Senior HR, payroll, and AI program leadership, on your side.
Ramirez Ventures LLC is a vendor-agnostic Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) in Palm Coast, FL. We lead on the client side, helping growing companies, federal agencies, and prime contractors get ready for, oversee, and adopt new HR, payroll, and operational systems. A principal-led advisory firm founded by Fernando Ramirez, MBA, PMP. Senior leadership stays close to every engagement, and we scale the team with specialists and partners as the work requires.
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Who we help
Growing companies
Organizations, typically 100–500 employees, that have outgrown spreadsheets and patchwork HR systems but don’t need, or don’t want to pay for, a Big 4 engagement. That includes companies expanding across states or countries, preparing to implement or replace HR and payroll systems, or working out where AI actually fits in their operations.
Federal agencies and prime contractors
Client-side program management, readiness and oversight for HCM and payroll modernization, and change-and-adoption support. We are available for subcontracting and teaming where SDVOSB participation strengthens a proposal and helps meet small-business goals.
Problems we solve
A system project about to start without clear requirements, readiness, or governance in place (phase zero).
An HR or payroll system selection, implementation, or replacement that needs experienced, vendor-agnostic leadership.
Payroll operations spread across multiple states or countries, with vendors, integrations, and compliance requirements that need coordinating.
A program or implementation partner whose schedule, risks, quality, or governance needs independent oversight on your side.
New systems or processes that people aren't adopting.
Leaders who want to know where AI can realistically help, what their data and processes are ready for, and what guardrails they need.
What we deliver
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Client-side leadership for HCM and payroll programs: phase-zero and implementation readiness, vendor-agnostic selection support, and oversight of your implementation partner through multi-country rollout and cutover. Your implementation partner does the build; we lead on your side.
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PMP-led PMO and program governance for complex initiatives, with integrated planning, risk and issue management, multi-vendor oversight, and executive reporting that keeps leadership informed without the noise.
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Led by a Prosci Certified Change Management Practitioner, using an ADKAR-based approach covering stakeholder alignment, communications, training, and readiness measurement, so new systems and processes actually stick.
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A vendor-agnostic AI use-case inventory, data and process readiness review, responsible-use governance baseline, and a prioritized roadmap showing where AI can realistically help your operations.
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Governance frameworks, SOPs, decision management, and executive communications for federal programs.
How we work
1. Start with a fixed-scope assessment
You know the cost, timeline, and deliverables before we begin. No open-ended hourly billing surprises. Typical entry engagements run 2–4 weeks.
2. Senior leadership on every engagement
A senior lead runs your program end to end, with additional specialists and teaming partners brought in when the work calls for it.
3. Vendor-agnostic
We have no software to sell, take no referral commissions or partner fees, and don’t configure platforms, so recommendations are based on what fits your organization.
4. You own the plan
You get a plan you can execute, with us or without us.
Ways to start
Every engagement starts with a fixed scope and a fixed fee, agreed before work begins.
HR Systems Health Check
2 weeks · fixed fee
A current-state review of your HR and payroll systems and processes, a pain-point analysis, and a modernization roadmap.
AI Readiness Assessment
3 weeks · fixed fee
A vendor-agnostic AI use-case inventory, readiness scoring, a responsible-use governance baseline, and a prioritized roadmap.
Program Health Assessment
2–3 weeks · fixed fee
An independent review of program schedule, risk posture, vendor performance, and governance, with a corrective action plan.
Who you’ll work with
The company
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB), certified through SBA VetCert
Registered in SAM.gov (active). CAGE 10JR0 · UEI DJZWVXXT3S13
Florida LLC based in Palm Coast, FL
The founder: Fernando Ramirez, MBA, PMP, President
Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute
Prosci Certified Change Management Practitioner
MBA, National American University
MIT Sloan School of Management & CSAIL executive education: Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy
U.S. Army veteran (Infantry, Operation Enduring Freedom), Purple Heart recipient
Founder’s professional experience
Fernando’s individual experience outside Ramirez Ventures. These were not Ramirez Ventures LLC contracts.
10+ years leading complex, cross-functional programs from discovery and planning through go-live, adoption, and stabilization.
Led global payroll and HCM implementations across ADP (including Celergo and GlobalView), UKG, Papaya Global, Workday, and other platforms, in 45+ countries.
Federal quick facts
For contracting officers, small-business offices, and prime contractors.
Legal name: Ramirez Ventures LLC
Location: Palm Coast, FL
UEI: DJZWVXXT3S13
CAGE: 10JR0
SAM.gov registration: Active
Socioeconomic status: Small business · SDVOSB · VOSB (SBA VetCert certification, active through November 14, 2028)
NAICS: 541611 Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (primary) · 541612 Human Resources Consulting Services · 541618 Other Management Consulting Services · 541512 Computer Systems Design Services
Core capabilities: Client-side program and project management (PMO) · Phase-zero and implementation readiness · Vendor and implementation oversight for HCM and global payroll modernization · Organizational change and adoption · AI readiness assessments · Program operations support
Teaming interests: Subcontracting and teaming with Army program offices, prime contractors, and implementation partners in client-side roles (readiness, PMO, testing coordination, and change management) on HCM and payroll modernization and AI-enabled workflow initiatives, particularly where SDVOSB participation strengthens the prime's proposal. We don't take system configuration roles.
Point of contact: Fernando I. Ramirez, President · Fernando@RamirezVentures.com · (386) 569-1243
Have an HR, payroll, or transformation program that needs experienced leadership?
Tell us what you're working on. Fernando will reply personally to set up a short conversation about whether, and how, we can help.
Prefer email or phone? Fernando@RamirezVentures.com · (386) 569-1243
Typically respond within 24 hours.
