Matthew Burr

Matthew W. Burr is a human resources leader, educator, and consultant with over 11 years of experience in the HR field. He is the Founder and Managing Principal of Burr Consulting, LLC, a human resource consulting firm serving small and medium-sized organizations. His professional background includes extensive experience in manufacturing and healthcare, along with deep expertise in labor and employment relations. Why you should listen Matthew specializes in labor and employment law, employee relations, conflict resolution, performance management, and labor relations, bringing both practical and strategic insight to complex workplace challenges. With a strong HR generalist foundation, he provides strategic HR services tailored to the needs of small and mid-sized organizations. In addition to his consulting work, Matthew began serving as an Associate Professor of Business Administration at Elmira College in July 2017, where he teaches human resources management, organizational behavior, and management information systems. He also serves as the SHRM Certification Exam Instructor at the institution. Matthew works as a trainer with Tompkins Cortland Community College, Corning Community College, Broome Community College, and Penn State University. He also acts as an on-call Mediator and Fact-Finder through the Public Employment Relations Board in New York State, working with public sector employers and labor unions. Matthew has published work in the Cornell HR Review, Business Insider, and Expert 360 (Australia) and is the author of “$74,000 in 24 Months: How I Killed My Student Loans (and You Can Too!)”. He has also been featured by CNN Money, Fast Company, Fits Small Business, My Twin Tiers, Namely, Student Loan Hero, Smartsheet, and CEO Blog Nation. He holds an associate’s degree in business administration from Tompkins Cortland Community College, a Bachelor of Science in business management from Elmira College, and a master’s degree in human resources and industrial relations from the University of Illinois School of Labor and Employment Relations. Matthew also holds a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certification, both the SPHR and SHRM-SCP credentials, and an MBA with a specialization in entrepreneurship from Syracuse University, completed in December 2017.