Karen Coover

Current

Vice President of Human Resources at Apriva

Past

Director, Workforce Planning at Honeywell
Vice President of Human Resources at Honeywell Aerospace
HR Director at Honeywell Process Solutions

HR Manager at Honeywell Aerospace
HR Business Partner at Microsoft
HR Manager at Peregrine Systems
HR Technical Recruiter / Generalist at Microsoft

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Karen Coover’s Summary

Accomplished, senior business executive with progressive and diverse industry experience in start-up, mid-size and Fortune 100 companies. Proven track record of achievement, exceeding organizational goals and objectives, demonstrating extensive expertise in talent identification, leadership and organizational development, strategic workforce planning, change management, and acquisition integration.

Karen Coover’s Specialties:

Change Management, Organizational and Leadership Development, Acquisition Integration, Performance Management, Training and Development, Staffing and Workforce Planning, Employee Relations

Karen Coover’s Experience

Vice President of Human Resources

Apriva

(Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

October 2009 — Present (4 months)

HR leader for secure wireless technology company.
Director, Workforce Planning

Honeywell

(Public Company; HON; Aviation & Aerospace industry)

June 2009 — October 2009 (5 months)

Direct workforce planning activities aimed at resource maximization and cost reduction for $12.7B global Aerospace business.
Vice President of Human Resources

Honeywell Aerospace

(Public Company; HON; Aviation & Aerospace industry)

February 2008 — May 2009 (1 year 4 months)

HR leader for $5B global Aerospace business unit, and global Marketing & Product Management function
HR Director

Honeywell Process Solutions

(Public Company; HON; Industrial Automation industry)

February 2005 — February 2008 (3 years 1 month)

HR leader for Americas Region of $3B Automation Control business supporting 4,300 employees in 7 countries
HR Manager

Honeywell Aerospace

(Public Company; HON; Aviation & Aerospace industry)

2003 — 2004 (1 year )

HR leader for multi-plant Aerospace business unit, with heavy supply chain and engineering focus
HR Business Partner

Microsoft

(Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

June 2002 — June 2003 (1 year 1 month)

HR leader for various client organizations, including Customer Support, Marketing, Accessibility, Software Test & Development
HR Manager

Peregrine Systems

(Public Company; PRGN; Computer Software industry)

August 2000 — August 2002 (2 years 1 month)

HR leader for highly distributed HR team supporting a global Services organization growing primarily through acquisitions.
HR Technical Recruiter / Generalist

Microsoft

(Public Company; MSFT; Computer Software industry)

March 1998 — August 2000 (2 years 6 months)

HR leader for various client organizations, including Customer Support, Marketing, Accessibility, Software Test & Development