Ramp Up or Amp Up
Transformational People Support for Businesses, Non-Profits & Individuals
Ramp Up or Amp Up
Transformational People Support for Businesses, Non-Profits & Individuals
Who We Are
Our Approach
We don’t take a “one size fits all“ approach to your unique needs. We listen to you with empathy, take time to understand your perspectives and tailor people solutions that align with your objectives.
Our Vision
Our vision is to be the leader in transformational people support, by delivering exceptional service and value to our clients through individualized solutions that drive impactful and lasting results.
Our Expertise
Our team members hold college degrees, HR certifications and proficiency in strategy, finance, operations and communications. This expertise enables robust people solution development.
Who We Serve
At HRamp Up, we offer transformational people support to business, non-profit and individual clients across the US. Whether you choose an instantly bookable appointment with competitive pricing or a curated solution, we partner to accomplish your objectives and stay within budget.
Businesses & Non-Profits
We provide individualized solutions to businesses across a spectrum of industries and non-profits championing an array of causes. While our focus is on serving US-based organizations, we also serve those with an international presence.
We also support all phases of an organization’s lifecycle including the following.
- Start-up
- High growth
- Scaling
- Venture capital transactions
- Private equity entries and exits
- Governance transfers
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Dissolutions
In addition, we’re a registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) for US government contracts and grants.
If you're a business or non-profit and need to quickly address an HR issue, book our Ask a Certified HR Pro Anything service. For all-encompassing support, we offer part-time, fractional or interim people leadership for a defined period. If you need to temporarily augment staff to complete an HR project, we curate solutions from our comprehensive menu of services.
Individuals
Dedicated to improving lives, we offer both instantly bookable appointments and customized solutions to individuals.
Book our Ask a Certified HR Pro Anything service for whatever HR related concern is on your mind, gain career tips from a mentor, improve your job performance with coach or explore other solution possibilities.
Book a complimentary introductory session and chat with us to learn more!
Our Story
The Spark Became the Vision
HRamp Up was founded in 2021 by Dana Schmidt, a broadly skilled HR executive. He founded the company on the belief that the traditional HR model was outdated.
Dana witnessed HR practitioners providing solutions that were policy-heavy, predictable and repeated under different scenarios. These “carbon copy” solutions, decreased employee engagement, reduced productivity, lessened organizational agility and stifled innovation.
Throughout the years, Dana piloted various methods to evolve the HR model. After a series of trials and errors, he successfully executed on his vision by, in part, applying a broader and deeper business perspective to the model.
Today, HRamp Up provides holistic, results-driven, transformational people support to businesses, non-profits and individuals across the nation.
Our Leadership
Dana Schmidt, CEO
Dana Schmidt is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of HRamp Up. He also serves as a fractional/interim Chief People Officer, mentor and coach. In addition, Dana is the Vice Chairperson at Native American Connections and Vice Chair, Volunteer Engagement at Scottsdale Leadership. He previously served as Chairman of the Board at Kids in Focus.
Dana possess extensive people, strategic, financial, operational and communications knowledge. For over two decades, he’s combined his transformative mindset with his disciplined approach to execution at start-ups, private equity backed companies, small/mid-sized businesses, large global corporations, Fortune 100 companies and non-profits.
Dana earned his Master of Business Administration (MBA), bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with an HR major and Economics minor, along with three esteemed HR certifications:
- Senior Professional in HR (SPHR)
- Society for HR Management Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP)
- Certified Compensation Professional (CCP)
With a passion and genuine talent for bringing out the best in people, Dana is also highly effective mentor and coach. He’s provided guidance to and inspired hundreds of career professionals, from interns to Fortune 100 C-Suite executives. Dana's biggest joy is experiencing people advance and achieve extraordinary results.
Within his community, Dana is a passionate philanthropist and has donated extensively to promote healing, reduce health disparities, empower community leaders and significantly improve lives.
One of his most notable achievements was the development of an innovative high school internship program that changed the trajectories of youth‘s lives and gained the attention of the Scottsdale mayor, education officials and the media.
Brandon Vasquez, VP
Brandon Vasquez is the VP, Client Success at HRamp Up. Previously, he was a Business Development Leader at McKesson. Brandon also held business development and sales leadership roles at DDP Interactive, RealtyNow and Compass Group.
Brandon has broad client success, business development, sales, operations and marketing expertise. For over two decades, he’s combined his contagious approach to relationship building with his relentless drive for execution at start-ups, small/mid-sized businesses, Fortune 500 global corporations and Fortune 100 companies.
Brandon attended University of Minnesota and Inver Hills Community College and earned his Accredited in Medical Sales (AMS) certification from the Health Industry Distributors Association.
Brandon joined HRamp Up due to the holistic nature of their product and service offerings, inspiring him to cultivate relationships, drive collaborative client engagements and continuously enhance the client experience.