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Michelle Santiago

Michelle Santiago

Senior Consultant, HR

Senior Consultant, HR

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Michelle Santiago is a people operations leader experienced in designing and building distributed work environments for scaling technology startups which are engaging, aligned to company values, globally compliant. She is passionate about HR’s power to achieve strategic goals. Michelle has proven skills in managing the full employee lifecycle, HR systems, and organizational policies which align and accelerate business operations.

Michelle is certified by HRCI as a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR).

Operating Experience

Senior HRBP (Interim)

2024 - 2025

People Operations Leader

2024

Director of Employee Experience

2023

Director, People Operations

2018 - 2023

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Acquisition of Omnivore

2022

Managed people operations integration for ~40 employees, including onboarding and employee data migration, alignment of HR processes with existing company systems, and cross-functional coordination to support a smooth workforce transition.

Acquisition of Wisely

2022

2021

Led people operations integration for ~66 employees across the U.S., Germany, Italy, Portugal, and Canada. Evaluated and selected a PEO to onboard international employees and managed integration into existing systems, team structures, and people processes while leading employee communications throughout the transition.

IPO

2021

Supported IPO readiness by partnering with Total Rewards, Finance, and Legal on implementation of a new equity management platform. Audited and validated employee data for platform migration and led employee communications related to equity access, account setup, and issue resolution.

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