HR Consultant based in Tampa, FL
Carolyn A. Hill is a seasoned Human Resources executive with over 20 years of proven leadership experience across diverse industries, including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, professional services, consumer products, and manufacturing. With deep expertise as a strategic business partner, Carolyn has supported a wide range of client groups—sales and marketing, engineering, operations, manufacturing, & customer service, and corporate functions—within complex, matrixed, and multi-site environments.
Carolyn has held senior leadership roles within both Fortune 500 companies and growth-stage organizations, where she has led large-scale transformation efforts, workforce planning initiatives, and post-acquisition integrations. Notably, she directed all start-up HR functions for Avion Pharmaceuticals, building the HR infrastructure from the ground up, and later served as an HR leader for Kimberly-Clark Healthcare (now Avanos), where she facilitated a $600M divestiture and post-M&A integration. Her hands-on leadership spanned talent management, employee engagement, organizational design, compensation strategy, benefits, and performance systems integration.
In her consulting work, Carolyn has served as a trusted advisor to executive teams, providing fractional HR leadership and project-based guidance through periods of significant change, scale, and organizational redesign. Her approach is both strategic and practical, rooted in best practices but tailored to the unique needs of each business.
Her core areas of expertise include:
- Strategic HR Planning & Business Partnership
- Mergers & Acquisitions / Post-Acquisition Integration
- Talent Development, Succession Planning & Organizational Design
- Culture Transformation & Change Management
- Employee Relations, Performance Management & Coaching
- HR Systems Implementation, Total Rewards & Compliance
- Leadership Development Workshops & Training Facilitation
Carolyn holds an MBA in Human Resource Management from Fairleigh Dickinson University and a B.A. in Psychology with a concentration in industrial and organizational psychology from Montclair State University. She is certified in Prosci’s ADKAR Change Management Methodology and is a Wiley-authorized DiSC facilitator, specializing in Agile EQ, Productive Conflict, and Leadership Development programs.
Now based in Tampa, FL, Carolyn continues to advise organizations nationwide as a high-impact HR consultant—trusted for her integrity, collaboration, and ability to bring structure and results in times of growth and transformation.