Bill Mcgowan Email & Phone Number

• Company provides a broad-base of Executive Search, Management/Professional and Technical recruitment, HR consulting and outsourcing services for clients.Following is a brief summary of the services that Bill and the.
• Interim Human Resources Management
• Staffing Programs - Executive Search - Management, Professional & Technical Recruitment
• Compensation & Benefit Program Development - Executive Packages - Equity Plan Development - Reward & Recognition Programs - Benefits Management
• Organizational Development - Training - Change Management - Performance Management - Coaching & Counseling - Employee Surveys
• Communications

San Mateo, California, US

• Hired as founding management team member (2 Founders & CEO) to recruit executive team and functional staffs to scale this desktop virtualization company as part of a VC-backed venture. Initial focus was to provide.
• Identified and hired key leaders for U.S., China, India, Singapore, Poland, UK and South America.
• Initiated global HR programs, practices and culture.
• Implemented global equity and compensation programs in over 15 countries.
• Provided HR corporate governance to CEO, President, CFO and the Board of Directors.

• Part of a new management team brought in by a VC to transition this 25 year-old company from a hardware orientation to software products and services and a potential IPO. Initial focus was to provide leadership in.
• Identified and hired key leaders for U.S., China, India, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan and South America.
• Improved company’s competitiveness by realigning the U.S. employee cost structure through reorganization, new benefit programs, employee cost-sharing and compensation program management.
• Initiated global HR program, practices and culture.
• Implemented global equity and compensation programs.
• Provided HR corporate governance to President & CEO, CFO and the Board of Directors.

Tokyo, JP

• Tokyo-based NEC executive management positioned me in a critical role to accelerate the move from a products-oriented to a solutions-based business model. I served as the chief liaison between the Japanese and American.
• Executive talent acquisition for key leadership positions
• Utilized considerable integration skills in merging 3 NEC businesses and cultures into single business
• Drove culture change by introducing open communications, employee survey and leadership development into the merged company
• Implemented adaptive and creative HR programs, practices and processes to establish a new culture
• Achieved significant cost reduction by leveraging the synergies of the 3 NEC businesses and resizing the workforces

• Key leadership role during company’s IPO process…developed all public company programs such as executive & employee stock option plan, employee stock purchase plan, Board of Directors compensation plan, etc.
• Drove development of corporate values and culture while establishing appropriate HR program linkage and communication
• Provided HR corporate governance to Chairman, President & CEO and BOD
• Provided global HR leadership and services including staffing, compensation and benefits, payroll, organization development, information services (IT), facilities & administrative services and travel management.
• Key/lead member on all merger and acquisition teams

• Managed the staffing, recruitment, professional development/training, compensation, performance and change management program initiatives of this global company (GE Information Services) of 2500 employees.
• Key member on all merger and acquisition teams, Six Sigma program and Workout Initiatives
• Major areas of strength include integration skills, global culture change, compensation, executive talent assessment (Jack Welch’s Session C Process) and mergers and acquisition.