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HCM Solutions
We have transformed some of the biggest brands and best-run companies, globally.
- Core Values
- Employees First™
- Integrity
- Diversity
- Innovation
- Client Success
- One Team
- Simplicity
Why AspireHR
AspireHR is a market leader in HCM solutions that empower the most critical part of your organization: your people. We bring over two decades of experience serving the needs of HR industry. With a focus on client success, we align our goals with yours, bringing deep HR expertise to every engagement.
AspireHR is an SAP Gold Partner with SAP Recognized Expertise, and one of the largest North American HCM implementation, software, and managed services firms. We bring a wealth of business and technical experience, along with an unparalleled roster of professionally certified consultants.
Employees First™
At AspireHR, we put our employees first in everything we do. Our greatest assets are our people. They have the deep HR knowledge and HCM experience needed to ensure project success. Our employees first mindset guides us in every decision we make as a company and also in how we treat our customers.
HCM Partners
AspireHR is engaged in business strategic partnerships with innovative companies that help us move the needle on tackling HR’s toughest challenges. These partnerships ensure that we offer our customers the best and most secure Human Capital Management (HCM) solutions possible.
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Human Experience Management
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Travel, Expense, and Invoice
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Secure, Intelligent Enterprise
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Cloud Workforce Management
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Cloud Solutions
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Payroll Compliance
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Employee Training
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People Analytics
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Information Collection
Simplifying The RFP Process
Governments, state agencies, and non-profits looking for an SAP SuccessFactors integration partner can eliminate the RFP process and enjoy a simplified information-gathering and procurement process because of our partnerships with the following purchasing cooperatives:
Pre-negotiated purchasing contracts with cooperatives ensure solutions and services meet the performance and high-quality standards vetted by their policy requirements. It also ensures you receive a pre-negotiated, predictable low price for your implementation. This results in less risk, less research, fewer meetings, and a much faster purchasing process.
To learn more about how you can benefit from our partnerships with these cooperatives, reach out to us at:
Leadership
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Melissa Hillesheim
Co-founder, Executive Chairman
Melissa Hillesheim
Co-founder, Executive Chairman
Melissa Hillesheim, Co-Founder, Executive Chairman, and General Counsel, is committed to expanding the company’s presence nationally, focused on supporting AspireHR’s strategic growth objectives on the path to becoming the North American market leader in Human Experience Management solution delivery.
With 18+ years of extensive corporate legal and business experience, Melissa has advised and guided business executives on key legal and business matters in the areas of human resources, corporate compliance, intellectual property, software development, marketing strategies, mergers and acquisitions, and consulting, technology and software services. She has a proven track record of forging successful working relationships with boards of directors, corporate officers and executive leadership teams.
In addition to co-founding AspireHR, Melissa previously served as General Counsel for Trinity Industries for 6 years then founded Brown Hillesheim Legal, P.C., where she served as Managing Principal for over 8 years and specialized in software / professional services agreements.
Melissa holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Texas at Austin and received her Juris Doctorate from Baylor University School of Law.
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Kevin Chase
CEO & President
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Kevin Chase
CEO & President
Kevin Chase, CEO and President of AspireHR, is responsible for leading the organization in its day-to-day operations as well as ensuring AspireHR is on track to achieve its long-term strategic vision to be the market leader in HXM (Human Experience Management) solution delivery across all industries in North America.
Prior to joining AspireHR, Kevin gained a diverse range of professional experiences as an award-winning CIO, business executive, entrepreneur, and management consultant. He built his reputation in the tech industry as a transformational leader, achieving measurable gains in performance across a range of companies from tech start-ups to Fortune 250 global corporations. Most recently, Kevin served as SVP, CIO, and Chief Digital Officer at Sempra Energy. Prior to that, he was SVP & CIO for eight years at EFH, Luminant, and TXU Energy. Earlier in his career, Kevin co-founded a successful management consulting and systems integration firm, Fortegra, that he and his partners later sold to Black & Veatch, where it became the cornerstone of B&V’s technology consulting division. Kevin began his career at Accenture, implementing customer focused technology and business solutions for Fortune 500 companies across North America.
Kevin received his Bachelor’s in Business Administration from the University of Texas at Austin where he graduated with Honors (cum laude) in Marketing. Later in Kevin’s career, he pursued management and leadership excellence as he achieved advanced management / leadership certifications from The Wharton School at Penn and Harvard Business School.
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Kurt Zuch
Member, Board of Directors
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Kurt Zuch
Member, Board of Directors
Kurt Zuch, Board Member for AspireHR, also serves on the Board of Directors for Utegration, another high growth systems integration firm who partners with SAP. Mr. Zuch has over 30 years of technology industry and entrepreneurial experience with a strong track record for helping companies achieve rapid and sustained growth.
Kurt began his career with Accenture in their technology and management consulting practice. He founded Pathways Consulting in late 1994, which was sold to Computer Management Sciences in 1996 after experiencing significant growth in a short timeframe. Mr. Zuch joined Excelergy Corporation in 1999 as VP of Professional Services and head of the Atlanta office before serving as SVP of Operations at Novient for a number of years.
Kurt founded his second technology and management consulting firm, Capstone Consulting Partners, which he led as Managing Partner for 2 years. Similar to his first start-up, Kurt enjoyed tremendous growth and Capstone was acquired by Alliance Data in late 2004. He served ADS as SVP of Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions post-acquisition.
In 2008, Mr. Zuch founded his third management consulting firm, Five Point Partners, increasing the firm’s breadth from his past 2 startups to include technology and management consulting as well as strategic advisory services, elevating the firm’s value proposition. Kurt led Five Point as Chief Executive Officer until the business was sold to Ernst & Young in 2014. Kurt was a North American Partner with EY for three years before leaving to found Trinity Private Holdings, an investment company focused on technology, strategic advisory and consulting services as well as different real-estate ventures. Kurt has a Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems from Virginia Tech.
- Board of Directors
- Melissa Hillesheim
Co-founder, Executive Chairman - Kevin Chase
CEO & President - Kurt Zuch
Member, Board of Directors
- Melissa Hillesheim
- Leadership Team
- Kevin Chase
CEO & President - Joe Ho
Chief Financial & Operations Officer - Dave Fazio
Chief Technology Officer - Jennifer Adams
VP, Solution Delivery - Allison Shelton
VP, Managed Services - Winnie Chu
VP, Regulated Sales and Alliances - Kevin Vonderschmidt
VP, Commercial Sales and Alliances
- Kevin Chase
Proud Supporter
AspireHR is proud to have received a national certification from the Dallas Women’s Business Council, a regional certifying partner of the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), as a National Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) and Woman Owned Small Business (WOSB).
The WBENC certification for women owned business is the most recognizable and sought-after certification of its kind. WBENC’s national standard of certification implemented by the Dallas Women’s Business Council is a meticulous process including an in-depth review of the business and site inspection. The certification process is designed to confirm the business is at least 51% owned, operated and controlled by a woman or women. AspireHR’s WBE and WOSB certifications benefit our clients by helping them achieve their diversity initiatives and gives the marketplace an IT partner with a certification that is nationally recognized.
About WBENC
Founded in 1997, the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) is the nation’s largest third-party certifier of businesses owned, controlled, and operated by women in the United States. A national 501(c)(3) non-profit, the WBENC partners with 14 Regional Partner Organizations to provide its world-class standard of certification to women-owned businesses throughout the country. For more information, visit wbenc.org.

