Luisa Espinosa
Partner, HR
Luisa Espinosa is an HR and People Strategy leader at Amplēo who works directly alongside leadership teams to build the people infrastructure growing organizations need. She embeds with her clients as their HR lead: present, accountable, and as invested in the outcome as the people running the business.
Luisa has spent her career building HR from the ground up in fast-moving companies. She’s comfortable with the full range of the work, from advising CEOs and founders through difficult personnel decisions to redesigning processes that are slowing the business down.

Professional Specialties
Areas of Expertise

  • HR & People Strategy
  • People Operations & Process Design
  • Talent Acquisition & Workforce Planning
  • Compensation Benchmarking & Total Rewards
  • Culture, Engagement & Employee Experience
  • Employee Relations & Policy Developmen

Technical Proficiencies

  • HRIS & People Systems: Rippling, Dayforce, Lattice, Gusto
  • Project, Operations & Business Systems: Accelo, NetSuite, HubSpot, Notion
  • Recruiting & Sourcing Tools: LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, RocketReach
  • AI, Automation & Workflow Tools: Copilot, ChatGPT, Power Automate, Zapier
  • Documentation & Process Design: Canva, Lucidchart, Microsoft 365

Professional Experience

HR & People Operations Lead
Trans4mative Advisors | October 2019 – December 2025

  • Built the firm’s HR function from the ground up to support a 17-person consulting team and enable 112% headcount growth through scalable people practices.
  • Led onboarding redesign, compensation benchmarking, and performance management improvements, cutting review cycle times by 50% and supporting a 77% increase in underrepresented hires.
  • Directed the transition to Rippling PEO, improving benefits, automating compliance, and reducing overall benefits spend by 7%.

People Operations Manager
Pariveda Solutions | December 2013 – October 2019

  • Managed employee relations and performance processes for ~150 consultants across multiple offices, supporting leaders through sensitive situations and strengthening engagement.
  • Redesigned performance review workflows, reducing cycle time by 62% and improving clarity for both managers and employees.
  • Designed and led engagement initiatives that increased scores by 15% and uncovered critical employee relations risks on a key client account, enabling a 30-day intervention that resolved a toxic work environment and prevented attrition.

Education & Credentials

  • B.A. in Communication – Corporate & Organizational Communication
    College of Charleston | 2012

Personal Interests

  • Avid reader and home cook who loves experimenting with new cuisines
  • Mom of three, with a passion for building workplaces that support caregivers and create real space for women and families