Workday & HRIS
Functional-technical ownership across HCM, Absence, Benefits, Recruiting, reporting, data, security, and post-go-live operations.
HRIS · Workday · Integrations · Systems
I build systems that make complicated work simpler.
I’m Mike Wernert, an HR technology and systems leader focused on Workday, integrations, operations, and practical applications of AI. I turn messy processes into systems people can actually use.
Workday
HCM, Absence, Benefits, Reporting
Integrations
Data, vendors, APIs, SFTP
Systems
Operations, governance, process design
AI
Practical tools for real workflows
What I do
Where systems, people, and technology meet.
I work between technical systems and the people who depend on them, making complex HR technology clearer, more reliable, and easier to operate.
Integrations
Designing and troubleshooting the connections between HR platforms, vendors, files, APIs, SFTP endpoints, and downstream systems.
Systems & AI
Building practical tools and workflows that reduce friction, automate repetitive work, and make information easier to use.
Leadership & Operations
Turning ambiguity into priorities, ownership, documentation, implementation plans, service models, and teams that can scale.
Selected work
Complex problems. Practical systems.
The work I enjoy most sits where data, systems, business process, and people all have to line up.
HR technology systems
Building reliable HR operations at scale.
From enterprise Workday ownership and integration ecosystems to global absence, benefits, reporting, security, data conversion, and post-go-live stabilization, I focus on making the whole system work together.
Integration ecosystems
Connect the systems. Simplify the ownership.
Standards, authentication, file delivery, testing, troubleshooting, vendor coordination, and operational handoff.
Implementation & stabilization
Make go-live survivable.
Data conversion, issue triage, process cleanup, knowledge transfer, and the operating model that comes after implementation.
From the lab
Things I’m building.
Small tools and experiments built around real problems. Most start with: “there has to be a better way.”
Live experiment
Personal systems
Household Finance
A lightweight budgeting and transaction-tracking system with a custom mobile interface and monthly-close workflow.
Concept
Knowledge systems
Workday Knowledge Base
A searchable field guide for reusable Workday patterns, troubleshooting, and lessons learned.
Concept
HR technology
Integration Tracker
A lightweight console for integration inventory, testing, ownership, authentication, environments, and blockers.
About Mike
I like making complicated things easier to understand.
My career has lived at the intersection of people, operations, and technology. I’ve led teams, owned HR systems, worked through implementations and migrations, supported integrations, and helped organizations bring structure to messy operational realities.
What I enjoy most is the systems thinking underneath the work: understanding how information moves, where ownership breaks down, what people actually need, and how a better process or tool can remove friction.
Lately, that also means experimenting with AI and lightweight software to build practical tools instead of waiting for someone else to build them.