The Leaders of HR Acuity

Deborah Muller is the CEO of HR Acuity, the only technology platform specifically built for employee relations and investigations management. Muller brings more than 25 years of human resources and workplace investigation experience to the company. Prior to founding HR Acuity, Muller held executive HR positions in Fortune 500 companies, including Honeywell and Citibank and also served as an independent workplace investigator.

Pete Shephard is a seasoned finance executive with over 25 years of experience in corporate finance, working in both start-ups and multi-billion dollar organizations. He excels in strategic thinking, team management, and financial oversight. Peter has held leadership roles at Enthusiast Gaming, Amobee, Integral Ad Science, and Nielsen. He holds a BS in Applied Economics and Management from Cornell University and an MBA from the University of Rochester. Peter lives in NYC with his partner Leo and their dog Maya, enjoying time at the beach in Long Island and following the Yankees, NY Giants, and Penn State football.

Jess is a mission driven sales leader who has been leading Sales, Account Management and Customer Success teams for almost 20 years. Most recently, she has been focused on the HR tech space, creating long term partnerships with customers at iCIMS and Handshake before joining the HR Acuity team. Because of her experience in the HR technology space, Jess fully understands the challenges and problems facing her customers, from employees to managers and executives. As a people leader, Jess is extremely committed to making sure her team has the tools and resources to do their job in the best manner possible to be able to deliver an exceptional experience for our customers.

Jess lives in central NJ with her husband and the youngest of three beautiful children. As a native of the Jersey Shore, you will find her either at the beach or by the pool on a sunny summer day. In her spare time, Jess loves to cook and can often be found taking a nap on the couch!

As Chief Marketing Officer, Kate is responsible for leading the team to ensure our marketing strategy and vision come to life, helping to grow our business, developing our employee relations category and community, and driving customer loyalty. Kate comes to HR Acuity from Corcentric, a procurement, accounts payable and billing solutions provider, where she built the marketing function from the ground up and advanced into a number of leadership roles to grow market share throughout her 15-year tenure. In her last position, Kate led Corcentric’s successful corporate re-branding strategy to reposition the company as a leader in the procure-to-pay space. One year post-brand unification, the company realized a 20% increase in pipeline, several significant new partnerships, and was named a leader in key sourcing, procurement and payments analyst reports. A graduate of Stockton University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, Kate lives in southern New Jersey with her husband and two children. In her spare time, you can find her on a sports field watching her children play, hiking, camping and traveling to national parks.

As Chief Product Officer, Diane will lead, develop and inspire the team who brings our product vision to life, drive growth and deliver relevant and highly valuable products and features to our clients. She will also help with growing and operating a high-performing, cross-functional product development process. Diane comes to HR Acuity from UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group), where she led the product team responsible for UKGs Talent Management portfolio of products. Prior to that, Dianne was at 15Five, where she served as Chief Product Officer, focused on disruption in the performance management category. She spent much of her career in product roles at ADP, and she also served as a Director of HR Tech and Operations while at Wyndham Hotels and Resorts. Dianne has extensive experience in the HR technology space, and she deeply understands the HR buyer and user personas, as well as the needs of employees and managers. Dianne lives in northern New Jersey with her husband and two children. In her spare time, she likes to golf, play pickleball and is a longtime fan of the NY Yankees. Dianne and her family love to travel and have spent many summers in her father’s hometown of Olib, Croatia. Dianne also loves to bake and is forever on a quest to make the perfect French macaron.

Rebecca is responsible for HR Acuity’s talent acquisition and retention strategy as well as driving employee relations capability and effectiveness across customers, prospective customers and employees with the goal of elevating the impact of employee relations. Her most recent roles with Ingersoll Rand and Krispy Kreme gave her the opportunity to do a deep dive into the world of talent. In addition, Rebecca was lucky enough to live in Paris, France for 3 years and lead the HR function in EMEA during her time with KONE. Rebecca holds a Master of Human Resources degree from the University of South Carolina and a BA from Northwestern University. Since returning to the States, she’s embraced the hobby of making sourdough bread, which her two boys appreciate, and she balances that with walking her dog and yoga. She lives in beautiful Charlotte, but as a native Floridian, is constantly dreaming of being on a warm sunny beach.

Jim leads the teams that build and operate HR Acuity’s products, ensuring that our technology solutions are strategically aligned to our business and company goals and that our tech stack is optimal for driving new and exciting innovation. He comes to HR Acuity with over sixteen years of enterprise SaaS experience leading large technology organizations. Most recently he led SaaS Engineering at SailPoint, an enterprise identity security platform, through an exciting period of growth that required scaling all aspects of their engineering operations, from technology to organization and processes. Jim holds a BA in English from Wake Forest University, an MPS from NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program, and an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. He lives in Austin, TX with his wife Erin and their two younger sons. In his spare time Jim enjoys running marathons and reading on the beach.