About
The people behind Emerion.
We built Emerion on a simple conviction: organizations deserve access to world-class HR and technology expertise — delivered by people who have done the work, not just advised on it.
Cris Ojeda
Founder & Director
I started my career in Chile building software and management systems. The moment that changed everything came when my employer transferred me to corporate headquarters in the United States — not something I sought, but someone who believed in my potential before I did.
For nearly six years I worked at the heart of a Nasdaq-listed company, with presence in more than 20 countries and over 80,000 employees. I learned that world-class standards are not aspirational — they are operational. That people decisions have measurable business consequences. And that HR technology, well implemented, is not a cost — it is a competitive advantage.
Returning to Chile, one thing became clear: I had in my hands an accumulation of experience, vision and tools that very few people in this market possess. And a market full of extraordinary companies that deserve access to that level of practice. Emerion was born from that conviction.
Background
- ▸Industrial Engineer — Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María (UTFSM)
- ▸Digital Transformation Management Diploma — Universidad de Chile
- ▸Harvard Business School Executive Education (2024)
- ▸Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania — Business Analytics (2020)
- ▸Former Director, Compensation & HRIS — Laureate Education (Nasdaq: LAUR) 2015–2025
- ▸17+ years leading HR transformations in multinational environments
- ▸Governed global HRIS for 80,000+ employees across 29 countries
Ed Drumm
US Partner
With more than 40 years in global HR, I have operated across 50+ countries and 46 US states, working in some of the world's most complex and demanding organizations. My career has been defined by one belief: that people strategy, when done right, is the single most powerful lever for business performance.
At Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola, and Laureate Education, I led and supported HR transformations at scale — executive compensation, organizational design, HRIS implementations across 29 countries. I had the privilege of working alongside legendary organizational design practitioner Jay Galbraith, which shaped how I think about structure and strategy.
I joined Emerion because Cris built something rare: a firm that combines genuine technical capability with real-world HR executive experience. That combination is what organizations need — and what the market rarely delivers.
Background
- ▸MBA — Top Ten Business School
- ▸40+ years in global HR — 50+ countries and 46 US states
- ▸Senior HR Executive at Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola, Laureate Education
- ▸Specialist in executive compensation, commission plan design and equity
- ▸Worked with Jay Galbraith on organizational design projects
- ▸Global HRIS implementations across 29 countries
Why Emerion exists.
The gap between what organizations need and what the HR consulting market delivers has widened for years. On one side: firms with strategy but no execution capability. On the other: implementation shops with no strategic vision. And almost nowhere: someone who has actually sat in the room making the decisions — compensation structures, HRIS selections, workforce transformations — and can now guide others through them with real authority.
That is what Emerion is. A firm small enough to guarantee senior attention on every engagement, and experienced enough to work at the level of the most complex global organizations.
Three pillars. One integrated approach.
People
People are at the center of everything we do. We design solutions that consider the culture, the individuals and the change they will experience.
Strategy
Every project starts from the business, not the process. We understand objectives before proposing solutions.
Technology
We don't recommend what we can't execute. We have real technical capability to implement, integrate and build — from targeted solutions to global-scale deployments.