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CHRO Moves – week ending January 10, 2020

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Invitation Homes Inc. Pella GODIVA Chocolatier
Bullhorn Avetta, LLC PROS
Medidata OCC Weave
Vor Biopharma

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Elizabeth Galloway

Invitation Homes Inc. [DALLAS] (NYSE: INVH) announced that Elizabeth Galloway has joined the company as executive vice president and chief human resources officer (CHRO).  Prior to joining Invitation Homes, Galloway was CHRO of home décor retailer At Home. Previously, she held human resources leadership positions with PepsiCo, Owens Corning and Marathon Petroleum Company.

Pella [Pella, Iowa] appointed John Bollman as Chief Human Resources Officer. Bollman comes to Pella from Cooper Tire & Rubber Company where he was the Senior Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer.

Amy Zuckerman

GODIVA Chocolatier [NEW YORK] announced that Amy Zuckerman has joined the company as Chief People Officer. Zuckerman joins from Salvatore Ferragamo where, during her nearly 20-year tenure, she built the North American HR infrastructure.

Bullhorn [BOSTON] announced that Kristin Machacek Leary has joined the company as its Chief People Officer. Leary joins Bullhorn from Hitachi Vantara, where she served as Chief Human Resources Officer. Previously, Leary spent more than two years as Chief Human Resources Officer at Forcepoint. Leary has spent her career primarily leading people functions at companies including Alphatec Spine, Boston Scientific, and Hewlett-Packard.

Aaron Wattam

Avetta, LLC [OREM, Utah] announced the appointment of Aaron Wattam as chief human resources officer. Most recently, he served as VP – Global Human Resources at Paradigm Ltd. for almost a decade, including 2 years spent post-acquisition by Emerson Electric to create Emerson’s E&P Software group. 

PROS [HOUSTON] (NYSE: PRO) announced that Nikki Brewer has been appointed as Chief People Officer. Brewer joined PROS in 2017 as Vice President of Total Rewards.

Naveen Bhateja

Medidata [New York] appointed Naveen Bhateja to SVP, Chief People Officer. Bhateja most recently served as People Business Partner at Medidata until his appointment in to Chief People Officer in Oct. 2019. Prior to joining Medidata, he was global vice president of HR for Juniper Networks for five years. Bhajeta’s career spans nearly 25 years at companies including GE, JP Morgan Chase, Experian and Amazon.

OCC [CHICAGO] announced that Carla Dawson, previously First Vice President, Talent Management, has been promoted to Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Before joining OCC in 2017, Dawson served for nearly 20 years in a series of roles of increased responsibility at Driehaus Capital Management, LLC, including as the Managing Director, Human Resources. Previously, Dawson worked for two executive search firms; Heidrick & Struggles, and Korn Ferry, as well as the financial services firm of Abaco De Bolsa.

Angie Balfour

Weave [LEHI, Utah] announced that Angie Balfour has joined as the company’s first Chief People Officer (CPO).Prior to joining Weave, Angie spent over five years at Instagram and Facebook. Most recently, she served as Head of Instagram Human Resources and Director of Human Resources at Facebook. Prior to that, Angie spent over a decade at Fairchild Semiconductor as a Senior Global Human Resources Manager and Human Resources Business Partner.

Vor Biopharma [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced that Tania Philipp has joined as Vice President of People. Prior to joining Vor, Philipp was Vice President and Head of Human Resources at Tango Therapeutics. Tania has held various senior human resources positions for Bavarian Nordic, Mendel Biotechnology, Sunesis Pharmaceuticals, Pearl Therapeutics (acquired by AstraZeneca) and Protein Design Labs.

CHRO Moves – week ending February 8, 2019

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CHRO Moves this week include:

Waste Management Boardwalk Pipeline Partners The Trade Desk
EnsembleIQ Echo Global Logistics, Inc. Dynata
Cedilla Therapeutics Clinical Innovations Meritage Hospitality Group, Inc.
Eta Compute Inc. Cetera Oportun

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Waste Management [HOUSTON] recently hired Tamla Oates-Forney as senior vice president and chief human resources officer. Prior to WM, Forney served in numerous positions throughout her 20 years at General Electric including the Senior Executive and Human Resources Director for GE Africa, Chief Diversity Officer for GE Appliances & Lighting, and most recently, Vice President of Human Resources for GE Energy Connections.

Boardwalk Pipeline Partners [HOUSTON] announced that Mercy Kamps has been promoted to the Senior Management Team, where she will serve as Boardwalk’s Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Communications and Investor Relations. Mercy previously served as Boardwalk’s Vice President, Assistant General Counsel and led the Legal Operations team.

