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Your business needs senior executive leadership.

Not a full-time hire.

People Pulse Ventures joins your leadership team as a Fractional CPO, giving mission-driven organizations and growth-stage companies scaling toward $50M, direct access to 25 years of executive-level people strategy — at a fraction of the cost of a full-time hire.

Meet Donna Hundley

Founder | Chief People Strategist

Professional Experience

Over two decades of HR and Talent Leadership across Federal, Commercial, and Non-Profit organizations, building the systems that allow teams to scale.

Certified for High-Stakes Scaling

SHRM-SCP (SHRM), Change Management (Cornell), Scrum Master (Scrum Alliance), Cybersecurity & Risk Management Framework (Fusion Cyber)

Real-World Results

I’ve mastered the 'People Machinery' used by global powerhouses like Accenture and Aon-Hewitt, stripping away the corporate fluff to deliver elite, scalable systems to founders and mission-driven leaders.

With over two decades of HR transformation experience, Donna helps businesses align people, structure, and culture with where they're headed — not where they've been.

Donna brings a wealth of formal education and specialized training to every client engagement. Her continuous learning approach ensures you benefit from the latest HR research and best practices. She's successfully led multi-million-dollar initiatives for federal agencies and Fortune 500 companies, and now focuses on supporting purpose-driven organizations ready to scale with integrity. " My mission is to help organizations align their business strategy with a high-impact people strategy—building cultures where employees thrive, leaders grow, and the business performs at its best."

What We Do

We don't just deliver a strategy; we partner with you to install it. Every engagement is a collaborative partnership scoped, structured, and accountable to outcomes—not hours. You get a dedicated executive-level partner who is as committed to your 'People OS' as you are, with full transparency on exactly what we are building before the first invoice.

1. Executive People Operations Leadership

Your team can’t execute without you. A Fractional CPO installs the "People OS" driving operational clarity the business needs to run itself—at a fraction of the $300K+ full-time cost.

2. Clarity Audits

Understand what's really happening in your organization with comprehensive assessments that reveal blindspots and opportunities in 30 days.

3. Systems over Slides

We don't deliver 50-page strategy decks. We deliver playbooks, frameworks, and the "machinery" your team needs to execute.

4. Built to Execute

We don't just tell you what’s broken—we install the fix. The engagement moves past the recommendation phase into full-scale implementation, ensuring your people systems are built, tested, and accountable to your bottom line.

Who We Work With

People Pulse Ventures partners with mission-driven organizations and growth-minded businesses who are ready to scale. Is Your Business Outgrowing Its Current Systems? If you recognize your company in more than one of the situations below, let's talk.

Rapid Growth or Scaling

Your current team and processes were built for where you were, but they are now the primary bottleneck preventing you from reaching the next level.

Leadership capacity constraints

Your executive team is buried in the "doing" rather than the "leading," leaving no one with the bandwidth to build the systems required for long-term stability.

Performance inconsistency

Without a codified "People OS," results vary wildly across the team because success depends on individual heroics rather than repeatable, scalable playbooks.

Preparing for next growth stage

We help you "clean up the machinery" and install the professional-grade frameworks required to attract investors, partners, or a future exit.

High founder involvement in operations

You have become the "Chief Problem Officer," where every decision—no matter how small—requires your approval before the business can move forward.

Organizational restructuring

As your business evolves, we help you redraw the lines of authority and accountability to ensure the right people are in the right seats for this new chapter.

Market expansion

Scaling into new territories or industries requires a plug-and-play people infrastructure that can be replicated quickly without breaking your core culture.

The People Pulse Method

We don’t just give you a "to-do list" or a strategy deck. We build the rules of the game so your team can handle the play. We take the unwritten rules in your head and turn them into a system that works without you in the room.

1

Diagnostic

Identify the Friction. We pinpoint exactly where your time and profit are stalling.

2

Installation

Build the OS. We install the structural frameworks your team needs to scale.

3

Codification

Write the Playbook. We extract your "Founder’s Genius" into repeatable.

4

Handover

Exit the Chaos. We stress-test the team, hand over the keys, and step out.

Ready To Transform Your Team?

We pride ourselves on moving quickly and responding to your needs.

Schedule a discovery call to discuss your specific challenges and how we might work together.

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Schedule a 30-minute conversation to explore how we can help your business grow with heart.

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dhundley@peoplepulseventures.com

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People Pulse Ventures

803-836-0306

Headquartered in Fort Mill, SC ; Servicing Clients throughout the US

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