Helix leadership team
Our Story

Built by operators. Run for founders.

Helix was founded in 2026, born out of a company that lived the problem firsthand. As we scaled UrgentFlex across the Southeast, we hit the same wall that stalls so many growing businesses: people operations that were too complex, too fragmented, and too costly to run well. So we built the HR, payroll, benefits, and compliance infrastructure we wished existed.

Then we looked around and realized nearly every SMB near us needed exactly the same thing. We're young by design and deep by background. Our leadership team brings a combined 78 years in the HR and workforce space, and we apply that experience inside a company still small enough to move fast and stay close to every client we take on.

Our strength is healthcare. We understand the compliance weight, the staffing pressure, and the margin discipline that define the sector, because we operate in it ourselves every day. That focus doesn't limit us. We serve businesses across industries, but healthcare is where our expertise runs deepest.

We're just getting started, and the ambition is clear: to become a major player in the PEO and HR world, built on a simple standard of doing right by the people and businesses we serve.

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Helix Principles

How we build and how we serve

The working principles that shape Helix as an operator-built workforce partner.

Operator-Built Thinking

Helix was built out of a real operating need, so our systems stay practical, disciplined, and grounded in what businesses actually need day to day.

Clarity Over Complexity

We simplify fragmented HR, payroll, benefits, and compliance work into one clear operating system that leaders can actually use.

Healthcare at the Core

Healthcare is where our expertise runs deepest, and that firsthand knowledge informs how we support regulated, high-pressure workforces.

Move Fast, Stay Close

We stay close to every client we take on, moving with urgency while keeping the kind of access and responsiveness growing companies rarely get.

Our Journey

From operator pain point to workforce platform

The milestones that explain why Helix exists and where it is headed.

Helix is founded

Helix launches in 2026 after the UrgentFlex team experiences firsthand how fragmented, expensive, and difficult people operations become as a business scales.

2026
Built

Infrastructure built from the inside

Instead of accepting broken systems, the team builds the HR, payroll, benefits, and compliance infrastructure they wished already existed.

Healthcare depth, broader reach

Helix grows from real healthcare operating experience while extending its workforce solutions to small and mid-sized businesses across industries.

Today
78 Yrs

78 years of combined experience

Helix leadership brings a combined 78 years in the HR and workforce space, applied inside a company still small enough to move quickly and stay close to its clients.

Built for founders and operators

Helix stays focused on small and mid-sized businesses that need serious infrastructure without the cost, friction, or distance of enterprise-scale bureaucracy.

SMBs
Next

Built to become a major player

The ambition is clear: become a major force in the PEO and HR world without losing the standard of doing right by the people and businesses Helix serves.

Leadership

Meet the people behind Helix

Leadership grounded in real operating experience and focused on building a stronger workforce through practical, scalable HR infrastructure.

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Joanell Paris-Santos

Founder / CEO of Helix Workforce Management

Founder/CEO of Urgentflex Holding, leading strategic planning, daily operations, and capital strategy. Oversees investor relations, securing funding through institutional and private channels, and maintains relationships with banks, private equity firms, and venture partners. On a mission to make profitable acquisitions in the medical industry while transforming it.

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Angela Pardue

CHRO of Helix Workforce Management

Angela leads human capital strategy as Chief Human Resources Officer. She designs and implements data-backed HR initiatives that align with business objectives, improve employee retention, and enhance overall company performance — directly supporting scalability and workforce excellence.

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