Home / About
The principal

Michael B. Baumrind

A business and technology leader who has spent three decades where HR, payroll, and technology meet — and now brings that judgment to clients independently.

Michael combines deep functional HR knowledge with world-class HCM technology experience — integrating upstream and downstream processes into efficient implementations and steady operations.

His career spans both sides of the table. In corporate leadership, he served as Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Marsh & McLennan and Vice President of HR Technology at Magellan Health, owning HRIS strategy, governance, and delivery. In global consulting, he has held senior roles at Deloitte, EY, PwC, Accenture, and Sierra-Cedar, leading Workday, ADP, PeopleSoft, and UKG programs for clients from a few thousand to more than 50,000 employees.

The through-line is delivery: programs completed on time and under budget, vendor selections decided on merit, and payroll operations made stable and compliant. Baumrind Consulting Group is the independent expression of that experience — senior judgment, offered without vendor allegiance, on the client's side of every decision.

Career

  • 2021–PresentPrincipal
    Baumrind Consulting Group · Mount Pleasant, SC
  • 2022–2023Senior Manager
    Deloitte Consulting · Charlotte, NC
  • 2017–2022Manager
    Ernst & Young (EY) · Charlotte, NC
  • 2016–2017VP, HR Technology
    Magellan Health · Scottsdale, AZ
  • 2013–2016Manager
    PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) · Charlotte, NC
  • 2010–2013Manager
    Accenture · New York, NY
  • 2006–2010Senior Managing Consultant
    Sierra-Cedar · Alpharetta, GA
  • 2000–2005SVP, Human Resources
    Marsh & McLennan (MMC) · Hoboken, NJ

Employer names are provided to describe professional experience, not to imply partnership or endorsement.

Let's talk about what you're weighing.

Whether it's a selection, an implementation, or an assessment — a short conversation is the fastest way to know if we're a fit.

Start a conversation →