Melissa Tessendorf

Melissa Tessendorf has a diverse work experience, starting with their role as a Compensation Consultant at W. T. Haigh & Company in 2000. Melissa then joined Salary.com as the Managing Director of Professional Services, where they were responsible for leading global professional services initiatives. In 2015, Melissa joined CVS Health as the Director of Retail Compensation. After that, they worked at IBM Smarter Workforce as a Practice Leader and later as the Vice President of Professional Services. Currently, Melissa is working at Bright Horizons as the GVP of Total Rewards & HR Operations, where they previously held the roles of Vice President of Total Rewards and Vice President of Compensation.

Melissa Tessendorf obtained a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in the period of 1987 to 1991. Melissa then pursued a Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Industrial and Labor Relations from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, completing it from 1991 to 1993. Additional details are not provided regarding their education history before or after these specific academic programs.