HR technology that works for your people.

Independent HRIS advisory for aged care, NFP, financial services and legal. Vendor-neutral, people-first.

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"I help compliance-driven organisations navigate HRIS implementation and optimisation, so their systems work for their people, not the other way around."

Alisha Waterman, Founder, PeopleFirst Digital
95%
User adoption, Anglicare
30→14%
Staff turnover reduction
42→13
Days to hire (bulk roles)
25+
Years in HR technology
Who I work with

Compliance-driven sectors, deeply understood.

I work with HR leaders, CEOs, and executive teams in organisations where getting HR technology right isn't optional. I'm not a vendor. I'm not an implementer. I'm the advisor who sits on your side of the table.

Aged Care
Compliance-first systems for a workforce under pressure.
NFP
Lean teams, funded outcomes, systems that hold up to audit.
Financial Services
Regulated environments where getting systems right isn't optional.
Legal
Precision-driven firms that expect the same from their tools.
Services

Five ways I can help.

Advisory only. I review, recommend, and guide. All decisions remain yours.

01
Pre-implementation & business case advisory
Build the internal case, define requirements, get board and exec buy-in before anything is purchased.
$8,000 – $15,000
02
Vendor selection advisory
Vendor-neutral guidance through selection, RFP support, demos, and recommendation.
$10,000 – $20,000
03
New implementation advisory
People-side advisory and oversight through the implementation, not project management.
$25,000 – $60,000+
04
Remediation & rescue
Your first implementation might not have worked. That's fixable.
$15,000 – $35,000
05
Enhancement & optimisation
Getting more from an existing system: better configuration, adoption, and reporting.
$8,000 – $20,000
R
Retained advisory
Ongoing guidance, available when you need me, across your HR technology roadmap.
$3,000 – $5,000 / month
Case studies

Evidence, not promises.

Anglicare Sydney
Greenfield Workday HRIS Implementation
5,500 employees. No HRIS. Existing platform identified as not fit for purpose before a dollar was spent on it.
✓Staff turnover reduced from 30% to 14%
✓Time-to-hire cut from 42 days to 13 days
✓95% user adoption within 3 months of go-live
✓25 paper-based HR forms eliminated
✓Deloitte Global case study · AHRI finalist 2025
HammondCare
LMS Remediation & Clinical Compliance Uplift
SumTotal LMS partially deployed, no requirements baseline, new aged care compliance obligations in place.
✓100 paper-based competency assessments digitised
✓Audit-ready compliance reporting from one platform
✓Training renewal fully automated
✓Clinical staff now record competencies via iPad on-site
Clyde & Co
LMS Remediation & Global Rollout
SABA LMS stalled after UK rollout. No requirements baseline. Multi-state CPD compliance unresolved across 53 offices.
✓Full rollout across 4 regions: UK, EMEA, Americas, APAC
✓53 offices · 3,500 employees · 18 months
✓Multi-state US CPD resolved via purpose-built integration
✓~10 stakeholders per region through full requirements process
About

Alisha Waterman

25 years in HR technology. Nine of them in aged care and NFP. I've watched too many organisations sign a contract, then spend two years fighting the system they bought.

PeopleFirst Digital exists to stop that before it starts. Independent, vendor-neutral advice from someone who has sat inside some of Australia's most respected organisations and understands the compliance pressures, the workforce complexity, and what it actually takes to get a system to work for the people who use it.

25+
Years in HR tech
9
In aged care & NFP
1
Person, on your side
0
Vendor kickbacks, ever

"Workday has helped us transform how we recruit, retain, and manage our workforce. We've replaced disconnected, manual systems with a single platform that empowers managers, drives better decisions, and ultimately helps us deliver greater impact for the people in our care."

Yvette McDonald
Chief People and Customer Officer, Anglicare Sydney
Deloitte Global Case Study
AHRI Best Use of Technology Finalist 2025
Workday Elevate Featured Speaker

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No pitch deck. Just a conversation about what's actually going on.

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