Meet Arianny Mercedes

Arianny Mercedes is a scholar, researcher, entrepreneur, and workforce strategist focused on the future of work, economic mobility, and access to opportunity. She is currently a student and researcher at the University of Birmingham Dubai, where she is pursuing an MSc in Human Resource Management. Her research explores the intersection of labor markets, artificial intelligence, human capital, wage inequality, social mobility, and organizational strategy, with a particular interest in how technology and institutions are reshaping work and economic opportunity globally.

Arianny is an alumna of the University of Virginia, where, as a Distinguished Majors Honors student, her research examined the long-term economic and social consequences of the New Deal and its influence on racial inequality and wealth distribution into the 21st century.

She is the founder of Revamped, a global career and workforce consultancy focused on closing gaps in wages, talent, skills, and opportunity. Revamped has built a community of more than 110,000 professionals worldwide and supported hundreds of professionals in securing opportunities at leading global organizations. Revamped’s advisory and consulting portfolio includes collaborations with organizations such as OUAI, EA Sports, Google, Farmacy Beauty, and the New York State Department of Health.

A Jack Kent Cooke Scholar, Arianny brings more than seven years of experience across human resources, talent acquisition, workforce strategy, and change management, including experience with American Express, Accenture, Meta, and Fidelity Investments. Her work and perspectives have been featured in Forbes, Business Insider, CNN, and other major media outlets. Across her academic and professional work, she is committed to understanding and building systems that expand economic mobility and opportunity in a rapidly changing world of work.

Her academic research and professional practice are connected by a central question: how can institutions, employers, technology, and public policy be designed to create more equitable pathways to economic mobility in a rapidly changing world of work?