Independent HR Consulting · Systems & Compliance Architecture

Timothy
Plum

HR Systems Architect & Senior Consultant

I'm an HR practitioner who builds the systems instead of buying them. For organizations that need more than advice, I bring a decade of HR leadership plus the technical ability to architect the compliance and automation infrastructure that makes the strategy actually run.

How I Engage

Bring me in to stabilize a crisis, close a compliance gap, or build the system your team would otherwise have to buy. You get a senior advisor and the working tool — not a slide deck and an invoice.

10+
Years HR Leadership
1.5k
Employees Supported
16
Locations Supported
SHRM
Certified Professional
Advice that ships.
Crisis leadership, M&A integration, and the custom systems to sustain them — built, not just recommended.

Executive impact and
operational turnaround.

From stabilizing operations during leadership vacancies to building data-driven solutions inside large, complex manufacturing operations.

2020 - Present Consulting

Interim Executive & Sr. HR Consultant

Independent Engagements & Beacon Hill

  • Directed post-M&A workforce consolidations, analyzing compliance and performance data to build defensible Reduction-in-Force (RIF) strategies and severance frameworks.
  • Deployed as Interim VP/Director of HR to stabilize enterprise operations during unexpected leadership vacuums, prioritizing critical talent retention and mitigating operational disruption.
  • Ran multi-state and international compliance audits for organizations in crisis, then built the remediation roadmaps that closed the gaps before they became liability.
Jan 2023 - June 2023 Contract

HR Manager - Turnaround & Compliance

Ag Exp Electronics

  • Led a ground-up compliance turnaround, building the policy infrastructure and three OFCCP-compliant Affirmative Action programs from scratch.
  • Designed and deployed mandatory management training, turning field leadership into a reliable first line of compliance defense.
July 2022 - Dec 2022 Contract

HR Manager Consultant - Labor Relations

ZRG Partners / Keurig Dr. Pepper (KDP)

  • Directed comprehensive HR operations for a high-volume manufacturing facility, serving as the primary strategic bridge between Plant Leadership and Union representatives.
  • Mitigated operational friction and protected production continuity by strategically resolving complex union grievances while maintaining strict collective bargaining agreement (CBA) compliance.
Mar 2020 - July 2022 Full-Time

HR Business Partner

Mosaic

  • Consulted with agency and national office management on people strategy based on complex business models.
  • Conducted sensitive employee relations investigations and ensured compliance with all local and national employment laws.
  • Diagnosed operational friction, identified data-driven solutions, and coached leaders at all levels to strengthen capability.
Nov 2017 - Mar 2019 Full-Time

Regional HR Business Partner

Q3 Contracting Inc.

  • Led field HR functions supporting over 1,500 unionized employees at 16 locations across 12 states.
  • Partnered with Senior Leadership in Labor relations, contract negotiation, and guiding the grievance/arbitration process.
  • Co-piloted the people agenda with Regional VPs, executing Talent Acquisition, Diversity, and L&D initiatives.

Where I'm brought in,
and what you get.

Three kinds of work, each ending in something tangible — a stabilized operation, a defensible process, or a system your team owns and runs.

Crisis & Leadership

Interim Executive Management

I step into organizational chaos—whether from unexpected executive departures or post-M&A friction—and stabilize operations. I provide immediate strategic direction to retain critical talent and keep the business moving.

  • Interim VP/Director coverage
  • Urgent retention strategies
  • C-Suite advisory & gap analysis
  • Operational continuity planning
M&A / Restructuring

Post-Acquisition Integration

I guide companies through the hardest parts of growth. I analyze multi-layered employee data to resolve duplicate roles, execute risk-proof Reduction in Force (RIF) programs, and construct comprehensive severance frameworks.

  • Data-driven RIF execution
  • Severance framework design
  • Risk & liability mitigation
  • Union grievance navigation
Systems Architecture

Global Compliance Automation

I build systematic, automated snapshots of multi-state and international compliance gaps. Rather than just identifying the legal risk, I architect the exact remediation plans required to neutralize it.

