About Us

At MEKLEN, our mission is simple: to leave every organization we partner with stronger, more capable, and better positioned for what’s next. We specialize in HR Transformation—helping organizations redesign HR as a scalable, AI-enabled system that drives meaningful business outcomes.

We partner with growing and mature organizations to transform how HR operates, delivers value, and supports the business. Transformation may be targeted and incremental, or comprehensive and enterprise-wide, depending on where an organization is in its journey. Regardless of scope, our work is grounded in system-level thinking—aligning people, processes, technology, and operating models to how the business actually runs.

Our expertise spans the full HR ecosystem, including HR strategy, organizational design and development, workforce and talent strategy, total rewards, HR technology and operations, AI integration, M&A diligence and integration, compliance, and large-scale change execution. Rather than delivering isolated solutions, we design and implement changes that fit together into a cohesive, future-ready HR model.

Whether we are helping an organization establish HR foundations, modernize a specific function, or lead an end-to-end HR transformation, we combine strategic perspective with hands-on execution. Supported by a trusted network of experienced consultants and partners, we work as an extension of our clients’ teams—bringing clarity, discipline, and momentum to complex change.

At MEKLEN, HR transformation isn’t about programs or platforms alone. It’s about building an HR function that can scale, adapt, and deliver sustained business impact over time.

The Meklen Crew

Eric Martin

Managing Director

Eric is a seasoned HR executive and strategic consultant with over 15 years of experience leading and transforming HR functions across global organizations in life sciences, technology, retail, and telecommunications. His work has consistently driven measurable results in key performance areas across HR service delivery and business outcomes.

His expertise lies in building high-performing HR teams and functions that are tightly aligned with business strategy. He has led initiatives that reduced HR operational costs, improved HR technology, accelerated implementation timelines for critical programs and systems, and streamlined end-to-end processes to boost efficiency and scale. His approach blends data-driven decision-making with human-centered design to ensure HR solutions are both impactful and sustainable.

He holds an MBA and a Master of Science in Organizational Leadership from Nichols College, as well as a certificate in HR Transformation from Cornell University. He is certified as a SHRM-SCP (Society for Human Resource Management – Senior Certified Professional), a PMP (Project Management Professional) through the Project Management Institute, AI for HR Specialist through Academy to Innovate HR (AIHR), and is a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt—further reinforcing his ability to lead cross-functional projects, manage complex change, and optimize business operations.

In addition to his technical and strategic HR expertise, Eric has a strong background in relationship management, change leadership, vendor negotiations and management, HR systems and analytics, talent strategy, and manager capability development. He is an active member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), the Project Management Institute (PMI), The Academy to Innovate HR, and The Association of Change Management Professionals (ACMP).

At MEKLEN, Eric serves as both a hands-on consultant and the strategic leader of a curated network of independent HR experts and partner firms. Together, they deliver best-in-class services across the full spectrum of HR—helping clients design and implement scalable, high-impact solutions that improve organizational effectiveness, enhance workforce performance, and ensure HR is a true enabler of business growth.

Kerri Maffei

Consultant

Kerri Maffei is a dynamic Human Resources leader with more than a decade of proven success driving organizational growth and transformation across the public and private sectors — from high-growth private equity environments to Fortune 500 corporations and non-profits.

With deep expertise in manufacturing, operations, and distribution, she has supported organizations with revenues exceeding $2.5B and workforces of 2,000+, delivering people strategies that elevate culture, accelerate performance, and align talent to strategic goals.

At MEKLEN, Kerri brings a powerful blend of strategic insight and hands-on execution. Her portfolio includes leading M&A integrations, redefining corporate values, architecting organizational structures, enhancing benefits programs while optimizing costs, and building high-performing HR teams. She is recognized for strengthening organizational design, elevating internal communications, advancing talent development, and embedding culture branding into the employee experience.

Kerri holds a Master’s Degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, a Bachelor’s in Psychology, and is a certifed Professional in Human Resources (PHR). She partners with clients to not only envision the future state of their organizations, but to execute the strategies and solutions that make it a reality.

Dylan Candido

Consultant

Dylan is a skilled HRIS consultant at MEKLEN with over eight years of experience delivering thoughtful, effective HR strategy and technology solutions. He began his career in the HR services space, where he developed a well-rounded understanding of the full HR lifecycle before focusing his expertise on HR technology.

