Bill MacGowan

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.