  • Interactive compliance dashboards
  • Automated gap analysis tools
  • Custom HRIS architecture
  • Attendance & discipline automations

Technical Execution:
The Custom HR Hub

A working example of the systems work: I found a gap in how a multi-location franchise ran its people operations and built the automated infrastructure to close it — from the ground up, on a near-zero budget, with no vendor lock-in.

franchise-hr.workers.dev · Cloudflare Access Protected
Morning Briefing
Discipline
Attendance
PIP Tracker
Terminations
Documents
Morning Briefing
3 Needs Attention
3
Overdue Signatures
7
Pending Review
24
Signed This Month
10
Active Stores
Employee
Store
Level
Status
Action
Martinez, J.
Grimes
Written
Day 4 Overdue
Thompson, A.
Ankeny
Verbal
Pending
Architected by Timothy Plum Cloudflare Workers · Supabase · Vanilla JS
Paper discipline forms, gone. Every action now originates, routes, escalates, and files itself digitally.
Humans stay in control. The system stages decisions for manager review — it never auto-disciplines anyone.
Audit-ready by default. Signed records are generated, emailed, and filed automatically with a full chain of custody.

The automation pipeline,
end to end

From an unstructured email in a manager's inbox to a resolved, auto-filed compliance record—fully automated.

01

Weekly Report Received

Business manager emails the weekly attendance Excel to the HR Gmail account. The Google Apps Script router polls the inbox every 10 minutes and detects new attachment emails by subject pattern.

TriggerGmailGAS
02

Parse & Classify

The script reads the Excel, identifies absences (missed shifts or arrivals 4+ minutes late), and evaluates each employee's position on the 5-level progressive discipline ladder against a 45-day rolling window.

Excel ParsingBusiness LogicSupabase Query
03

Write to Database

Attendance records are upserted into Supabase. Potential discipline records are staged with full context for manager review — not auto-applied. The informed-decision model keeps humans in control.

SupabaseRLSUPSERT
04

Notify Manager

The relevant GM and district manager receive a formatted email with attendance details, current discipline standing, and a direct link to review and sign in the Hub. No action is taken without a manager decision.

GmailAppDynamic Email
05

Signature Deadline Enforcement

A daily 9 AM CDT cron job checks all unsigned discipline records. Escalation emails fire at Day 3 (both DMs + HR copied) and Day 5. After Day 3, overdue records surface in the HR Morning Briefing and manager dashboards.

CronEscalationMorning Briefing
06

Signed → PDF → Filed

Once signed, the form triggers PDF generation, automatic email to HR and the submitting manager, and auto-filing via a Python script running as a Windows Task Scheduler job — creating the permanent record.

PDFPythonOneDriveTask Scheduler

Enterprise Architecture
& Technical Stack

Every technology choice was driven by data security, zero vendor lock-in, and operational cost-efficiency.

Deployment
Cloudflare Workers
Global edge deployment. Zero cold starts. Serves the Hub from 300+ locations worldwide.
Database
Supabase
PostgreSQL with Row-Level Security on all production tables. Real-time subscriptions for live dashboard updates.
Automation
Google Apps Script
Serverless automation for email routing, Excel parsing, escalation logic, and GmailApp notifications.
Frontend
Vanilla JS / HTML
Single-file architecture. No build pipeline. No framework dependencies. Deployable in seconds with Wrangler CLI.
Version Control
GitHub
Private repository. All documentation, tests, and deployment artifacts version-controlled.
PDF & Filing
Python + Task Scheduler
Automated form filing to OneDrive with chain-of-custody logging. Runs locally on the HR workstation.
Executive Layer
Microsoft 365
SharePoint HR Hub, Power Automate Premium flows, and Microsoft Graph API integration for executive dashboards.
Documentation
5-Document Suite
Tech Guide, HR Admin Guide (with emergency handoff), Executive Overview, Manager & DM Guide, and 18-slide Manager Training Deck.

Education & Certifications

Master's Degree

Purdue University Global

Educational - Instructional Technology
Graduated with Honors; 4.0 GPA

Bachelor of Science

Liberty University

Psychology
Minors: Crisis Counseling & Special Education
Graduated Cum Laude; 3.67 GPA

Professional Certification

SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP)

Active certification demonstrating mastery of core HR principles and strategy.
Available for new engagements

Let's scope it.

Crisis coverage, a compliance audit, an interim seat, or a custom HR system your team will own — tell me what you're up against and I'll tell you honestly whether I'm the right fit and what an engagement would look like.

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Name
Timothy Plum, SHRM-CP
Location
Indianola, IA 50125
Phone
(515) 371-2885
Email