Mike Cilla

As Namely’s HR expert, I provide ongoing support and assist clients with day-to-day and best practice guidance to HR needs including, but not limited to:

• Guidance with compliance 
• Policies and procedures 
• Performance review and corrective action 
• ADA interactive process 
• FMLA administration and leave tracking
• Management of unemployment claims and responses
• Compliance reporting

Analyze and form a thorough understanding of each client’s unique HR needs/objectives and provide guidance in a consultative manner.

Collaborate with a team of Namely subject matter experts in HRIS, Benefits and Payroll on ~$5M book of business.

Javelin-Networks is an innovative cyber-security startup with a unique, all-in-one, artificial intelligence-driven platform.

Founded, advised, and funded by leaders from the cyber-security industry and former Israeli military cyber intelligence, Javelin-Networks is poised for success in an estimated $120B market.

• Trusted HR Advisor to CEO and HR support to founding executive team.  
• Manage the day-to-day payroll, benefits administration, and new-hire employee on-boarding. 

Brand Besties hires and trains brand ambassadors, models, promotional models, spokespersons, certified cocktail waitresses, and hostesses to provide experiential and highly personalized experiences at high-end events, product launches, and parties.

• Researching, developing, and implementing essential business processes (e.g., work-flows, roles/responsibilities, policies).
• HR management projects as necessary (e.g., employee handbook, contracts, training materials, etc.)

Unique opportunity to update GasPedal’s employee handbook (Culture Guide).

• GasPedal runs the communities for SocialMedia.Org and SocialMedia.Org Health — and they’re radically focused on company culture.
• Working with the CEO and VP of Communications, I updated HR policy; cleared the brush of duplicate copy throughout the archives; and applied knowledge management principles to ensure a smooth learning experience for future updates to the online knowledge-base.

Worked closely with Victory’s executive team overseeing a broad spectrum of responsibilities such as:

• Staffing the organization. 
• Training and developing employees at all levels. 
• Managing a diverse workforce. 
• Maintaining a fair and equitable compensation program. 
• Developing personnel policies and procedures. 
• Planning ways to meet the human resource needs of the future. 
• Ensuring that internal policies and programs conform to all laws that affect the workplace.

• Program Manager of new GHRR Pre-hire Intelligence division with product offerings including off-the-shelf online pre-employment assessments and enterprise-level customized talent acquisition solutions.
• Reported to CEO on new division (NewCo) including presenting feasibility study to Board of Directors, drafting program budget, sourcing personnel, and developing relationships to external partners / constituents, both domestically and internationally.
• Worked directly with prospects and clients throughout full sales lifecycle, including conducting demos, onboarding and account management.
• Developed marketing materials, including website copy, promotional videos, FAQ sheets, etc., and conducted 1-hour webinar certified for SHRM CE credit.

• Consultant to VP of Profitable Creativity in a corporate university that served 8,000 employees in 19 locations throughout the world.
• Assisted in program design and content development for MBA-style learning modules directed toward high-potential senior managers.
• Programs were focused on divergent aspects relevant to professionals in the gaming industry, such as: disruptive economics, innovation, online consumer behavior, long-term competitive strategy, and data analytics/visualization.

Evolv was a Big Data predictive workforce analytics startup prior to being acquired by Cornerstone OnDemand.

• Internship w/ Selection Science (I/O Psychologists) team assessing the utility of a language-based scoring matrix used for applicants completing an Interactive Voice Response phone screen.

Technical Support / Quality Assurance:

• Developed a framework for assisting with any technical difficulties the users (prospective job applicants) of Evolv's solution encountered.
• Responded to all technical issues in a timely manner, and provided feedback to Evolv's back-end developers whenever I noticed patterns of problems that ultimately were not user errors.