Dedicated HR Support
Access a dedicated HR team that provides strategic guidance, day-to-day support, employee relations assistance, policy development, performance management, and operational structure tailored to your organization.
Konnect gives San Diego businesses a dedicated extension of their team for strategic HR guidance, daily people operations, compliance, and employee growth. From California employment requirements to building stronger workplace cultures, our experienced professionals create practical systems that help organizations attract, retain, and support exceptional talent. Get the confidence to make informed people decisions while keeping HR human.

Flexible HR support, compliance tools, and learning resources designed to strengthen people operations and organizational capability.
Access a dedicated HR team that provides strategic guidance, day-to-day support, employee relations assistance, policy development, performance management, and operational structure tailored to your organization.
Use a centralized portal for current employment documents, requested updates, practical guidance, and ongoing notifications about federal and California employment-law changes and HR best practices.
Deliver compliance training, leadership development, and professional learning through assigned pathways, progress tracking, reporting, certifications, and on-demand content that supports employee capability and growth.
Konnect pairs executive-level perspective with practical support, helping businesses establish reliable HR systems without losing the human connection. Our Center of Excellence approach brings together experienced professionals for the challenges that matter most: compliance, culture, performance, employee relations, and retention. For San Diego employers navigating California’s evolving workplace requirements, we help turn complex people responsibilities into clear, sustainable programs that support growth.

Experienced, scalable HR guidance designed around the realities of your organization.
Gain perspective shaped by 25+ years of HR leadership across complex organizations and industries.
Keep people at the center while receiving practical guidance for everyday workplace decisions.
Navigate California employment expectations with support that recognizes San Diego employers’ compliance responsibilities.
Access sector-specific HR support that can serve both growing businesses and established enterprises.
Executive-level HR experience, delivered with a human approach.

Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Jamie Viramontes is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Konnect, bringing more than 25 years of human resources leadership experience to the organizations he serves. Beginning his career in recruiting, Jamie rose through the ranks to hold CHRO roles at Forever 21 and UCI Health, and served as VP of HR at Chipotle, with additional experience at JPMorgan Chase & Co. His career spans multiple industries, including food & beverage, finance, hospitality, healthcare, entertainment, retail, and technology. Jamie is known for building cultures of engagement and driving improved retention rates for the organizations he supports. He holds an undergraduate degree from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, and an Executive MBA from the University of California, Irvine's Paul Merage School of Business. Jamie founded Konnect to bring executive-level HR expertise to businesses of every size, combining strategic insight with a genuine commitment to people-centered solutions.
Konnect provides dedicated strategic and operational HR support, including employee relations, policy development, performance management, compliance guidance, people processes, and organizational culture support. Businesses can also access centralized compliance documents and notifications through KonnectER, learning and development through KonnectED, and AI-enabled HR information support through KonnectAI. Services are designed to scale for small businesses and larger enterprises.
Speak with experienced professionals about your organization’s people priorities today.
Executive-level insight across complex organizations
Experience spanning diverse business sectors
Support for businesses of all sizes
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