Thursday, December 3, 2020 - 5:30 to 6:30
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We are pleased to welcome Mitch Schwartz of Micro Focus, one of the world’s largest enterprise software providers that delivers trusted and proven mission-critical software that keeps the digital world running. Mitch serves as Vice President of Global Talent Acquisition. In this role, Mitch is responsible for developing and leading the planning, design, implementation, communciation, and delivery of the company’s recruitment strategy across the organization.
Prior to this role, Mitch was the Senior HR Business Partner for Hewlett-Packard Enterprise’s Worldwide Software Sales and Marketing organization. In this role, Mitch partnered with the Software executive leadership team to lead strategic human resources activities including workforce development, organization development and effectiveness, talent management, executive recruiting, compensation, and other HR processes and practices. Mitch originally joined Hewlett Packard to lead a team of 250 employees responsible for the strategy and delivery of recruitment, mobility, and workforce management solutions and services to all Hewlett-Packard businesses and functions in North, Central, and South America.
In his distinguished career, Mitch has held several executive leadership positions, including at Comcast, where he served as Vice President of Talent Acquisition leading the design, development, and implementation of strategic, enterprise-wide recruiting, retention, talent management, and employment initiatives. Preceding Comcast, Mitch was Vice President of Human Resources for Commerce Bank, where he led Human Resources for their Retail Business. Mitch began his career with Bank of America as a Bank Sales Manager prior to transitioning to Human Resources.
Mitch received his MBA and BS from the University of Maryland in College Park, Maryland. He has also earned his SPHR certification from the Society of Human Resource Management, Six Sigma Green Belt certification, and serves on the Board of the Philadelphia Society of People and Strategy.