Tricia Tomlinson

Who is Tricia Tomlinson?

As Vice President of Human Resources, Tricia Tomlinson has worldwide

responsibility for all human resources functions and activities as well

as driving the culture, environment, organizational systems and

processes that govern how work is done and people are treated at Azul

Systems. Tricia Tomlinson is a technology industry veteran and a

recognized human resources expert with 25 years of experience in

cultivating people, creating corporate cultures, and developing

workforces as a strategic, competitive advantage. Before joining Azul, Tricia sat on the

executive staff at palmOne as senior vice president human resources,

where she led the development of a new combined company culture for the

merger with Handspring, Inc. Prior to palmOne, she was vice president

human resources for Handspring where she led the development of the

company’s employee philosophies, programs, policies and human resources

infrastructure. During the company’s expansion period, she helped drive

the hiring from 70 to 450 employees worldwide in 18 months and was

instrumental in planning and orchestrating the integration of

Handspring and Palm Solutions following the acclaimed acquisition in

2003.

Prior to Handspring, Tricia served

as senior ranking officer of the Edify Corporation where she managed

all aspects of the human resources function, including organizational

design, compensation and benefits, training and development, employee

relations and recruitment. She played an integral role in the

successful negotiation of the company’s sale of its Employee Self

Service assets in May, 1999 and led the worldwide integration of all

aspects of the human resources functions and organization for the

merger of Edify with Security First Technologies and FICS Corporation.

Tricia

also served nine years at Apple Computer where she helped pioneer

cutting edge human resources programs in the early ‘80s to early’90s.

Tricia also held executive human resources management positions at

Xerox Corporation and Synopsys.

Tricia is

a graduate of the Program for Management Development at Harvard

Business School and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Pomona

College in Claremont, California.