Karen Gregory

About Karen Gregory

Human Resources Executive with over 20 years of leadership experience driving human capital strategy to align with business goals, fostering organizational growth, and leading cultural transformation. Proven track record of steering large-scale initiatives, executing complex change management, and positioning HR as a strategic business partner to deliver measurable outcomes.I excel at navigating the complex global organizations, balancing corporate headquarters priorities with business/P&L needs, and ensuring HR strategies are aligned, understood, and actioned. My expertise spans strategic workforce planning, talent management, post-merger integration, and digital HR transformation, with a focus on scalability, operational efficiency, and leadership development.I build high-performing teams through coaching, strategic execution, and problem-solving, ensuring clear, actionable solutions that drive measurable business impact.Core Areas of Expertise:> Post-Merger Integration > Executive HR Leadership > Organizational Design > Strategic Workforce Planning > Total Rewards Strategy, Compensation & Benefits > Human Capital Strategy > Business Transformation > Leadership Development, Succession Planning & Executive Coaching > Culture Transformation, Change Management & Employee Engagement > HR Technology, Automation & People Analytics > Scaling HR for Growth, Business Agility & Performance Excellence > C-Suite Collaboration & Business Strategy AlignmentI am open to networking and executive collaboration. Email: k••••••••@gmail.com

Experience

1. Executive Vice President, People

   Arete

   Jan 2022 — Present · Boca Raton, FL, US

   Global Chief Human Resources OfficerArete is a cybersecurity and risk management company specializing in digital forensic incident response, advisory, and managed security services.> Strategic Workforce & Talent Development: Led the design and enterprise-wide rollout of a comprehensive career architecture framework, enabling talent development, internal mobility, succession planning, and workforce planning at scale. This initiative strengthened leadership pipelines and future-proofed the organization’s workforce.> Aligning HR with Business Growth: Played a pivotal role in securing a $40M government contract by embedding HR strategy into the proposal process, ensuring workforce readiness, compliance, and strategic alignment with federal contract requirements.> HR Transformation & Operational Excellence: Led an HR restructuring and process optimization that enhanced efficiency and maturity, resulting in a 60% reduction in departmental costs while improving service delivery, employee experience, and business alignment.

Education

• Northern Virginia Community College

  A.A.S., Application Development

• George Mason University – Costello College of Business

  B.S., Business Management/Human Resources

Skills

• Global Human Resources Management
• Process Improvement
• Executive Coaching
• Performance Management
• Strategy
• Succession Planning
• Employment Law
• Workforce Planning
• Talent Acquisition
• Executive Management
• Management
• Team Leadership
• Benefits Administration
• Organizational Development
• Organizational Design
• Strategic HR
• Talent Management
• Strategic Human Resources Leadership
• Employee Relations
• Strategic Planning
• Human Resources
• Change Management
• Leadership
• Personnel Management
• Program Management
• Aap
• Employee Engagement
• HR Metrics
• Hris
• HR Policies