The Trade Desk [LOS ANGELES] (NASDAQ: TTD) announced the appointment of Shelley Zajic as Chief Talent Officer. Previously, she served as Global Head of Human Resources at the Patrón Spirits Company. Prior to Patrón, Shelley held human resource leadership roles at Apollo Education Group, Schottenstein Stores Corporation, and UnitedHealth Group, among others.

EnsembleIQ [CHICAGO] announced that it has appointed Ann Jadown as Chief Human Resources Officer. Jadown joins EnsembleIQ from Mario Tricoci Hair Salons & Day Spas.

Echo Global Logistics, Inc. [CHICAGO] (NASDAQ: ECHO) announced that Paula Frey has been named Chief Human Resources Officer. Prior to working at Echo, Ms. Frey worked at the Education Corporation of America as EVP and Chief Human Resources Officer. From 2008 to 2015, Ms. Frey worked at Sears Holdings Corporation in multiple roles, including Senior HR Business Partner and Vice President of Human Resources, as well as Interim Chief Human Resources Officer. For 19 years, Ms. Frey was Senior Director of Human Resources at Motorola, where she worked in Mergers and Acquisitions, Business Partnering, Talent Acquisition, and Talent Management.

Dynata [DALLAS] announced that Dawn Hirsch is joining the company as Executive Vice President, Human Resources. Before joining Dynata, Hirsch was Chief Human Resources Officer at HireRight. She also held senior positions at inVentiv Health, Lend Lease and Thomson Reuters.

Cedilla Therapeutics [CAMBRIDGE, Mass.] announced the appointment of Andrew Dawson as chief human resources officer. Dawson joins Cedilla after having served in senior roles of increasing scope and responsibility at Shire, Roche, Novartis, Eli Lilly and TripAdvisor. Most recently, he was a senior vice president and head of human resources at Enzyvant.

Clinical Innovations [SALT LAKE CITY] announced it has hired Jason Whetstone as vice president of human resources. Whetstone was most recently the senior director of human resources for Polaris Industries’ Engineering and Lean organizations. He previously worked in HR for General Mills for more than a decade.

Jeff VanHaitsma

Meritage Hospitality Group, Inc. [GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.] (OTCQX: MHGU) announced the promotion of Jeff VanHaitsma to Vice President of Human Resources. VanHaitsma joined Meritage in 2014 as Director of Organizational Development.  He grew his talent management and human resources experience at Herman Miller, Family Christian Stores and Amway.

Eta Compute Inc. [WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif.] announced that Leon Bezdikian joined the company as vice president of human resources. During his career he held vice president, human resources positions with InvenSense, Inc., Inphi Corporation, SiBEAM, and other fast-growing technology companies.

Cetera [LOS ANGELES] appointed Jeannie Finkel as Chief Human Resources Officer. Finkel most recently held the position of Chief Administrative Officer at Cydcor. Jeannie has previously served as a senior HR leader, business focused executive team member and trusted advisor to senior management for companies such as Charles Schwab, Countrywide Financial and Trust Company of the West.

Oportun [SAN CARLOS, Calif.] announced it has appointed Robin Lykins as its Chief People Officer. Lykins joins Oportun after having served in a number of senior roles at Verifone, most recently as Chief People Officer. Prior, she held executive leadership positions at Risk Management Solutions (RMS), MegaPath, California Eastern Laboratories, Trazar Corporation, and Applied Materials. She began her career in HR roles with Nordstrom and Macy’s.

CHRO Moves – week ending April 6, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

3M Unisys Corporation Atlas Air Worldwide
TreeTown USA Gainsight Grainger

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3M [ST. PAUL, Minn.] announced that Kristen Ludgate is appointed senior vice president, Human Resources, effective July 1, 2018. She most recently served as senior vice president, Corporate Communications and Enterprise Services. Prior to her current role, Ludgate was vice president of Global Human Resources Business Operations. Ludgate has also served as chief compliance officer, following her role as chief employment counsel. Previous to 3M she was a business lawyer in private practice and also held multiple positions in higher education. Ludgate will succeed Marlene McGrath, who announced her intention to retire, effective July 1, 2018.

Unisys Corporation [BLUE BELL, Pa. and DALLAS] (NYSE: UIS) announced that Katie Ebrahimi has joined the company today as its next senior vice president and Chief Human Resources Officer. Ebrahimi’s appointment is effective April 26. She will succeed Dave Loeser, who has served in the role for five years. Ebrahimi joins Unisys from DXC Technology, where she served as vice president of Human Resources, Global Delivery. Prior to joining DXC, Ebrahimi served as vice president of Human Resources, Enterprise Services, Global Practices & Solutioning for Hewlett-Packard Enterprise. Previously, she served in increasingly senior roles with Cisco Systems, Inc., Sun Microsystems, Inc. and McAfee, LLC.

