Sherri Drazen

About Sherri Drazen

Experienced Human Resources Generalist with experience assisting with and fulfilling organization staffing needs and requirements. Understands people, organization and how it comes together in the workplace.

Experience

1. Human Resources Manager

   Avidex

   Jan 2025 — Present

   Human Resource ManagerAdvanced Presentation Systems DBA CCS Presentation Systems.(Acquired by Avidex in September 2025) – January 2025 – PresentProvide full scope HR leadership for New England operations across New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, supporting approximately 70 employees. Drive organizational effectiveness through talent development, coaching, performance management, and employee relations while ensuring compliance across multi state operations.Key Responsibilities:• Provide HR leadership and transition support for New England locations during organizational acquisition.• Oversee payroll closeout and ensure compliance for all New England sites.• Integrate New England HR policies, processes, and systems into the Avidex organizational framework.• Advise and coach managers on complex employee relations matters and performance management issues.• Lead employee relations investigations, recommend resolutions, and guide leadership decision making.• Support talent reviews, succession planning, and performance improvement initiatives.• Interpret and administer HR policies while ensuring compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws across multiple states.• Identify and implement enhancements to HR processes, systems, and tools to improve efficiency and effectiveness.• Lead employee handbook reviews, policy updates, and modernization initiatives.Selected Contributions:• Led a full review and modernization of the employee handbook, updating policies to ensure clarity, compliance, and alignment with organizational practices.• Improved HR efficiency by implementing Employee Navigator, streamlining benefits administration, onboarding, and employee self service processes.• Designed and launched a comprehensive progressive discipline framework, including the creation of a standardized Performance Improvement Plan (PIP) process to support consistent and fair performance management.

Education

• Southern New Hampshire University

  Master's degree, Organizational Leadership

  2011 — 2020

• Southern New Hampshire University

  Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.), Organizational Leadership

  2003 — 2007

Skills

• New Hire Orientations
• Recruiting
• Fmla
• Employee Benefits
• Succession Planning
• Eeo Reporting
• Talent Management
• Deferred Compensation
• Peoplesoft
• Personnel Management
• Employee Relations
• Workers Compensation
• Benefits Administration
• HR Reports
• Employment Law
• Eeo/Aa Compliance
• Onboarding
• Positive Employee Relations
• Labor Relations
• Talent Acquisition
• Employee Engagement
• Human Resources
• Hris
• HR Policies