Maureen Gardner

Director, Business Development

Maureen Gardner is a Director, Business Development, responsible for managing new Empyrean prospect relationships while also cultivating connections with sourcing advisors, consultants, and brokers. She also partners closely with the operations team to ensure that expectations set during the sales process are delivered through implementation and ongoing service.

Prior to joining the Empyrean team in March 2022, Maureen spent a combined 18 years at Ceridian working with both mid-sized and enterprise organizations to select and implement full suite HCM solutions. In between the Ceridian years, she spent 13 years at ADP serving as a Senior Health & Welfare Solution Architect for the large market. There she worked with new clients to determine appropriate administration solutions and managed the transition of work to the implementation team. The last 10 years at ADP she served as a Strategic Client Partner to ADP’s largest clients and focused on partnership, solution delivery, and client retention.

During her career, Maureen has worked with many large and complex clients and brings a wealth of diverse experience to help companies craft effective and impactful employee benefits technology and service solutions.

Maureen earned a B.A. from Bowling Green State University.