Experience / Marshall Varner
People leadership grounded in business experience.
Helping organizations build stronger teams, improve operations and navigate change.
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Enterprise scope
- 43+
- Acquisitions: HR due diligence and workforce integration
- 1,600+
- Employees supported
- 110+
- Business locations
- 900+
- Fleet vehicles overseen
Selected scope of enterprise people and operations leadership at Mobile Communications America.
Executive experience
People decisions. Business responsibility.
Mobile Communications America
Over more than a decade at MCA, I progressed from regional HR management to enterprise People Operations leadership, partnering with the CHRO and operational leaders in a $650M, private equity-backed organization spanning 20+ states.
My responsibilities connected employee relations, benefits and organizational design with acquisitions, enterprise systems, safety and fleet operations. I led a seven-person team, including three direct reports, and helped leaders make decisions that worked for both employees and the business.
- Director, People Operations
- March 2025–May 2026
- Senior Manager, Human Resources
- January 2022–March 2025
- Regional Human Resources Manager
- April 2015–January 2022
Earlier career experience
Community Association Management, Limited
Human Resources ManagerDecember 2012–February 2015
Managed recruiting, employee relations, payroll, benefits, and employment compliance for a multi-site organization. Implemented Paychex and formalized HR policies and manager procedures.
Dominion Dental Services, Inc.
Professional Services SpecialistSeptember 2011–December 2012
Resolved employer-group benefits, claims, provider, and member issues; supported peer training and service quality.
River Textile Services, Inc.
HR Generalist and Administration ManagerJanuary–December 2010
Established HR, payroll, recruiting, and administrative procedures for a 50+ employee startup; implemented ADP.
Selected contributions
Leadership in practice.
Work that brought people, processes and business priorities together.
Acquisitions and integration
Led HR due diligence and workforce integration for 43+ acquisitions, including employee communications and alignment of benefits, policies and systems. Developed repeatable processes while working with acquired-company leaders to understand what should change and what should stay.
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Enterprise operations
Oversaw a 900+ vehicle fleet valued at approximately $20M. Established a fleet steering committee and driver policies, strengthened operational reporting, and led a vendor transition projected to save $3M over five years.
Supported safety-system implementation and training with Internal Communications, while strengthening driver eligibility and incident-review practices.
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Systems and people operations
Led the Paychex-to-ADP Workforce Now transition, owned HR data standards with the team, and developed dashboards and SharePoint workflows. Helped develop and test employee-support AI prototypes, partnering with Technology and Legal on security and implementation.
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Benefits stewardship: Led the transition to self-funded employee benefits, reducing employer costs approximately 25% while maintaining continuity of coverage.
Areas of expertise
A perspective across the organization.
People strategy and leadership
Executive partnership, organizational design, leadership development and 9-box talent and succession reviews.
HR operations
Employee relations, investigations, policy interpretation, compensation, benefits and workforce decisions. Oversight of immigration coordination with outside counsel.
Acquisitions and change
HR due diligence, workforce transitions, employee communications and integration of policies, benefits and systems.
Enterprise systems
HRIS implementation, data governance, dashboards, document management and employee-support technology.
Safety and fleet
Operational oversight, driver eligibility, vendor relationships, training, incident review and compliance reporting.
Nonprofit leadership
Governance, organizational documentation, operating procedures and community programming, with clear responsibilities for management and boards.
Selected systems: ADP Workforce Now, SharePoint, Microsoft 365, SAP Concur, Employee Navigator, Geotab, WEX and KPA Flex. The full résumé includes additional platforms and technical experience.
Nonprofit leadership and governance
Structure that supports the mission.
MCA Foundation
Executive Director · 2024–2026
Helped establish the corporate foundation, including governance, operating procedures and community programming.
Amity Medical Group
Secretary, Board of Directors · 2020–Present
Supports nonprofit healthcare governance, organizational documentation, oversight and compliance.
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Education and professional credentials
A foundation for the work.
- Liberty University
- Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
- OSHA 30-Hour
- General Industry Training, complementing experience in workplace safety, compliance and enterprise operations.
Additional professional work
Real estate licensure and affiliations
Real estate has long been a personal passion. Today I'm affiliated with Red Door Agency and licensed in Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. This work brings together client advisory services, regulated transactions, contract documentation and due diligence.
Red Door Agency
Licensed Real Estate Professional · 2026–Present
C2EX · Commitment to Excellence endorsement
AHWD · At Home With Diversity certification
Notary qualifications
Commissioned Notary Public, State of Tennessee.
Notary Signing Agent certification.
National Association of REALTORS®National membership
Northeast Tennessee Association of REALTORS®Regional association membership
Virginia REALTORS®State association membership