Kelsey Griffis, SHRM-CP, MHRM

Serve as the executive leader of HR, reporting directly to the CEO for InfoTrack, a privately held global leader in legal technology and subsidiaries, including One Legal, Lawgical, and Green Filing. Selected Achievements ▪ Designed & implemented a scalable benefits marketing & education strategy to enhance employee self-service, streamline Total Rewards inquiries, & support company growth. This initiative improved benefits utilization, reduced administration burden, & increased employee engagement. ▪ Led a cross-functional team (Legal, Finance, HR, IT) to develop & execute comprehensive integration plans during a complex merger, harmonizing policies, systems, employee benefits, & company culture. Navigated regulatory challenges & achieved 100% retention post-merger while maintaining high morale. ▪ Replaced inconsistent pay practices with a structured, market-aligned compensation strategy. Implemented a leading market comp tool, defined salary bands & pay structures, and developed compensation philosophies, pay-for-performance strategies, & leadership training. Launched annual market pay assessments, enabling company-wide salary adjustments & improved retention. ▪ Conducted in-depth modeling & advised on shifting from broad-based equity grants to performance-based equity allocation, aligning with company growth projections & conserving equity pool resources. ▪ Reduced a projected 25% benefits cost increase to just 2.3%, leveraging claims data analytics & predictive modeling to optimize plan design & carrier negotiations. ▪ Oversaw the transition from ADP TotalSource to Paylocity HRIS, saving $43K annually, improving data integrity, & streamlining operations. ▪ Led a high-performing HR team of up to six employees, attracting & mentoring Directors and Managers, and fostering continuous improvement through training on compensation, performance management, behavioral-based interviewing, & compliance.

Member of AI Ready Roundtable, focused on mastering the people side of AI—recruiting, upskilling, leading change, and retaining top talent in AI-driven organizations. #AILeadership #FutureOfWork #TalentStrategy #WorkforceTransformation #HRLeadership

Dedicated member of Payscale's Compensation Collective, shaping the future of compensation alongside HR & Compensation leaders. I collaborate with experts to drive equitable workplaces, enhance employee engagement, and advocate for fair pay practices. Responsibilities ▪ Innovative Collaboration: Partnering with industry experts to develop adaptable pay strategies addressing challenges faced by employers today and in the future. ▪ Thought Leadership: Contributing insights to discussions on equitable workplaces, attracting top talent, and motivating employees through effective compensation strategies. ▪ Networking: Leveraging opportunities to connect with professionals, fostering relationships, and amplifying the collective voice for fair compensation practices. ▪ Advocacy: Promoting fair and transparent compensation policies, supporting diversity and inclusion, and driving positive impacts on organizations and employees. Passionate about driving change in compensation, I'm proud to be part of this dynamic community. Let's work together to #getpayright and create thriving workplaces for everyone. #CompensationInnovation #HRLeadership #EquitableWorkplaces #CompCollective #Payscale

Contribute as a thought leader to Forbes Human Resources Council which is an invitation-only council for HR Executives across all industries

Passionate member of Millie's Changemaker Collective, uniting with social impact leaders to drive positive change in communities and organizations. Collaborating with peers and industry experts, I am committed to fostering sustainable social impact networks, advocating for volunteer engagement, and promoting impactful PR strategies. Thrilled to contribute to a cohort dedicated to creating meaningful change and inspiring others to join the movement. Let's make a difference together! #ChangemakerCollective #SocialImpactLeadership #CommunityEngagement #ImpactAdvocacy #Millie

Series A hyper-growth health technology SaaS startup. First HR hire reporting directly to the CEO as a member of the executive team. Charged with developing & executing a HR roadmap to establish a strategic plan to build tactical, scalable, & sustainable HR functions from the ground up. Selected Achievements ▪ Negotiated a 15% decrease in cost while achieving enhanced medical, dental, vision, & life insurance benefits. Added a low-cost, high-ROI telehealth & virtual counseling free benefit for all employees & their family members to reduce time away from work, reduce the use of urgent & emergency room care, & support the challenges employees experienced as a result of COVID-19. Established several benefit programs to increase attraction & retention efforts, including professional development, volunteer time off, matching gift & participation grants, parental leave, flexible time off, & sympathy donations. ▪ Designed & implemented a dynamic, market-responsive compensation strategy, ensuring employees were consistently paid at market value through ongoing benchmarking & proactive salary adjustments. Eliminated traditional annual performance-based increases in favor of spot bonuses tied to significant achievements, reinforcing a culture of real-time recognition & high performance while improving retention & cost efficiency. ▪ Brought recruiting in-house & built the talent acquisition function from the ground up, including selecting & implementing an ATS. Designed & led the first company-wide workforce planning exercise, establishing a 3-year model to align headcount, compensation, & total rewards costs with projected business growth. Partnered with Finance to integrate multi-year merit, promotion, & equity budgets into financial models, ensuring alignment with budget planning & Series B investor presentations. Hired 140 employees over the course of one year- with an 86% offer acceptance rate, averaging a 5-week time-to-fill rate & maintaining a 10% attrition rate.

