Client Testimonials

Suffolk Construction

  • Acted as Project Manager and change agent for national implementation of transformed talent management system, process, and program.
  • Collaborated with national HR Business Partners, Corporate Communications, Employee Engagement, HR Support, Corporate IT, and Leadership Development teams to ensure timely completion of each step of the complex implementation.
  • Secured 98% of employees completed and entered annual goals by target date.
  • Conducted on-site workshops on overall talent management philosophy and training nationally.

“Amy’s expertise and experience as a human resources practitioner were invaluable during the design and launch of our performance management process. In particular, Amy’s work to move from concept to an actionable plan differentiate her as a partner.”

David J. DeFilippo, Ed.D., Chief Learning Officer, Suffolk Construction 

Best Automotive

  • Thought leader working with Senior Executive team on strategic people and culture change.
  • Introduced the 9box system and conducted 9box sessions for entire organization
  • Partnered with President and Executive VP’s on succession planning and leadership development programs.
  • Developed and rolled out foundational HR strategies including organizational plans, job descriptions, and new on-boarding program.

“In 2015-2016 our company experienced tremendous growth both in Dealership locations and employee headcount. With that growth, we were challenged with being culturally consistent and ensuring a positive employee experience across the organization.

Amy came on board to advise us on how to create an HR function and on how to successfully manage our challenges. She mentored me and my executive team, introduced a tool to identify our “top talent” and develop them to be the best they can be on the job.   She added tremendous value by re-writing our Employee Handbook, and turning it into a document that represented our core values and why people would want to work here. The on-boarding program she developed has been terrific in closing and engaging top new talent in their first 30 days.

Amy has become a key member of the Best Automotive team and I look forward to our continued work with her.”

Scott Shulman, President, Best Automotive

VMRay Inc

  • Partnered with Vice President of Sales and Marketing to open new Boston based sales office.
  • Hired first three employees.
  • Established payroll system, benefits program, compensation plans and Employee Handbook for this first US office (headquarters in Germany).

“Following our Series A investment in late 2016, we opened an office in Boston in early 2017 to lead our worldwide sales and marketing efforts. Amy was referred to us as the person we needed to set up our U.S. office as an employer and manage the recruiting and staffing process from start to finish. From a standing start we had our operation running and staffed with a great team in just a few months.”

Chad Loeven, Vice President Sales and Marketing, VMRay Inc

Elaine Construction

  • Facilitated both a team building event and leadership training session at off-site Director’s Meeting.

“Sometimes the simplest of concepts have the most capacity to enact change.  Amy’s insightful look into the inner workings of teams, through the lens of Tuckman’s Stages of Group Development, is powerful.  An athlete, a human resources professional, a mother, and a leader, Amy’s approach to transforming “teams” into high performing groups is logical, relatable, and actionable.  She’s given us the blue print, and we are ready to execute.”

Lisa Wexler, President, Elaine Construction

ICIC

  • Developed an enhanced Performance Review Program
  • Led the execution of an Employee Engagement Survey including content design and analysis
  • Conducted a Leadership Training seminar
  • Partnered with Leadership on a variety of employee relations and talent related issues.

“As a small nonprofit we operate without a formal HR department. Yet we have doubled our staff in the past three years. Amy came to us at a critical time as we needed to update some of our policies and procedures and establish stronger engagement with our staff. Amy’s expertise in human resources management helped us to modernize our performance review process. In addition, she provided a broad assessment of our talent management approach and offered suggestions on how to improve a variety of areas. She helped us develop and disseminate our first employee survey and provided guidance on how to implement the outcomes from the survey. Finally, she provided training for mid-level managers and served as a valuable sounding board for individual personnel situations as they appeared to help us mitigate risk. We were fortunate to have Amy as part of the ICIC team”.

Matt Camp, President and COO, ICIC

“I have worked with Frank for many years. When we founded RISE, he was the first person I thought of to help us. He worked closely with the principals of the firm to help us shape our organization. Frank seamlessly hit the ground running for our fast moving and growing organization at RISE, quickly establishing himself as a builder and leader of our initial people infrastructure. His impactful HR consulting work set the critical foundation for our continued growth, work that included the identification, sourcing and onboarding of RISE’s first VP of People and Culture.  Frank will always be considered a trusted advisor for the RISE team!”

 James Grossmann – Founder, CEO – RISE Construction Management

“Frank’s expertise, know-how and leadership in our talent management efforts provided the exact support our executive team was seeking as part of our ongoing commitment to building our most important asset – our people.”

Shawn Seaman, Chief Operating Officer, Wise Construction