HRPro/BenePro Acquires HR Consulting Firm Management Impact

Acquisition will further strengthen company's commitment to Total People Solutions

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May 11, 2015, 01:48 ET

ROYAL OAK, Mich., May 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- HRPro/BenePro, a Royal Oak, Mich.-based provider of human resources and benefit advisory services and administration, has acquired Grosse Pointe, Mich.-based Management Impact, a human resources consulting firm. The company will become part of HR Impact, the HR consulting services division of HRPro/BenePro.

"The acquisition of Management Impact fits exceptionally well and strengthens our portfolio of Total People Solutions services, which will now include advisory and administration services in both human resources and employee benefits," said Kristopher Powell, CEO of HRPro/BenePro. "We can now provide our clients with a fully integrated solution from the strategy and planning phases to the tactical and administration portion of all of their 'People' functions."

Elizabeth Williams, previously vice president with Management Impact, will assume the role of vice president of consulting services for HR Impact where she will lead a small, but growing, team of HR consultants.

"I could not be happier with this move," said Williams. "Our consultants will now have a complete portfolio of services to fully integrate with our clients' needs, which rounds out our ability to really improve the 'People' part of our clients' business."

"We are delighted to have a company like HRPro/BenePro acquire our firm," said Amy Schaden, president of Management Impact. "In today's challenging compliance and legal environment, we now have a partner that is an excellent fit and will continue the many fine parts of HR consulting that we have created over the years."

Management Impact was originally founded in 1964 by Rowland Austin and has been overseen in recent years by his daughter, Amy Lynn Schaden. For more information on HRPro/BenePro, visit www.hrpro.biz or www.benepro.com.

Founded in 1990, Royal Oak, Mich.-based HRPro/BenePro is a $4 million company that emphasizes its Total People Solutions portfolio to help clients best deal with all of their people issues and challenges, including human resource and benefits advisory, HR and benefit administration, HRIS and payroll. Nationally, they are a partner firm with United Benefit Advisors, a partnership of the nation's premier independent advisory firms.

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