Austin Allen

HR Consulting Intern @ Arizona State University

About

During six years as a Personnel Specialist in the U.S. Navy, I managed HR operations for a squadron of 9 submarines, handling onboarding for 2,000+ sailors, administering compensation programs, and serving as the sole subject matter expert for pay administration across the entire command. I taught myself a legacy pay system that nobody else knew how to use, and spent years diagnosing and resolving compensation issues for sailors at every rank. What kept me engaged wasn't the complexity of the problems — it was the outcome. Getting someone money they were owed, or fixing an issue that had been making their life harder than it needed to be. That experience shaped how I think about HR. It's not just administration, it's the function that directly affects people's livelihoods, their stress levels, and their ability to do their jobs. Done well, it's invisible. Done poorly, everyone feels it.I'm now finishing a Business Administration degree at ASU's W. P. Carey School of Business, with a focus on HR and business analytics. I'm currently working on an HR consulting project evaluating AI-driven solutions for onboarding processes at a national HR client, and building out my data analytics skills through hands-on project work with Excel and Tableau. I'm looking for an HR or People Operations role where I can combine operational experience with data-informed thinking to make a real difference for the people I work with. If you work in HR, people operations, or business analytics, I'd love to connect.

Country

United States

City

Greater Phoenix Area

Industry

Human Resources

Skill

Organizational Culture, Prompt Engineering, HR Operations, Onboarding & Personnel Administration, Compensation Administration, Compliance & Documentation , Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS), Process Improvement, Data Analysis, Performance Management, Team Leadership, Operations Management, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Employee Relations, Project Management, Microsoft Excel, Tableau, PeopleSoft, Organizational Effectiveness, Business Analytics

Experience

HR Consulting Intern

Arizona State University

2026-1 - 2026-5 · 5 mos

Phoenix, AZ

• Served as primary point of contact between student consulting team and client stakeholders, coordinating and facilitating multiple discovery meetings to assess current HR onboarding processes and identify AI implementation opportunities. • Conducted outreach and evaluation of multiple AI vendors, developing vendor profiles and navigated vendor credibility challenges. • Developing a set of actionable AI implementation recommendations for client processes, to be delivered as a formal presentation to client leadership.

Personnel Specialist 2nd Class

US Navy

2016-8 - 2022-8 · 6 yrs 1 mo

Norfolk, VA

• Served as sole subject-matter expert for pay administration across a squadron of up to 13 submarines, independently diagnosing and resolving compensation discrepancies. Developed self-taught proficiency on a legacy pay system with no formal documentation or peer support. • Resolved complex multi-year compensation cases requiring retroactive records correction and coordinating submissions across multiple systems. • Administered onboarding documentation and intake processing for 2,000+ sailors reporting across 13 submarine commands, ensuring regulatory compliance across all documents and reporting weekly pipeline data to senior leadership. • Redesigned the intake process from a staff-assisted model to a self-service packet system, reducing administrative burden on staff and accelerating sailor processing time through the command. • Led a team of 3–5 sailors supporting onboarding operations to maintain output quality and compliance standards. • Maintained confidential personnel records containing PII including SSNs and banking data for 2,000+ service members, ensuring accuracy and compliance with established privacy and documentation standards.

Education

Arizona State University

Business Administration

2024-1 - 2026-7 · 2 yrs 7 mos

Focused on operations management, organizational leadership, financial analysis, and business analytics. Coursework emphasizes data-driven decision making, process improvement, and performance management in modern business environments. Currently participating in an HR consulting internship course and a Global Career Accelerator in Data Analytics, applying analytical tools and AI-assisted research methods to real-world business challenges.