Bill MacGowan
Organization leader
Who is Bill MacGowan?
As Chief Human Resources Officer and Executive Vice President of
People and Places, Bill MacGowan is focused on Sun's biggest asset, our
workforce. His mission is to attract, develop and retain outstanding
talent for Sun, and provide them with the knowledge and work
environment to perform at their best. MacGowan's People and
Places organization is responsible for developing reward strategies
that attract the best and brightest people, creating innovative
learning and development opportunities for employees, providing
flexible work arrangement through Sun's iWork program that allows us to
draw on a broad, diverse talent pool, managing Sun's global facilities
portfolio and identifying strategic locations targeted for workforce
growth.MacGowan was most recently the Senior Vice President of
Human Resources for Sun Microsystems. In this role, he set the
strategic direction for HR and organized the function to focus on
several big pieces of work: advising Sun's executives on workforce and
organizational issues, delivering HR services to Sun's global
workforce, establishing strong total rewards packages for employees,
and driving company-wide employee communications.MacGowan joined
Sun Microsystems in June 1998 to lead HR for Sun's Enterprise Services
division. As his responsibilities at Sun grew, he served as Vice
President of HR for Sun's Systems, Storage and Operations business
groups, and later as Vice President of Human Resources, Global Centers
of Expertise, in which Bill led all corporate HR functions. MacGowan
brings to the role 25 years of experience in leading Human Resources
organizations. Previously, Bill was a Vice President of Human Resources
for Quest Diagnostics and Corning Inc. Earlier in his career, he gained
extensive HR experience, with a particular focus in compensation, at
the global pharmaceuticals firm Allergan and at aerospace/defense
contractor Northrop Grumman. In his personal time, MacGowan serves as a
national trustee for the American Foundation for the Blind. Bill
completed his BA degree in Political Science at Claremont McKenna
College.
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- Also known as
- William N. MacGowan
- William N Macgowan
- Employment
- Chief Human Resources Officer and Executive VP of People and Places, Sun Microsystems
- Chief HR Officer, Sun Microsystems
- Executive Vice President, Sun Microsystems
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on July 23, 2013
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