With a dual academic background in economics and philosophy, Dylan brings an analytical, human-centered approach to every engagement—balancing technical precision with strategic insight.

Dylan has partnered with enterprise clients across industries to streamline complex operations, improve data integrity, and design reporting frameworks that drive clarity and confidence. His experience spans full-scale implementations, post-production optimization, and long-term configuration support, particularly within the Workday ecosystem.

Known for his collaborative mindset and commitment to quality, Dylan is passionate about using technology to empower HR teams and create solutions that are as intuitive as they are impactful.

Susan Dube

HR Technology Strategy Consultant

Susan is a seasoned HR technology leader with over two decades of experience driving large-scale, global HR systems initiatives and leading cross-functional teams through digital transformation. She specializes in HRIT strategy, program management, vendor management, and the design and delivery of cloud-based HCM platforms. Her career includes extensive expertise in Workday, SuccessFactors, ServiceNow HR Service Delivery, PeopleSoft, and HR data integrations—capabilities that align directly with Blue Pinnacle Solutions’ mission of building scalable, efficient, and outcome-focused HR operating models.

Susan’s background demonstrates a consistent ability to deliver enterprise-wide implementations on time and within budget, while ensuring that HR functions evolve into more strategic, value-adding partners to the business. She has led complex HR technology transformations, managed global PMOs, and overseen HR systems integration during mergers and acquisitions.

These experiences reflect the core principles of MEKLEN — helping organizations mature their HR capabilities step by step, from service delivery excellence to strategic, problem-oriented consulting.

Susan holds a Bachelor of Science in Human Services from Fitchburg State University and a Master of Science in Business Technology from Johnson & Wales University. She is also certified as a Six Sigma Green Belt and has completed a Project Management Certificate program at Bentley College. With this strong combination of technical expertise, academic foundation, and proven leadership, Susan brings valuable perspective to MEKLEN's work in HR transformation, HR technology strategy, and systemic HR maturity.

Danielle Eldridge

HR Transformation Consultant

Danielle Eldridge is an HR Transformation Consultant at MEKLEN, where she helps organizations redesign how their people functions operate — making them more scalable, strategically aligned, and AI-ready.

Danielle brings over 13 years of experience at the intersection of leadership development, organizational effectiveness, and HR operating model design. Her work spans enterprise talent strategy, learning ecosystem architecture, leadership capability building, and the integration of generative AI into people operations — a combination of expertise that sits squarely at the core of what MEKLEN delivers for its clients.

Before joining MEKLEN, Danielle served as a consultant to National Veterinary Associates, where she architected an enterprise-wide learning and leadership development strategy across multiple business units, designed an integrated talent development ecosystem linking L&D with talent management, succession, and workforce planning, and built a GenAI transformation roadmap for the People function — complete with governance frameworks, responsible-use guardrails, and scalable enablement infrastructure.

Prior to NVA, Danielle spent over nine years at Harvard Business Impact, first as a Senior Agile Project Manager leading cross-functional global teams on a $40M SaaS learning platform, and later as a Principal Learning Partner consulting to Fortune 500 and S&P 500 clients across pharmaceuticals, energy, technology, retail, and manufacturing. In that role, she partnered with senior HR and business executives to scope and deliver leadership solutions for organizations with workforces up to 336,000 employees and revenues up to $48 billion.

Danielle holds an M.S. in Leadership & Organizational Development from the University of Texas at Dallas and a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. She is a PMI Agile Certified Practitioner, ICAgile Certified Agile Coach, and holds Scrum Alliance certifications in both Scrum Master and Product Owner disciplines.

Extension Network

Consultant Group

At MEKLEN, our additional Extension Network of consultants brings together diverse expertise across every domain of Human Resources—from strategy and operations, to systems, talent development, total rewards, change management, and everything in between. This Extended Network augments the capability of MEKLEN with a broad array of multi-disciplined experiences to ensure we have the full suite of thought partners and collaboration agents necessary to deliver the best solutions for our clients.

With complementary skills and a shared commitment to client success, our Extension Network of consultants collaborate with our primary consulting team to provide end-to-end HR support tailored to each organization’s unique goals. Together, we offer the depth, flexibility, and insight needed to help organizations at any stage build high-impact, future-ready HR functions.