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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 membershipNortheast Tennessee Association of REALTORS®Regional association membershipVirginia REALTORS®State association membership