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Amber Stone

Lompoc

Summary

Strategic Human Resources leader with Vice President management experience. Drives organizational growth through talent acquisition, policy development, and performance management. Implements HR strategies aligned with business objectives to enhance employee engagement and improve retention.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Vice President of Human Resources

Parlement Technologies (company closed)
Nashville
01.2024 - 08.2025

HRIS & Systems Optimization: Spearheaded end-to-end implementation and administration of HRIS platforms, ensuring data integrity and streamlining workflows for background checks, EEO-1 reporting, and record management.

HRIS & Systems Optimization: Spearheaded end-to-end implementation and administration of HRIS platforms, ensuring data integrity and streamlining workflows for background checks, EEO-1 reporting, and record management.

Policy, Compliance & Risk Mitigation: Developed and maintained robust policy manuals, oversaw workers’ compensation and leave administration, and conducted sensitive employee investigations to ensure full legal compliance and mitigate organizational risk.

Organizational Development & Training: Built and facilitated impactful management training programs and specialized employee coaching frameworks, resulting in enhanced leadership competencies and improved employee retention.

Cultural Engagement & Growth Initiatives: Led M&A HR integration projects and developed employee engagement programs that fostered a cohesive workplace culture and supported long-term development.

People Services & HRIS Manager

Spero Health
Nashville
01.2017 - 12.2023

HRIS Management & Strategic Reporting: Led the end-to-end implementation and administration of HRIS systems, delivering high-level analytics, data-driven insights, and custom reports to executive leadership and the Board of Directors.

Scalable HR Infrastructure Development: Successfully supported the company’s rapid expansion from 11 to 60 clinics by centralizing and streamlining all HR processes to ensure operational consistency and efficiency.

Process Design & Risk Mitigation: Engineered and standardized foundational HR workflows, including full-cycle new hire onboarding, compliant background check/drug screening processes, and robust workers’ compensation and leave administration.

Talent Retention & Engagement: Managed turnover reduction strategies and launched employee engagement initiatives, fostering organizational culture and stabilizing workforce during hyper-growth.

Organizational Training & Development: Developed and deployed training materials across clinic network to ensure policy adherence and enhance leadership development.

Payroll/HRIS Manager

Nashville Predators
Nashville
01.2015 - 01.2017

Strategic Payroll & HRIS Administration: Optimized HRIS functionality and managed full-cycle payroll processing, ensuring flawless execution through the development of standardized payroll schedules, comprehensive procedural manuals, and rigorous reporting workflows.

Partnered with executive leadership to deliver monthly reports, transforming HR and payroll data into actionable insights for strategic decision-making.

Oversaw player compliance and workers’ compensation programs, mitigating liability while ensuring adherence to regulatory standards.

Directed leave of absence (LOA) programs, implementing tracking and communication protocols to align employee needs with operational requirements.

Process Optimization & Standardization: Championed continuous improvement initiatives by auditing existing HR and payroll functions, resulting in modernized, high-efficiency workflows that increased accuracy and reduced administrative overhead.

Human Resources Consultant

1099 HR Consultant (4 companies)
01.2013 - 01.2017

Strategic Consulting & System Transformation: Partnered with diverse clients to lead large-scale HRIS implementations and complex system consolidations, replacing fragmented processes with unified, high-efficiency architectures.

Process Optimization & Operational Excellence: Conducted deep-dive audits of existing HR frameworks to identify bottlenecks, subsequently streamlining workflows and system processes to drive measurable increases in administrative efficiency.

Executed targeted recruitment for high-level HR roles, facilitated workshops addressing employee turnover, and produced training and marketing materials enhancing employer branding and internal development.

Designed and delivered reporting packages for executive stakeholders, utilizing data analytics to identify workforce trends and support critical organizational decision-making.

Executed targeted recruitment for high-level HR roles, facilitated workshops addressing employee turnover, and produced training and marketing materials enhancing employer branding and internal development.

Senior HRIS Analyst/Human Resources Manager

CarlStar Group
Nashville
01.2012 - 01.2015

Strategic Data Analytics & Reporting: Architected custom HRIS reports and performed deep-dive data analysis to provide executive leadership with actionable workforce insights and high-level performance metrics on a weekly and monthly basis.

