Kimberly Topps

Principal Consultant I Executive HR Consultant I Interim/Fractional CHRO I C-Suite Advisor

Topps Fractional HR Consulting Services LLC · United States

May 2025 – Present(1 yr)

We offer interim CHRO services and act as executive HR business partners to enhance organizational performance. • Developed and implemented HR strategies, including KPI metrics, to drive performance improvement initiatives. • Managed talent efforts, including leadership assessments, executive coaching, organization development and succession, and talent integration to optimize workforce efficiency. Our comprehensive HR solutions help organizations navigate change, achieve their goals, and improve productivity and performance: * Talent Management: Leadership assessment, development, and succession planning; Organizational design, including “right sizing”; Certified Executive Coaching - PCC * HR Strategy Development and Execution: Incorporating Key Performance Indicators (KPI) metrics and dashboards to drive overall performance improvement (LEAN) * Acquisitions, Divestitures, and Private Equity Sales/Due Diligence: Discreet consulting for firms and private equity portfolio companies during acquisition evaluations, due diligence, post-sale integration/onboarding, and value creation phases * Labor/Union Relations: Acting as chief spokesperson for successor collective bargaining negotiations, conducting mid-term and impact bargaining as needed, and overseeing the implementation of negotiated contracts and related HR initiatives stemming from collective bargaining agreements.

Chief People Officer

Case Paper · United States

Feb 2024 – Dec 2025(1 yr 11 mos)

* Led enterprise-wide HR transformation to optimize SG&A and position the $300M manufacturer for recapitalization or exit, delivering $18M+ in savings, including $1M from health plan redesign. * Recruited PE-trained C-suite leaders (COO, CFO, CRO) and negotiated labor agreements with major unions, ensuring operational rigor, cost predictability, and workforce stability. * Established core compliance frameworks and drove cultural alignment during multi-site consolidation, mitigating risk and preserving productivity during restructuring.

Chief Human Resources Officer, Hopebridge, LLC

Hopebridge

2023 – 2024(1 yr)

* Appointed CHRO by Private Equity Board to align HR strategy with growth and investment goals, building a 39-member HR team and to lead CEO succession and Board engagement. * Implemented scalable HR infrastructure and modernized labor/pay models, enhancing retention, regulatory compliance, and labor efficiency across 115 centers. * Streamlined recruitment and HR systems, reducing time-to-fill by 33%, enabling strategic workforce analytics, and accelerating EBITDA growth through M&A and de novo expansion support.

Chief Human Resource Officer

National Dentex, LLC · Jupiter, Florida, United States

2021 – 2023(2 yrs)

* Led HR transformation and workforce strategy during rapid inorganic growth, overseeing integration of 12+ acquisitions and expansion into APAC, doubling the company’s footprint. * Directed HR operations for 43 acquired dental laboratories and guided surgery prosthetic facilities and built a 40+ person HR team, aligning talent strategy with business scale-up and operational goals. * Instrumental in deal prep and presentation for multiple potential acquirers and supported a successful PE-to-PE exit, while implementing ESG, EHS, and compensation frameworks to reduce risk and drive post-close value.

Senior Vice President Human Resources

National Dentex, LLC · West Palm Beach, Florida, United States

2018 – 2021(3 yrs)

* Acquired companies engaged in the manufacturing of dental prosthetics and guided surgery. * Recruited as member of the Executive Leadership team to implement human capital best practices, build organizational capabilities following NDXs first global acquisition and integration. * Led diligence, human capital integration and value creation acquiring our first best-cost Asia Pacific dental laboratory and a domestic U.S. competitor doubling the global footprint (by locations and headcount) and talent base. * Led a diverse global team of HR professionals. * Instrumental in entrepreneurial activities of multiple global and domestic U.S. M&A rollup strategies, post-acquisition integration. * Designed forward-looking organizational development and succession planning strategies to build leadership, continuity, strengthen culture to align talent pipelines with long-term business goals. * Sourced and developed executive leaders to include (CEO, CFO, General Counsel, Regional Sales leadership). * Developed human capital, ESG and ESH business compliance plans, forecast models and full-scale M&A HR process mapping.

HR Strategic Consultant

TopRaine HR Consulting, LLC · USA

2013 – 2019(6 yrs)

* Founded and led a boutique HR consultancy supporting PE-backed and public companies through CEO succession, M&A integration, and enterprise transformation across diverse sectors. * Directed global HRIS and finance system integrations to enhance operational visibility, workforce planning, and post-deal value realization. * Developed scalable HR infrastructures and compliance strategies to align with investor mandates, mitigate regulatory risk, and support multinational growth.

Vice President Human Resources

Accella Performance Materials · Greater St. Louis

2016 – 2018(2 yrs)

* Modernized the HR function and led value-creation initiatives to support the company’s growth from $9M to $40M+ in EBITDA, culminating in a successful PE exit to Carlisle Companies. * Managed HR due diligence and integration across multiple acquisitions, while managing a 20-person team and driving change management and cultural alignment post-close. * Developed succession, retention, and labor strategies, including negotiating the company’s first union contract to ensure compliance, leadership continuity, and operational stability.

Regional HR Leader at General Electric

GE Oil & Gas · Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area

2014 – 2016(2 yrs)

* Guided global workforce realignment and post-merger integration efforts, driving cultural alignment and operational scalability across unionized and non-unionized environments. * Advanced HR systems, leadership development, and workforce planning to support GE’s enterprise-wide transformation and strengthen long-term talent pipelines.

Global Corporate Human Resource Manager

Emerson Electric Co. · Greater St. Louis

2008 – 2013(5 yrs)

* Developed compliance platform and processes used across all business units (AAP, Global Mobility, Supply Chain and Information Technology global growth, integration and succession planning, talent acquisition process streamlining and fast-track). Scaled shared services from 50 to 800+ employees globally, leading HR delivery centers across the U.S., EMEA, LATAM, and APAC to support compliance, payroll, and workforce planning. * Implemented global HRIS platforms and unified HR structures, enabling international growth, improving labor flexibility, and ensuring cultural and regulatory alignment across 150+ countries.

Corporate Employee Relations Representative

Emerson Electric Co. · Greater St. Louis

2005 – 2008(3 yrs)

Led workforce planning, talent management, leadership development, executive coaching, compliance, training and employee engagement efforts. HR business partner for corporate office, interactive and national sales groups

Human Resource and Safety Representative

Armstrong World Industries · Stillwater, Oklahoma

2001 – 2005(4 yrs)

Plant Labor Relations and Human Resource Representative

Daimler Chrysler · Greater St. Louis

1997 – 2001(4 yrs)

Led union relations for a truck and van plants consisting of 3,000+ employees to enhance engagement and partnership on matters of union relations between leadership and bargaining representatives. Managed collective bargaining agreement & grievance procedures supervising and directing a staff of 7.