Business growth and transformation. Culture. Inclusion and diversity. Engagement. As Chief People Officer at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Alan drives these areas and more. Over his five years at HPE, Alan has transformed the Human Resource team to become a strategic function that partners with businesses to help foster innovation, raise the bar on talent, increase diversity, and advance culture and business results. His strategic leadership and oversight were instrumental in the 2015 corporate formation of HPE in its separation from HP. Since then, Alan has played a pivotal role in many transformation efforts, spin-offs and acquisitions. In partnership with the CEO, Board of Directors, and his peers on the Executive Committee, Alan continues to optimize the HPE culture and organizational structure to achieve the company’s bold goals for transformation and growth. Under Alan’s leadership, HPE has announced many industry-leading benefits and programs around parental leave, behavioral health, wellness and flexible working. His leadership has raised the bar to enable all team members to grow personally and professionally, as well as enjoy an inclusive work environment. HPE has seen record-breaking, year-over-year employee engagement results, with 2020 engagement scores over eight percent. At the same time, HPE has increased diversity representation, reduced attrition and improved leadership effectiveness scores. Alan speaks on topics such as culture, the future of the HR function, inclusion and diversity and wellness. He’s often featured in industry and business publications like Human Resource Director, Human Resource Executive, Fortune, and the Silicon Valley Business Journal.Before joining HPE, Alan worked at The Boeing Company for eight years. He led HR for Boeing’s Commercial Airplanes division; was head of HR for the Defense, Space & Security business; and served as Vice President of Strategy, Compensation and Benefits.He’s also held leadership positions at Cerberus Capital Management PepsiCo, TRW and Caterpillar.Alan serves on Board of Trustees for the American Foundation for the Blind and the San Francisco Symphony. A graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Alan earned a bachelor’s degree in economics and a master’s degree in industrial and labor relations.