Kyle R. Cross

Kyle Cross is a Human Resources Leader, whose mission is to help organizations optimize and retain their high potential talents. In his current role, Kyle works with leaders across the organization to manage, engage, and cultivate their talent. Kyle and the HR team will champion employee-focused initiatives to help Lexicon and its clients attract, retain, and engage the most talented professionals in their industries. Further, he and his team will lead the entire employee life cycle from recruitment and talent selection to offboarding.

With a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Fontbonne University, and a Master of Arts in Human Resources Management from Webster University, Kyle uses his education and experience to find balance between organization and employee. Kyle has taken course work in organizational design, leadership, and compensation management. Further, he is working to become a more active member of the Greater St. Louis chapter of SHRM.

Kyle previously worked for Lexicon Services from 2017 – 2021 in multiple HR roles. Prior to re-joining Lexicon, Kyle served as the Human Resources Leader for Major League Soccer expansion franchise, St. Louis CITY SC from April 2021 until November 2022. During his tenure at CITY SC, Kyle led the entirety of the Talent Acquisition and Human Resources functions, seeing his employee population grow from thirteen (13) to well over two hundred (200). His time at CITY SC also afforded Kyle the experience of building and designing benefits and 401k programs, sourcing for and implementing an HRIS, and designing performance review processes that would go on to serve as the foundation of the Human Resources philosophy of the team.