Testimonials
“I worked with Manuel at HP, Agilent and most recently Facebook. He is an absolute expert in HR Technology with outstanding business and technical acumen. At Facebook, he helped automate a cumbersome headcount planning process. He did this by establishing relationships with Senior Leaders in the organization and personally built the Workday solution.”
— DOUG NIiZAWA, HR Technology @ FACEBOOK
“Manuel is one of the finest IT professionals I have had the pleasure to work with. He is a brilliant Architect and an outstanding Project Manager. Manuel is quite skilled at understanding the business needs and at delivering the solutions that enhance the capabilities of the entire organization. He has the drive and the focus to complete any project, no matter how large, no matter how complex.”
— NORMAN THATER, IT MANAGER @ INTEL
“I worked with Manuel at Agilent Technologies and I would highly recommend his expertise for any position that requires the bridging of technology to functional requirements. He is an excellent technologist and has a strong ability to communicate with functional teams.”
— MARLENE MINASIAN, HR MANAGER @ AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES
“Manuel has deep technical expertise in technology, operational planning, project management balanced with threading the needle for executive stakeholder management, adoption and change management.”
— CATHLEEN MURPHY, VP of HR @BLUE SHIELD
“Manuel is one of the most outstanding professionals in the technology industry to bridge technology and business. He is an excellent engineer and functional specialist. His real gift is the ability to understand a functional requirement and match the right technical solution. Manuel is articulate, creative, a team player, and passionate about solving complex user requirements. I highly recommend your consideration of Manuel for any senior position where technology meets a business need.”
— MIKE MAGREY, IT MANAGER @ HEWLETT-PACKARD
“Manuel’s knowledge and expertise were invaluable in making our HR portal a success within Agilent on a global basis. His long hours, attention to detail and his willingness to go an extra mile made him instrumental in delivering world class features in time and on budget. Working with him was a great experience I'll never forget.”
— PETER HANGST, IT MANAGER @ HEWLETT PACKARD
“Quality work delivered by Manuel in our Workday implementation for Blue Shield. He's a great Project Manager. His technical and functional expertise greatly contributed to the success of our project. Our Workday implementation project was a success in terms of time/scope/budget.”
— VIRGINIA CRUZ, WORKDAY IMPLEMENTATION PARTNER @ IBM WORKDAY PRACTICE
“Manuel is a gifted Project Manager. I had the pleasure of working with him as a consultant at Blue Shield of California. We had a very tight timeline to implement a new Applicant Tracking System. He managed the team to ensure it was delivered on time, on scope and on budget. Versed both technically and functionally, his contribution to our project was invaluable. No task was below his effort - he jumped in whenever he was needed. I would be very happy to have an opportunity to work with Manuel again in the future.”
— TRACEY MIDDLEMAS, DIRECTOR OF Talent acquisition @ TALENT FUNCTION
“Manuel has been a key resource at Katerra both during and post-implementation of Workday. He is a true generalist with the ability to support data conversion, configuration, security and integrations. His knowledge of Greenhouse and thus support of enhanced integrations was a bonus skill set. He has been a hands-on, thoughtful consultant and we wouldn't have been successful without him.”
— ZURI BAKER, DIRECTOR HR SYSTEMS @ KATERRA
“Manuel was key to supporting our Workday HCM post-implementation. I wish we had him during implementation since our team had lofty goals of getting Workday up and running. He has been an all-around support for us in our day to day use of Workday, fixing our business processes and helping us make Workday work for us! Not only helping us build, but he has been a wonderful educator in teaching my team how to use the tool.”
— EUNICE SUN, HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER @ HACKERONE
“Manuel and I have worked on two of the most important HR technology projects and he led both projects to great success. He's honest and direct and tries to cut away inefficiencies or distractions quickly so the whole team is focused on the most integral tasks to hit the end goals. He's also not afraid to dive in to the hands-on dirty work to ensure that a task is done on time. He's always there to listen to my specific project roadblocks and help offer possible solutions to get past them.”
— JUSTIN AYERS, RECRUITING MANAGER @ FACEBOOK
“Manuel is an exceptional leader and executor in the People Technology and Analytics space and is the best I've worked with. At Pinterest, he led and implemented our entire approach to data and architecture from 0 to 1. He ensured we set up all the data plumbing required to ensure we had clean data from across all systems and set up our data warehouse to keep it updated real-time. He drove and scaled our Workday implementation at a technical level that leaned on his engineering expertise. And also at a user interface level to make sure our Workday products were designed for non-technical managers, leaders and ICs. He then built and scaled an amazing Analytics team who could add a data science layer to our tech stack that provided cutting edge insights around attrition prediction, engagement, and hiring pipeline. On the latter, he built some incredible interfaces with Greenhouse that allowed us to have real-time insights on our hiring for diversity as well as our overall growth goals. And these API-interfaces were so strong that Greenhouse used them with other clients. His working style is inclusive, transparent, and he inspires confidence.”
— MICHAEL DEANGELO, Chief Human resources officer @ PINTEREST
“Manuel is a rare breed. He is a talented engineer who also deeply understands the complexity and nuances of people systems and data. I had the opportunity to partner with him at Pinterest and he always went the extra step to understand the needs of the business and client group to deliver systems and tools that met our needs and then some. He is not only excellent and very knowledgeable about his craft, he is a great person to work with and he unleveled our recruiting function. I'd strongly recommend him for companies looking to build out or optimize their people systems.“