GEC NEWS WIREBillie Hartless has been named Chief Human Resources Officer for Polycom. Hartless will succeed the company’s former HR leader Laura Owen, who is leaving Polycom to pursue a new opportunity.
Hartless is a global HR executive with nearly 25 years of experience working in all aspects of HR at Nokia. Most recently, she served as the Vice President of HR for HERE, an innovative leader in location based cloud technology.
“I’m thrilled to have Billie join our executive team to lead our global HR function,” said CEO Mary McDowell. “She has a strong track record of leading diverse teams, organisational change, cultural transformation, and defining effective strategies to realise business results.”
“I am excited about joining Polycom because their brand promise of ‘defying distance’ resonates with me after spending so much time on airplanes and in airports throughout my career,” said Hartless. “Polycom is revolutionising the way work gets done and how distributed teams can truly connect with superior voice and video technology that enriches the experience and allows the ‘human element’ to come through.”
