HR & Payroll Systems Transformation
Vendor-agnostic leadership on your side of HCM and multi-country payroll programs, from phase zero and readiness through cutover.
Ramirez Ventures LLC is a principal-led Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business in Palm Coast, FL. Founder Fernando Ramirez, MBA, PMP, leads every engagement directly. Your implementation partner configures and builds the platform; we lead your side of the program. We have no software to sell and take no referral commissions.
Who it's for
Growing companies
Companies, typically 100–500 employees, that are expanding across states or countries, or replacing spreadsheets and patchwork HR and payroll tools with a modern HCM or payroll platform.
Federal programs and prime contractors
Federal agencies and prime contractors modernizing HCM or payroll that need SDVOSB client-side support (readiness, PMO, testing coordination, and change and adoption) through subcontracting or teaming.
Signs you need this
You're about to choose a platform or sign an implementation statement of work, and requirements, scope, and readiness aren't nailed down.
Payroll runs on spreadsheets and manual workarounds.
You're adding a country or state and aren't sure what changes for payroll, vendors, and compliance.
Your implementation partner is driving the plan, and no one on your side is coordinating vendors, integrations, and decisions.
Go-live is approaching, and testing, integrations, or data aren't ready.
A new system is live, but people still aren't using it the way it was designed.
What we deliver
Phase zero and implementation readiness
Requirements, scope, data and process readiness, and governance in place before the build starts, so your implementation partner starts from a clear plan.
Platform selection support
Requirements definition and a vendor-agnostic evaluation of HCM and payroll options, based on what fits your organization rather than what anyone is selling.
Implementation oversight and PMO
PMP-led governance on your side: integrated plan, schedule, risk and issue management, implementation-partner status reviews, and executive reporting from kickoff through go-live.
Multi-country payroll vendor coordination
Keeping payroll providers, in-country vendors, and internal teams working to one plan for multi-country payroll.
Compliance and process requirements
Making sure payroll and HR compliance requirements are captured in future-state processes and in what your implementation partner builds.
Integration, data, and testing oversight
Tracking integration, data-migration, and testing work across HCM, payroll, and connected systems so issues surface before go-live. Your implementation partner builds the integrations.
Cutover readiness and transition to operations
Go-live readiness checks, cutover oversight, and a structured hand-off to the team that will run the system.
Change and adoption
Led by a Prosci Certified Change Management Practitioner, using an ADKAR-based approach to stakeholder alignment, communications, training, and readiness measurement, so the new system actually sticks.
What we don't do: configure or build ADP, UKG, Papaya Global, Darwinbox, Workday, or any other platform. Your implementation partner does the build. We stay vendor-agnostic and take no referral commissions or partner fees.
How an engagement runs
HR Systems Health Check (2 weeks, fixed fee): we review your current systems and processes.
Roadmap: you get a prioritized modernization roadmap.
Implementation oversight: if you want us on your side during the build, we agree on scope and fee up front. Your implementation partner does the configuration.
Cutover and stabilization: go-live readiness, cutover oversight, and early-life issue tracking with your partner and team.
Hand-off: your team takes ownership with the documentation and plan in hand.
You get a plan you can execute, with us or without us.
Start with an HR Systems Health Check
2 weeks · fixed fee, agreed before work begins
Current-state review of your HR and payroll systems and processes
Pain-point analysis
Modernization roadmap
Who leads the work
Fernando I. Ramirez, MBA, PMP, is the founder and President of Ramirez Ventures LLC and leads every engagement personally.
Fernando's individual experience outside Ramirez Ventures. These were not Ramirez Ventures LLC contracts.
Led global payroll and HCM implementations across ADP (including Celergo and GlobalView), UKG, Papaya Global, Workday, and other platforms, in 45+ countries.
10+ years leading complex, cross-functional programs from discovery and planning through go-live, adoption, and stabilization.
Credentials: Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute · Prosci Certified Change Management Practitioner · MBA, National American University · MIT Sloan & CSAIL executive education, Artificial Intelligence: Implications for Business Strategy
U.S. Army veteran (Infantry, Operation Enduring Freedom), Purple Heart recipient
For federal buyers and prime contractors
SDVOSB · VOSB (SBA VetCert) · SAM.gov active · CAGE 10JR0 · UEI DJZWVXXT3S13 · NAICS 541611 (primary), 541612, 541618, 541512
Frequently asked questions
Do you configure or implement HR and payroll platforms?
No. We don't configure or build ADP, UKG, Papaya Global, Darwinbox, Workday, or other platforms. Your implementation partner does the build. We provide client-side advisory: phase zero and implementation readiness, vendor and implementation oversight, PMO, and change management.
Do you sell software or take referral fees?
No. Ramirez Ventures is vendor-agnostic. We have no software to sell and take no referral commissions or partner fees, so our recommendations are based on what fits your organization.
Who actually does the work?
A senior lead runs every engagement end to end, with additional specialists and teaming partners brought in when the work calls for it.
How do you work with our implementation partner or systems integrator?
We sit on your side of the table. We keep the implementation partner, payroll vendors, and internal teams on one plan, track risks, testing, and readiness, and report status to your leadership.
How do engagements start?
With a fixed-scope, fixed-fee assessment, usually the two-week HR Systems Health Check. You know the cost, timeline, and deliverables before we begin.
How much does it cost?
Every entry engagement has a fixed fee that is agreed before work begins. We share the fee once we understand your scope, so there are no open-ended hourly billing surprises.
Do you work with federal agencies and prime contractors?
Yes. Ramirez Ventures LLC is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business certified through SBA VetCert and registered in SAM.gov. We pursue subcontracting and teaming roles on the client side of HCM and payroll modernization programs: readiness, PMO, testing coordination, and change management. We don't take system configuration roles.
Tell us about your HR or payroll program
Share what you're planning or what's stuck. Fernando will reply personally, typically within 24 hours.
Or email Fernando@RamirezVentures.com · call (386) 569-1243