A bilingual HR consulting firm led by certified HR leadership with more than twenty years in the room where the hard people decisions get made
We built MAG HR Solutions because good HR is the difference between a company that grows cleanly and one that spends years cleaning up what it did not know was broken. We are led by a certified HR business partner who has guided organizations through mergers, acquisitions, high-growth stretches, and startups, and built HR departments from the ground up for companies with more than two hundred employees. That is the experience behind every engagement we take on, offered to Southwest Florida businesses without the cost of a full-time executive hire, in English and Spanish.
After more than twenty years leading human resources inside corporate, manufacturing, warehouse distribution, and nonprofit organizations, Michele built a reputation for the work very few HR leaders are trusted to do: steering companies through mergers and acquisitions, starting up HR departments where none existed, and getting teams through the hardest stretches. Along the way, the same thing kept happening. Leaders she worked with, and leaders who had only heard of her, kept asking her to help their companies on the side. The demand was real, and it was personal, because people wanted her specifically.
MAG HR Solutions is the answer to that demand. Rather than give her expertise to a single employer, Michele founded MAG HR Solutions to bring it to many companies at once: the growing businesses, the first-time HR builders, and the leaders navigating a merger or an exit who need a seasoned partner in the room. The mission is simple. Align each company's business strategy with its people strategy, and give business owners the confidence that HR is handled correctly. Mark, her co-founder, built the front door to that mission, so the right companies find their way in.
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Michele is a bilingual, certified HR business partner with experience advising executives and business leaders on people strategy, talent, and organizational culture. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Psychology with a minor in Spanish, which gives her a strong foundation in human behavior, communication, and relationship building. Throughout her career she has guided organizations through mergers, acquisitions, high-growth initiatives, and startups, and she has earned a reputation for delivering strategic, confidential, and balanced counsel that builds trust at every level of the organization. She runs the day-to-day HR practice at MAG HR Solutions, which means the person who advises your leadership is the same person whose name is on the door.
As President of Business Development, Mark is our first point of contact for prospective clients, acting as an HR liaison who connects them to the right solution. He holds a degree in Marketing and brings more than twenty years of entrepreneurial experience building and growing successful businesses, so he understands the pressures a growing company is under before the conversation even starts. He fosters trusted relationships from the very first exchange, and he is the person who handles the initial 15-minute call.
Credentials matter here for a specific reason. The leaders we serve lose sleep over one thing above all: an HR resource who does not truly know the laws and quietly puts the company out of compliance, the kind of damage a CEO cannot see until it gets expensive. The proof against that fear is below, plainly stated.
Michele holds four HR credentials, and each one means something specific. CPC is Certified Personnel Consultant. PHR is Professional in Human Resources. SHRM-CP is the Society for Human Resource Management Certified Professional designation. PMQ is the People Manager Qualification. On top of the certifications, she has access to the Society for Human Resource Management knowledge base, which keeps her current on employment law across every state, not just Florida, and the certifications are maintained through ongoing continuing education. For companies with Spanish-speaking teams, her minor in Spanish is not a line on a resume, it is a working part of the service.
Few independent HR consultants have guided five organizations through mergers and acquisitions, including the acquisition of a multi-billion-dollar manufacturer, Solo Cup, by Dart Corporation. Integrating people, policies, and culture when two organizations become one is high-stakes, high-trust work, and it is exactly the moment a growing company most needs someone who has done it before. References from that work are available on request.
Plenty of consultants will put out the fire in front of them. Michele builds the function. For established companies that had run for years without a real HR department, she has come in, built the department, set the processes, and then helped hire and train the permanent HR manager before stepping out, including for a Florida company with more than two hundred employees. She also helped build and scale the HR function for a telehealth startup that was later sold to a larger organization. At both ends of the size range the outcome is the same: a working HR function that keeps paying off after the engagement ends.
Across construction, hospitality, healthcare, manufacturing, and beyond, a large share of the Southwest Florida workforce speaks Spanish, and no analyzed local HR firm markets bilingual service. That gap matters. A handbook, an investigation, or a benefits conversation only works if the employee on the other side of it actually understands what is being said. We deliver HR in English and Spanish, so the Spanish-speaking employees and the leaders who manage them get the same level of support.
Bilingual capability here is not a translated PDF bolted on at the end. It shapes how policies get written, how investigations get handled, and how employees experience an HR process, from onboarding through the difficult conversations. For an employer with a Spanish-speaking team, that is the difference between a policy that technically exists and one that people follow because they understood it.
Values are easy to list and harder to hold when a client would rather you bend one. These are the ones we do not bend.
HR done by the book, full stop. We protect clients by keeping them compliant and audit-ready, and we will not cross a legal or ethical line, which sometimes means telling a client the answer they did not want. That is the value of the answer.
We work alongside your leadership, not beneath it, sharing in the company's goals rather than waiting for instructions. Our counsel is confidential and balanced, offered to both management and employees, and it is the kind of trust that gets earned over two decades and lost in a single careless moment, so we never treat it carelessly.
We scope every engagement to your size, stage, and budget rather than forcing it into a rigid tier, which suits growing companies whose needs keep changing. And our service is bilingual and culturally aware by design, so it welcomes the diverse and Spanish-speaking workforces that make up so much of this region.
I have had the pleasure of knowing Michele for the past three years. In 2009 I introduced her to one of my clients that needed an HR manager at a time when they were going through a major expansion. They needed someone who could come in to the organization and raise their human resources department to a world class level, just like the rest of their business. Michele is a true professional in every sense of the word. I would highly recommend Michele for any human resources related position.
Michele is a detail-oriented strategist capable of the most humanistic feats with regards to defining and controlling vulnerabilities. In the years I was fortunate enough to work alongside Ms. Gissibl it was a pleasure watching her integrate regimen into standard practice so that, now interwoven, it is both palatable and effective. I have been blessed also to work with many HR professionals spanning a vast array of Fortune 500 food companies. During that 24+ years I can only think of one other possessing those dynamic skills and being able to capitalize on them.
Michele and I worked very closely together. In my career, I have always depended on and valued the contribution and partnership with a Human Resource Business Partner. Michele was truly one of the best. With a compassion for people and a clear understanding of the needs of the business, Michele was able to collaborate with the leadership team and offer valuable insights and direction. Her gifts as an HR leader could be transferable to any industry, and any business would benefit greatly from her contribution.
I was lucky to have Michele as my manager at Universal Language Service, Inc. and I can honestly say she is one of the best leaders I have ever worked with. She has this rare mix of professionalism and kindness that makes people feel both supported and inspired. What I appreciated most about Michele was how approachable she always was, whether it was for advice, encouragement, or just a quick chat. She truly cares about people, and it shows in the way she leads and the positive environment she creates. I learned so much from her, both professionally and personally, and I will always be grateful for her mentorship. Any team would be lucky to have her as their HR leader.
The best way to know whether we are the right fit is a short, straight conversation. Tell us about your company and what you are trying to solve, and we will point you to the right next step, whether that is fractional HR, interim coverage, a hire, a single project, or simply a resource to read. No pressure, no obligation.
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