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Strategy and advisory
- Fractional Head of People
- Org planning and team structure
- Culture and leadership alignment
- Founder and exec counsel
Pillar 01 / 04
The HR infrastructure your team needs right now, built before something forces it.
HR do's and don'ts for founders
Co-launched the local talent acquisition meetup
Founder of the local Instagram community
Endurance race super-volunteer
Core member of the entrepreneurial coworking space
Certified HR Manager and L&D Specialist
I spent nearly nine years at Skuid and Nintex building People Ops from the inside. Through hiring waves, an acquisition, comp resets, and the first hard employee relations issues. I learned what holds when companies grow fast, and what quietly falls apart when no one is looking.
Story-Built is what I wish founders had when I was the one being hired to fix things later.
The non-negotiables. Compliance, employment basics, the paperwork that keeps you out of court. Boring, necessary, finished in weeks.
01 / 04Hiring, onboarding, performance. The repeatable machinery so you stop reinventing the wheel every fifth hire.
02 / 04Rituals, feedback, the way disagreement works on your team. The stuff candidates ask about and most founders fumble.
03 / 04Manager enablement, leveling, comp bands. The infrastructure that holds as headcount doubles, without quietly killing what made you good.
04 / 04Hire slower than feels comfortable.
Onboarding that sticks beats orientation that doesn't.
Your first ten hires are your operating system.
Culture work, not posters.
People first, paperwork second.
Real templates from real engagements. The same documents I would hand a client, without the hourly rate.
You bring the messy situation. We walk out with a plan, the wording, and the next three steps.
Embedded HR partnership for teams of 10 to 100. The full Framework, on your timeline, inside your Slack.
The kind of HR partner you want in your corner. Knowledgeable, steady, and genuinely invested in helping the business grow the right way.
I've had the privilege of partnering with Carley on many projects over the past 7 years, and she has always shown up with expertise, encouragement, and energy.
I had the great privilege of working closely with Carley for almost 9 years in various roles at Skuid and on through the transition to Nintex (acquired Skuid in December 2023).
I've worked at the same company as Carley for about 9 years.
I have had the absolute pleasure of working closely with Carley for the past 7 years at Skuid, and without a doubt, she is an exceptional asset to our team.
Over my 30+ year career, I have had the opportunity to work with some absolutely stellar people, Carley is one of those exceptional individuals.
Carley is an exceptionally dedicated professional who consistently demonstrates commitment to her role.
An independent, remote-friendly People practice working with founders across the country. Based on the Tennessee River, available wherever the team is.
Every Story-Built engagement opens with the same question: what does this team want to be true about itself in two years?
Read the origin storyFractional People Ops for founders. Hiring systems, policies, onboarding, leadership cadence, and the boring infrastructure that quietly holds a culture together.
Ten people is the floor. Below that you mostly need a great template and an hour on the phone. Above that, the work starts compounding fast.
Office Hours. A working session, an audit, or a single fire. Then we decide together whether it makes sense to keep going.
Remote-first, on-site when it matters. I am based in Chattanooga and travel for hiring sprints, leadership offsites, and the occasional hard conversation.
Office Hours and templates ship immediately. Fractional retainers typically begin within two weeks of the intro call.
Tell me where you are and where you’re trying to get. I’ll tell you whether you need a template, a working session, or a partner.