Meet Our Team
Lisa Lewis / CFO & CMO
As Chief Financial & Marketing Officer for The Pendolino Group, Lisa is passionate about transforming traditional business into client-centric experiences.
She holds degrees in Business Management and Accounting and brings 20+ years of hands-on finance, marketing, and operations experience. She is a serial entrepreneur, successfully launching several businesses.
Lisa is committed to advancing the position and influence of small businesses on the global economy and brings creative leadership and marketing practices to all of her clients, while ensuring alignment with traditional financial and accounting practices.
Lisa specializes in: Strategic Planning & Visioning, Business Process Management, Executive Advisor and Coaching, and Millennials.
Read More About Lisa’s Background & Expertise
Margaret Almeida / Performance Optimization Consultant
Margaret joins The Pendolino Group as a seasoned business leader with 15+ years of intensive HR experience in the technology (software, SaaS, interactive media, MEMS sensors, semiconductor devices), manufacturing, and real estate sectors. Prior to founding AHRC, she served as a high-impact HR Leader with expertise in building and directing global Human Resources in public and pre-IPO start-up and high-growth organizations.
She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Santa Clara University, and a certificate in HR Management from the University of California-Santa Cruz Extension. She is certified as a Senior-level HR Professional by both the HR Certification Institute (SPHR) and the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM-SCP) and completes ongoing education to maintain her certifications.
Living in the South Bay with her husband, daughter, and twin sons, Margaret enjoys spending time with her family and friends and can often be found reading, enjoying live music concerts, or volunteering.
Paulette Haban / Compensation and Benefits Consultant
We brought Paulette onto our team because her more than 21 years of practical, hands-on experience supports greater creativity for our clients as we design customized compensation and benefits programs. Paulette has been behind the scenes on several projects we’ve executed recently and has always flawlessly ensured that program objectives get systematically addressed and solved. Paulette’s singular role at The Pendolino Group is to help design unique compensation and benefits packages for your particular needs.
Paulette specializes in: Compensation & Benefits, Executive Advisor & Coaching, Training & Development, and Employee Engagement.
Florence Richard / HR Consultant
As a member of The Pendolino Group team, Florence, SPHR, SHRM-SCP brings more than 20 years of human resources experience in the financial industry and nonprofit arena. She served as Director of Human Resources at Aperio Group, a fintech-oriented quantitative investment management firm. Before Aperio Group, she served as the HR Director at an elite private school in San Francisco. Florence also worked for several years in venture capital. A driven and resourceful strategic thinker, she brings strong experience in all facets of HR within corporate, start-up, and nonprofit arenas. She is a collaborative and effective relationship builder who endeavors to foster an environment of trust and credibility. Florence possesses a strong track record in the implementation of HR systems, technology, and program innovations, leading to efficiencies in managing scale and improving productivity.
Highlights
- Bachelor’s degree in business from the Sorbonne University in Paris
- SPHR® certification with the HR Certification Institute
- SHRM Senior certification (SHRM-SCP®)
- ADP Payroll certification
- Experience managing hundreds of permanent residents and J-1 and H-1B visa applications for teaching and tech positions
- Payroll and benefits expertise
Technical Expertise
Microsoft Office, Outlook, Google Suite, QuickBooks, Blackbaud, Financial Edge, ADP EZ Labor, ADP Workforce Now, Paylocity, BambooHR, Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS), Salesforce, EaseCentral, Clicktime,Workday (Human Capital Management) and Paycom.
Lemyr C. / CSB Configuration Consultant
Lemyr is a CSB guru with over 13 years of HR system configuration experience. We consider her a stealth and efficient team member who quietly sets new bars for performance that our whole team aspires to. From behind the scenes, Lemyr makes us all look good at The Pendolino Group. She brings world-class expertise to system configuration and is instrumental in providing our clients with the best Sonar6 implementation and re-design experiences available.
Lemyr specializes in: Performance Management, HR System Design, Business Process Improvement, System Implementation, and Millennials.
Renae Rodrigues / HR Consultant
Renae joins the Pendolino Group as a seasoned HR professional with 30 years of extensive HR generalist experience in the Workforce Solutions industry. Renae has worked with sales and operational groups consulting with organizations in Retail, Technology, Science, Engineering, Manufacturing and Finance industries. She has experience in mergers and acquisitions, strategic workplace planning, wage and hour, learning and development, leadership development and employee relations.
Renae has a passion for assisting clients in the areas of employee development, talent management, change management, and navigating employer obligations through California’s diverse and unique employment laws.
Renae earned her B.A. degree in Psychology from California State University, Fresno and her M.S. degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from San Francisco State University.
Renae lives in the East Bay with her husband and daughters. She has a passion for Siamese cats, SF Giants, wine tasting and spending time with her family and friends in the Sierra Mountains.