1health is a health technology SaaS startup. Sought out to be the first human resources leader reporting directly to the CEO as a member of the executive leadership team while the company was in hyper-growth with pending series B funding, its second large acquisition, and future IPO. Selected Achievements ▪ Revamped the recruiting strategy by bringing in multiple external recruiting agencies short-term while building an internal recruiting team simultaneously to achieve the aggressive goal to triple in size in 90 days. This strategy reduced a $12k cost per hire to $3k and a total savings of almost $2M. ▪ Spearheaded the company's first company-wide and departmental strategic plan. Partnered with each department head to leverage the plan to develop individual KPIs for each position that was later utilized in the performance appraisal process developed. ▪ Sourced and obtained credible market compensation data. This was used to benchmark each position, develop a market-based compensation structure for a remote workforce that was nationally and internationally distributed, make informed market competitive job offers, and assess the current workforce’s compensation against the market to adjust compensation where needed and ensure retention. ▪ Implemented an employee stock option plan (ESOP) and successfully educated employees on equity compensation, increasing participation and engagement. ▪ Brought the company to compliance on the use of contractors by converting thirty-five contractors to employees leveraging an employer of record (EOR.) This achieved a one-team culture, increased data security, increased the recruiting pipeline, and increased our international offer acceptance rate.

Aligned business objectives & resolved complex organizational challenges using people-related solutions. Trained, developed, & provided strategic HR guidance & support to leadership on all aspects of HR. Strategically partnered to design & introduce initiatives to support people & business goals. Selected Achievements: ▪ Employee Engagement- Developed & successfully implemented multiple employee engagement & recognition initiatives, including engagement survey results-driven impact planning. ▪ Succession Planning- Drove succession planning by leading national talent review sessions utilizing 9-block assessments to evaluate the organization’s talent pool & identify potential leaders. Trained leadership to follow up on the results by leveraging an individual development plan toolkit developed to support leadership development & retention. ▪ Leadership Development- Spearheaded a leadership development program & delivered training on leadership essentials. Designed standardized interview guides & pre-screening assessments for each position & provided extensive training & workshops to all leaders on behavioral-based interviewing, laws, & best practices. ▪ Workforce Planning- Partnered to create proactive workforce planning solutions such as retention bonuses, employee referral bonuses, a short term incentive program, a generous relocation package, & a job leveling analysis that resulted in a new compensation structure designed to lead the market. This increased retention, decreased attrition, increased the ability to obtain top talent, & minimized the use of reductions in force to manage headcount. ▪ Legal Compliance- Identified & resolved several systematic legal compliance concerns which significantly reduced risk & financial burden to the organization. ▪ Diversity & Inclusion- Developed & facilitated training on how to read/translate military skills which increased Veteran hires & the talent pipeline while the organization was in high-growth mode.

Advocated for the organization’s core values to proactively build a recognizable employer-of-choice reputation to select/hire a pool of qualified candidates in advance of need. Trained, developed, and provided strategic HR guidance and support to leadership on all aspects of HR including developing and implementing Total Rewards strategies in collaboration with the compensation department to support a workforce of 15,000+ employees in a complex non-profit university and healthcare environment. Received multiple values awards for teamwork, integrity, compassion, excellence, and wholeness

Fractional HR Job Titles Held: Vice President Human Resources, Vice President Total Rewards, Vice President Benefits Provided HR and business consulting for small to mid-sized companies and start-ups across technology, healthcare, and retail industries; held executive HR leadership roles on a permanent and interim basis; conducted HR audits and made recommendations for changes and improvements; established HR departments for start-ups; implemented total rewards strategies; streamlined policies, procedures, and practices to proactively prepare for sustainable business growth; leadership coaching and training.