Systems Implementation & Optimization: Spearheaded the successful end-to-end implementation and ongoing administration of Learning Management Systems (LMS), significantly enhancing the organization’s training delivery and workforce development capabilities.

Led HRIS data management, maintaining system architecture integrity and streamlining data workflows to enhance organizational efficiency.

Directed full-cycle payroll administration, including year-end processing and creation of standardized payroll procedures, ensuring accuracy and regulatory compliance.

Managed Workers' Compensation and Leave of Absence (LOA) programs, ensuring consistent application of company policy and minimizing organizational liability.

Interim CHRO and Payroll Manager

The Baldwin Clinic
Foley
01.2009 - 01.2012

Executive Strategy & Board Governance: Led the HR and Payroll team, providing the Board of Directors with critical workforce analytics, comprehensive reporting, and strategic recommendations to guide organizational direction and decision-making.

Compliance, Auditing & Risk Oversight: Directed all state and federal regulatory compliance initiatives, acting as the lead strategist during rigorous HR and payroll audits to ensure zero-risk operations and full policy alignment.

Organizational Scaling & Talent Lifecycle Management: Managed end-to-end talent strategy, including executive-level physician recruiting and job architecture creation, to enhance employee engagement and retention.

Strategic Systems & Process Transformation: Led large-scale HRIS implementations and modernized core operational frameworks, including benefit administration, leave management, and workers' compensation, to drive enterprise-wide efficiency.

Leadership Development & Cultural Architecture: Spearheaded organizational development through designing management training programs and revising policies, fostering a high-performance culture through employee relations coaching.

HR Generalist/Payroll

Chapnick, Smuckler and Associates
Van Nuys
01.2006 - 01.2009

Financial & Payroll Operations Excellence: Managed high-volume, end-to-end payroll processing and complex tax filings, ensuring 100% compliance and flawless execution of critical year-end reporting cycles.

Operational Reporting & Analytical Support: Generated detailed monthly payroll and workforce reports for executive leadership, providing the necessary data to track key performance indicators and drive organizational decision-making.

Oversaw administration of Leave of Absence (LOA) and Workers’ Compensation programs, ensuring compliance with legal requirements and managing sensitive employee cases with discretion.

Led revisions of corporate policy manuals and training materials, keeping documentation up-to-date and compliant with organizational best practices.

Contributed to turnover management strategies by analyzing workforce trends and streamlining administrative workflows to improve operational efficiency.

Education

Birmingham High School
Van Nuys, California

Skills

  • Human Resources Management
  • Talent management
  • Recruitment
  • Labor law compliance
  • Succession planning
  • Employee engagement
  • Organizational development
  • Compliance oversight
  • Cultural transformation
  • Change management
  • Strategic Planning
  • Policy development
  • HRIS Administration
  • HRIS Setup
  • Full cycle payroll
  • Benefits Management
  • Benefits administration
  • Leave management
  • Workers Comp Management
  • Employee relations
  • Diversity and inclusion
  • Risk mitigation
  • Training facilitation
  • Training and mentoring
  • Onboarding programs
  • Exit interviews
  • Background checks
  • Recruitment strategies
  • Recruitment and hiring
  • Recruitment life cycle
  • Retention strategies
  • Staff compensation
  • Data analytics
  • Project management
  • Microsoft office proficiency
  • Leadership development
  • Talent acquisition
  • Talent Management
  • Retention strategies
  • Training and mentoring
  • Benefits programs
  • Talent Management

ADMIN EXPERIENCE

  • ADP
  • Paylocity
  • Paycor
  • UltiPro
  • Workdays
  • Quickbooks
  • JDE
  • ETime

Timeline

Vice President of Human Resources

Parlement Technologies (company closed)
01.2024 - 08.2025

People Services & HRIS Manager

Spero Health
01.2017 - 12.2023

Payroll/HRIS Manager

Nashville Predators
01.2015 - 01.2017

Human Resources Consultant

1099 HR Consultant (4 companies)
01.2013 - 01.2017

Senior HRIS Analyst/Human Resources Manager

CarlStar Group
01.2012 - 01.2015

Interim CHRO and Payroll Manager

The Baldwin Clinic
01.2009 - 01.2012

HR Generalist/Payroll

Chapnick, Smuckler and Associates
01.2006 - 01.2009

Birmingham High School
Amber Stone