Deena Gilbert has built a career in consulting in all areas of HR as an interim HR Director, HR Consultant and Advisor for over 30 years with experience working for Willis​/​Towers Perrin, W.M. Mercer and in supporting other consulting project management roles to implement HRIS​/​Payroll Systems. Her consulting practice started with 100% referrals for several years and she has served clients in the US and abroad in EMEA, APAC countries as well as Mexico, South and Central America. While Deena has supported and led all areas of HR, her specific expertise is in Total Rewards on a global scale. Organizations she has worked with include American Red Cross, USPS, Crane & Company, Martin Marietta, AIL Systems, American Express, MassMutual and KAUST, in Saudi Arabia. She engages with clients to define total rewards philosophies contributing to the analysis and benchmarking to assure equal pay where possible and appropriate budgeting for current and future applications. She has rolled out performance management programs, managed benefits from Paid Family Leave to ACA to Retirement Plans while negotiating benefit contracts followed by employee communications, updates to handbooks and SPD's. She has also successfully recruited for talent from entry level to senior leadership having a focus on executive compensation. Systems she has implemented in project leadership and functional support roles include SAP, PeopleSoft, Workday, Paychex and Larson. For fun, she has taught downhill skiing at Jiminy Mountain Resort, participated in offshore sailing and sailboat racing off Long Island Sound, chaired a town parks and recreation committee, served as an officer for Kiwanis, Power Squadron Chapters and founded a hiking group built up to 700 members.

Specific Countries That I am Qualified In or Can Cover/ Global

My consulting and interim roles have be located primarily in the Northeast down to Pennsylvania and in the West Coast in California to Oregon. I have also worked abroad living in Saudi Arabia to participate in building a new university funded by Aramco and the King of Saudi Arabia, KAUST. Before consulting I worked with Fortune 20 companies that included GTE(Now Sprint), IBM, Texaco, Elf Aquitaine Inc which forged solid critical thinking, organization, planning and innovative solutions.

Country that I'm Located In

United States

Area of Interests (AI, Blockchain, Privacy, etc)

Every organization I have worked with is unique and elegant. I am looking forward to aiding clients with transformations, change management and projects that include expertise in HR functions, in particular total rewards, organizational development and design.