Senior practitioners, in the lead.
Emplify is a network of specialist firms and operators. Every member firm is owned by a practitioner, and every engagement is led by someone who has run the function they advise on. Here is who you actually work with, and what they bring.
Melisa Cunningham
Founder
Emplify Consulting, LLC
Twenty-five years inside the systems she now advises on. Global payroll, benefits and HR service delivery at enterprise scale.
- Former VP, Global People Care at ServiceNow
- GE and GE HealthCare. Payroll and service delivery across 107 countries
- Advisory Board, NovaWorks
- Author, More Human
Vijaya Nair
Principal Consultant, Payroll Practice
Emplify Consulting FZE
Vijaya leads the payroll practice from Emplify Consulting FZE in Dubai. Thirteen years at GE, from Payroll Manager to a strategic-initiatives role connecting payroll across the business, then Global Payroll Strategy Leader at Baker Hughes, setting direction across a large multi-country operation.
The best payroll transformation is the one employees never have to think about.
- Former Global Payroll Strategy Leader, Baker Hughes
- Thirteen years in payroll at GE
- Speaker, Global Payroll Alliance Symposium, Dubai
- Based in Dubai. Joined Emplify in 2024
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Most firms hire people to sell work that others have done. We start from the other side.
Every Emplify member firm is owned by a practitioner who has run the function. We look for senior leaders in HR operations, global payroll, ServiceNow HRSD, process excellence, and controllership. People with a deep record inside the function, and a network of senior leaders who will take their call.
You own your firm. The network brings the brand, the method, and the other specialists.
If that sounds like you, start with a conversation.
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