About Maria Utagawa
Maria Utagawa - Professional Summary:
Maria Utagawa, Founder and Principal Consultant at achieveHR, has over 15 years of broad Human Resources experience, including practical hands-on expertise in small/start-up business operations and corporate HR experience with progressive companies such as Amazon.com and Vision Service Plan. Her passion is working with entrepreneurial companies to help them implement smart HR strategies and programs to support business growth.
Area of practice include:
- Complete start-up of HR function
- Management of all or part of HR function on an interim, part-time or retainer basis
- Providing ongoing advice, guidance and training to business owners and managers on HR issues
- Recruitment and selection
- Project based work, such as legal compliance/auditing, employee handbooks, training, compensation planning, employee relations, performance management and retention and conflict resolution.
e-mail: maria@achievehr.net
web: www.achievehr.net
Maria Utagawa - Professional Experience:
Founder/Principal Consultant
achieveHR
2008 – Present
achieveHR is a full-service provider of Human Resources consulting services. We work with business owners and managers to implement flexible, cost effective solutions that truly fit their unique business needs.
Human Resources Generalist
LeapLab Group
2007 – 2008
Human Resources Generalist
Amazon.com
2005 – 2007
Human Resources Generalist
Pulver Technologies
2004 – 2005
(Pulver Technologies was acquired by Amazon.com in 2005)
Employee Relations
Maricopa Integrated Health Systems
2001 – 2002
Human Resources Consultant/Corporate Recruiter
Vision Service Plan
1997 – 2000
Account Executive Team Leader
AppleOne
1993 – 1996
Maria Utagawa - Education:
Bachelor of Science degree, Business - Human Resource Management, WGU
Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certification
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