Compensation Strategy
Evaluate compensation priorities alongside staffing, retention, and business objectives. Moving Mountains HR helps create practical strategies that support a scalable, sustainable approach to rewarding employees.
Build a compensation approach that supports retention, performance, and sustainable growth. Moving Mountains HR helps organizations evaluate pay, benefits, and people strategies in alignment with business objectives. With practical executive-level guidance, you can make informed workforce decisions, strengthen employee value, and create scalable HR systems without the overhead of a full-time internal HR executive.

Strategic HR support that connects compensation, benefits, performance, and retention goals to your organization’s growth plans.
Evaluate compensation priorities alongside staffing, retention, and business objectives. Moving Mountains HR helps create practical strategies that support a scalable, sustainable approach to rewarding employees.
Align benefits considerations with your broader people strategy. We help organizations assess how benefits can support employee retention, organizational needs, and long-term business goals.
Access executive-level HR guidance without hiring a full-time leader. Fractional CHRO support brings strategic perspective to compensation, performance management, compliance, and workplace culture decisions.
Compensation decisions influence hiring, engagement, retention, and the financial health of your organization. Moving Mountains HR provides strategic guidance to help businesses connect pay and benefits considerations with workforce needs and business goals. Whether you need ongoing input or high-level fractional CHRO support, our practical approach helps you build people systems that are clear, scalable, and aligned with the future you are working toward.

See how thoughtful HR guidance helps organizations address complex people challenges with confidence.
Practical, executive-level guidance designed around your organization’s people and business needs.
Founder-led guidance brings seasoned HR perspective to high-impact workforce and compensation decisions.
Choose passive, active, or fractional CHRO support based on your organization’s needs.
California-based expertise helps employers navigate a demanding and continually evolving employment law environment.
Actionable recommendations help small and mid-size businesses build scalable people systems.
Experienced leaders focused on practical, people-centered HR support.

Founder & CEO
Michelle Schwanhauser is the Founder and CEO of Moving Mountains HR, which she established in 2023 to bring executive-level HR expertise to businesses of all sizes. A highly seasoned Human Resources professional with deep expertise in the healthcare industry, Michelle takes a holistic approach to HR processes and procedures, ensuring organizations remain compliant while fostering strong workplace cultures. She is a dedicated advocate for employees and a consummate professional, known for her consultative style and ability to simplify complex HR challenges. Operating out of Newbury Park, California, Michelle leads the firm's efforts to serve small to mid-size businesses across California and the United States. Her extensive tenure in HR makes her a trusted partner for business owners seeking practical, compliant, and effective HR solutions tailored to their unique organizational needs.

Chief Operating Officer
Jesse Schwanhauser serves as the Chief Operating Officer of Moving Mountains HR, where he oversees daily operations and strategic initiatives that support the company's mission of empowering business owners. Bringing a confident and engaging leadership style to the organization, Jesse plays a key role in ensuring the firm delivers practical, executive-level HR solutions to small and mid-size businesses across California and beyond. His operational expertise helps streamline the company's service delivery, from compliance audits to workplace investigations, ensuring clients receive consistent, high-quality support. Jesse is committed to organizational excellence and works closely with the leadership team to drive growth, refine internal processes, and uphold the company's core values of compliance, empowerment, and exceptional client service.
Compensation consulting services help organizations evaluate how pay, benefits, retention, staffing, and performance practices support their business goals. Moving Mountains HR provides strategic HR guidance that helps business owners consider compensation as part of a broader people strategy. Support can be delivered through ongoing HR packages or fractional CHRO services, depending on the level of involvement your organization needs.
Talk with an HR leader about your compensation and workforce priorities.
Practical compliance resource for California business owners
Impartial process for workplace concern assessments
Senior-level guidance for growing organizations
Tell us about your compensation and workforce priorities. Our team will help identify the HR support that best fits your organization.
For immediate assistance, feel free to give us a direct call at 866-474-3575. You can also send us a quick email at staff@movingmountainshr.com.
For immediate assistance, feel free to give us a direct call at 866-474-3575. You can also send us a quick email at staff@movingmountainshr.com.