Brent Hollenbaugh

About Brent Hollenbaugh

I am a senior human resources executive who builds, scales, and transforms people and culture strategies in operationally complex, growth-oriented organizations.Over two decades, I have served as Head of Human Resources and Vice President of HR for enterprise and sponsor-backed organizations supporting workforces from 700 to more than employees across environmental services, logistics, manufacturing, energy, and infrastructure-intensive industries. My focus is aligning talent, leadership, and organizational design with business strategy to drive measurable performance outcomes. I partner closely with CEOs, executive leadership teams, and Boards to ensure people strategy supports execution, scalability, and long-term value creation. My experience includes building HR functions from the ground up, leading large and distributed teams, and guiding organizations through growth, integration, and restructuring while maintaining operational continuity. • Reduced voluntary turnover by up to 50% in under 12 months• Built and scaled HR organizations across multi-state and cross-border workforces• Trusted advisor to CEOs and Boards on organizational design and workforce strategy• Designed talent acquisition and employer branding strategies that improved quality of hire and workforce stability• Led HR through expansion, contraction, reorganizations, and post-acquisition integration• Oversaw labor relations, compliance, safety, and workforce risk in regulated, frontline-heavy environments I view the CHRO role as an enterprise leadership position responsible for translating business strategy into human systems that perform under pressure—designing organizations that scale, building leaders who execute, reinforcing accountability, and anticipating workforce risk before it impacts results. & More recently, I have partnered with private equity sponsors and executive teams in value-creation environments where expectations are high and timelines are compressed. This experience builds on a broader career spent leading HR in large, operationally intensive enterprises. I am a hands-on, high-accountability leader who believes HR earns credibility by deeply understanding the business. Shaped by early experience in the U.S. Navy, my approach values clarity, trust, disciplined decision-making, and practical solutions that deliver results.

Experience

1. Vice President Human Resources

   Waste Resource Management

   Jan 2025 — Present · Houston, TX, US

   Lead the HR function for Waste Resource Management, focusing on both strategic and tactical HR to include talent management, compliance, HR systems, compensation, benefits, and payroll.• Successfully completed 7 acquisitions, ensuring 100% timely onboarding and maintaining turnover below targets. • Improved retention, reducing replacement costs and operational disruption. Turnover reduced by over 35%.

Education

• Liberty University

  MBA, Human Resources

• Liberty University

  BS, Business Management

Skills

• Training
• Sphr
• Management
• Training & Development
• Interviews
• New Hire Orientations
• Military
• Program Management
• Performance Management
• Employee Training
• HR Business Partnering
• Talent Management
• Networking
• Human Resources
• Sdlc
• Interviewing
• Talent Acquisition
• Recruiting
• Leadership
• Hiring
• Labor Relations
• Deferred Compensation
• Compensation
• Employee Benefits
• HR Strategy
• Hris
• Succession Planning
• Coaching
• Marketing
• Temporary Placement
• Onboarding
• Benefits Administration
• Applicant Tracking Systems
• Organizational Development
• Personnel Management
• Internet Recruiting
• Full-Cycle Recruiting
• Marketing Strategy
• Employee Engagement
• Benefits