Cheryl Harewood

About Cheryl Harewood

Cheryl is a seasoned professional with 20+ years of team leadership, program/project management, PMO, and account management experience across multiple sectors. Recognized for demonstrating a natural aptitude for strategic planning and process improvement, I have a verifiable history of contributing directly to company growth and expansion throughout my career. Professional focal points include governance and compliance, training/mentorship, vendor/contract management, resource allocation, budgeting, market research/analysis, quality assessment, data visualization/analysis, change management, risk mitigation, problem solving, cost reduction, documentation, hardware/software implementation, and web/Mobil/data analytics apps. Delivering superior administration on the latter areas of expertise requires utilization of effective communication and organization skills. Specialties • Program/Project Management • Business Process Improvement and Development • Application Development/ eCommerce • Change Management • CA Clarity / MS SharePoint • Six Sigma Process Design & Improvement • CMMI • Governance and Compliance • Vendor and Contract Management • Hardware and Software Implementation Platforms • Adobe Analytics • Google Analytics 360

Experience

1. Director, Head of Client Leadership Group - Employee Experience and Engagement

   Merkle

   Jul 2021 — Present

   Develop and manage Client Leadership Group\'s employee experience strategy, collaborating with Executive Leadership, HR, Learning, and Development to enhance employee experience, foster employee engagement, and drive key cultural attributes.• Manage, plan, and execute initiatives supporting the employees within the Client Leadership Group.• Provide thought leadership on workplace practices and policies for the Client Leadership Groups desired culture by creating programs that ensure a respectful workplace necessary to optimize performance. • Partner and collaborate with HR and • Work with executive leaders in Client Leadership Groups, HR, Learning and Development, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and other practice areas in the US to collaborate across the organization to build and execute programs, processes, and initiatives, integrating DEI as an important element of our culture, mission, and operations. • Collaborate with regional and functional leaders and managers and other key stakeholders to advance our diversity and equity initiatives, and overall inclusion strategy. • Implement and deliver organization-wide DEI efforts, to help shape an inclusive culture where everyone can grow and thrive.• Partner with internal departments (Corporate Responsibility, Client Leadership Group, Area Offices, etc.) and internal DEI organizations in the development of strategic and tactical programming objectives to advance DEI and social justice within Merkle CMX and the communities that we partner with in the US/Canada and the UK.

Education

• University of Detroit Mercy

  BS, Computer Information Systems, Computer Science and Information Systems

• University of Detroit Mercy

  MS, Software Engineering and Computer Science