assessments and employee survey design, as well as external communications and PR. At Oxford Health Plans she established an in-house university and achieved 95% participation at the executive level. She's an Accredited Business Communicator (ABC), a recipient of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Award of Excellence, a Silver Quill competition judge and a member of the IABC accreditation exam evaluation team. Kristin brings extensive experience with large and small companies, both privately and publicly held. She brings creativity and flexibility to companies undergoing significant organizational changes, company branding, growth initiatives, financial turnaround, mergers & acquisitions and company downsizing. Kristin works as effectively with CEOs as she does with individual contributors at all levels of the organization, focusing intently on managers and supervisors as key influence of employee engagement. |
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| Jessica Duhon | |
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jduhon@intuitivehr.com Profile Jessica is a seasoned HR Generalist with over 7 years of experience in all aspects of HR Administration. Her solid work ethic and value system make her an ideal team member and partner for your company. Specialization While strong in many areas of HR Administration and Management, Jessica specializes in compensation program development, design and implementation. She works closely with the leadership to define the parameters and budget and factors in market analysis and relative research to offer strong recommendations in this area. |
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| Meredith Esposito |
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| Meredith brings several years of experience in the managed care and pharmaceutical industries. She has a strong knowledge of all elements of benefits design, management and administration. This area of expertise establishes Meredith as the IntuitiveHR point person for benefit related projects. In addition to this area of focus, Meredith is a well rounded, HR professional with generalist knowledge in all aspects of effective human resources management. Meredith earned her MBA in Human Resources from Sacred Heart University. |
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| Our Advisory Board |
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| Ruwan Abeyesekera |
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Ruwan is a product and general management executive who has spent over ten years incubating mobile and cloud-computing businesses. His experience spans a diverse set of industries - ranging from location intelligence software to improve the targeting of mobile ads, to small business productivity tools, to vehicle management software to improve fuel efficiency for enterprise and municipal fleets. He is currently an independent consultant and advises several start-ups and non-profits on issues including organizational design, product development, marketing and the use of analytics.
Previously Ruwan held global responsibility for the software businesses of Neopost SA (a $50M portfolio of desktop, server and web applications that focused on small business collaboration as well as location intelligence solutions). He oversaw all aspects of product planning, user experience design and go-to-market strategy - turning around several floundering acquisitions and developing Neopost’s next generation platform and design strategy that delivered an end-to-end user experience across the firms hardware, software and online products. At Pitney Bowes, Ruwan reported directly to Chief Development Officer and was responsible for incubating new ventures and evaluating software investments in line with the firm’s transformation from mailing “box seller” to provider of integrated document management & information-based solutions. In 2000, he was a charter member of a small team that founded the company’s enterprise-focused software-as-a-service business. Ruwan began his career developing decision support systems to improve the acquisition, cross-selling and retention efforts for a portfolio of e-commerce sites that targeted small business and home office consumers. He holds a B.S. in Statistics, Operations Research and Finance from New York University where he was a Trustee Scholar. |
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| Frank Crudo |
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| Suresh Subbiah |
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