Kenneth L. Hermon

Chief Human Resources Officer @Fulton County Government

Atlanta, GA, US

Strategic leader in all areas of HR, which include HR operations, compensation, talent management, performance management, organizational development, organizational learning, succession management, HR technology, policy administration and employee relations for over 5,100 team members• Manage a $5.1 million departmental budget; leading 90 direct/indirect reports• Serve as a member of County’s C-Suite executive leadership team • Implemented an HR shared services model which generated cost savings of $1.4 million; reduced time to hire by more than 75%; established SLA’s and metrics for HR service delivery• Identified $10 million, within existing budget, to launch County’s 1st pay for performance bonus program with an emphasis on achieving organizational-wide customer service and employee engagement metrics• Develop a recruitment, retention and compensation strategy for public health professionals with a unique focus on delivering the highest level of services to citizen/clients; reduced turnover by 85% • Designed new classification and compensation system with goal of reposition the County as an employer of choice in the competitive talent market and goal of reducing $13.6 million in turnover cost• Reinvested $1.5 million for new Certified Public Manager, Executive Leadership and Performance Management programs, in collaboration with University of Georgia• Revamped County’s HR policies to ensure alignment with current best practices, work-life balance, diversity and inclusion, internal equity and living wage; digitized employee records; outsourced FMLA to mitigate risk

Morehouse College

BA

University of the Virgin Islands

M. ED