CatBreet
Former CHRO. Open to Bank/Finance CHRO & CPO, enterprise CHRO & CPO, and HRBP Ops/Tech leadership. Minneapolis · open to relocate.
Proof
People and profits. Figures from Cat’s master resumes (Bank/Finance, HR Executive, and HRBP Ops/Tech tracks).
- $3.6MCumulative HR-related savings (benefits, PTO, overtime)
- 9.56%Negotiated savings on benefits renewal
- 429+Manager productivity hours via performance automation
- 9%Employee engagement increase (Gallup)
- 26%AUM growth for financial advisor clients (Thrivent, UBS, Morgan Stanley)
- 42%Employee referral increase, year over year
- 4.5%Below-market turnover at Merchants Bank
- 24%Faster time to fill vs. industry benchmarks
Systems
How the numbers were earned: board counsel, enterprise design, HCM platforms, and adoption that sticks.
Board and executive advisor
Counsel to Boards and CEOs on org design, succession, compensation, and human capital risk (including OCC partnership).
Org design and centralization
Co-led centralization of four units (Mortgage, Retail, Consumer Lending, Contact Center) with ADKAR-led adoption.
Dayforce, Bullhorn, and enterprise systems
Selection and enablement across HCM/HRIS and bank systems, with AI governance and workforce enablement.
Performance automation
Change management and training so managers adopt early: 429+ productivity hours in year one.
About
People and profits: striking the balance does not have to hurt. For more than twenty years I have helped companies do that, as a full-time executive and as a consultant in complex, distributed environments.
As CHRO for a $2.8B financial institution I advised the CEO, executive team, and Board on AI adoption, organizational design, workforce planning, and people strategy, and co-led enterprise AI work that returned real hours and dollars to the business.
Before HR leadership I spent 18 years selling complex technology into Fortune 500 enterprises. That dual lens, buyer and seller, people and systems, is why adoption sticks when I am in the room.
Record
Resumes by role track- Apr 2026 – Present
Independent Practice
HR Executive Consultant
C-suite and Board advisory. AI workforce strategy, succession, interim HR leadership.
- Jun 2022 – Mar 2026
Merchants Bank
Chief Human Resources Officer
CHRO, $2.8B multi-state bank · 400+ employees · 23 locations. Board advisor, AI, org design, total rewards.
- May 2006 – Jun 2022
ARBEZ, Inc.
Principal HR Consultant & Executive Advisor
Banks and Fortune organizations. 1,061 keynotes. Planet Work LinkedIn Live · 214K+ attendees.
- 2004 – 2006
Aquent
Account Director · Marketing & Digital Services
Opened Blue Cross, U.S. Bank, General Mills. Enterprise MSAs across Target, UnitedHealth, Cargill.
- 1997 – 2003
Spherion Technology Group
Director of Recruiting · Technology Sales
CTO/CIO partnering. Team of 12. Top accounts 3M, Express Scripts, MoneyGram.
Let’s talk.
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