Atlas Air Worldwide [PURCHASE, N.Y.] (NASDAQ: AAWW) has appointed Patricia Goodwin-Peters as Senior Vice President of Human Resources. Ms. Goodwin-Peters joins Atlas Air with more than 15 years of human resources experience. Most recently, she was the Head of Human Resources North America for Kate Spade & Company. Prior to Kate Spade, Ms. Goodwin-Peters held senior HR positions with Aeropostale, Inc. and Ralph Lauren Corporation.

TreeTown USA [HOUSTON] announced the promotion of Terri Cook to the new position as corporate vice president of human resources. Previously, Cook was Village Nurseries’ vice president of human resources and risk management.

Gainsight™ [SAN FRANCISCO] announced the addition of Carol Mahoney as Chief People Officer. Most recently, Carol was SVP of People and Culture at Zoosk. Prior to Zoosk, Carol held HR leadership roles for hyper-growth companies including LivingSocial, Yahoo, and Intuit. In 2009, she founded her own firm, Talent Acquisition On Demand, Inc., where she helped build talent acquisition capability and programs for clients including Meebo, Logitech, and OPOWER.

Grainger [CHICAGO] (NYSE: GWW) announced that Joseph High has decided to retire as Grainger’s Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer.

CHRO Moves – week ending March 23, 2018

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CHRO Moves this week include:

General Motors Ford Motor Company Exostar
Tidewater Inc. Tenable®, Inc. Brown-Forman Corporation

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Kimberly Brycz

General Motors [DETROIT] (NYSE: GM) named Kimberly Brycz as senior vice president, Global Human Resources. Brycz, who has served as executive director of Global Product Purchasing since 2013, succeeds Jose Tomas, who left GM to pursue other interests. Brycz began her GM career in 1983 with the Cadillac Motor Car Division in Detroit. Since then she has held various positions in GM’s Global Purchasing organization, including serving as the Global Purchasing lead for electrical systems, batteries and hybrids and interiors. Prior to her most recent role, Brycz served as executive director, Global Purchasing, Indirect Materials, Machinery and Equipment.

Kiersten Robinson

Ford Motor Company [DEARBORN, Mich.] announced Kiersten Robinson is elected Ford group vice president and appointed Chief Human Resources Officer. The appointment is effective April 1, 2018. Robinson previously served as the company’s interim Human Resources leader and brings a wealth of global experience in human resources spanning more than 23 years, including serving in Europe, Asia Pacific and most recently in the Americas. She joined the company in 1995 as a labor relations representative in Ford of Australia and quickly rose through the ranks, serving in the first of several international assignments in 1997 with the Ford of Europe manufacturing organization. Following two additional positions in Australia, Robinson moved to Ford’s headquarters in 2002 to hold a variety of roles of increasing responsibility, culminating in her appointment to vice president of Human Resources for Ford in Asia Pacific in 2010. In 2016, Robinson was appointed to lead human resources for The Americas, and in early 2017 her role was expanded to include Global Markets; a role in which she served until her appointment to interim leader of Human Resources in November 2017.

Exostar [HERNDON, Va.] announced the newest addition to its executive team, promoting Venencia Magnusen to the position of Vice President, Human Resources. Magnusen came to Exostar in 2015 from Harris IT Services Corporation. Prior to Harris, she served as HR Business Partner at Data Systems & Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Rolls-Royce. Earlier in her 20-year career, Magnusen worked as an Administrative Program Specialist for the Virginia Department of Transportation.

Tidewater Inc. [HOUSTON] (NYSE: TDW) announced the appointment of David Darling as Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer. Darling most recently was Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer for Gulfmark Offshore, Inc., where he was the Human Resource Director since 2007.  Prior to Gulfmark, he served in executive human resources roles with Rigdon Marine and a subsidiary of Ford Motor Company. Mr. Darling has additional offshore vessel industry experience as a Vessel Master and Operations Manager.

Tenable, Inc. [COLUMBIA, Md.] announced the appointment of Bridgett Paradise to the role of Chief People Officer. Paradise joins the company from Citadel Securities, where she held the role of Chief People Officer. Before that, she served as Senior Vice President and Chief People Officer at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. She spent more than 20 years at Microsoft Corporation, where she last held the role of General Manager, Human Resources for the Worldwide Services division.

Brown-Forman Corporation [LOUISVILLE, Ky.] (NYSE: BFA, BFB) announced that Tracy Skeans has been elected to the company’s Board of Directors. Skeans is Chief Transformation and People Officer of Yum! Brands, Inc. Prior to assuming her current position, Skeans was President of Pizza Hut International. Before that, Skeans served as Chief People Officer of Pizza Hut Global.

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