User:Kelly Chillarege

Kelly Chillarege has over 35 years of Global HR and management experience. She holds a Masters in Industrial/Organizational Psychology and has authored research in the field of management training and learning. She has been an HR Executive for a Global Leadership team across 24 countries and 70K employees. She provided HR guidance, counsel and strategy for the senior leadership team, handled Mergers and Acquisitions, HR Policy and Strategy and HR Intranet. Prior to this role, she was a Global HR Business Partner and provided HR strategy to Global Executives for over 70,000 employees across 40 countries in IBM. Prior to that, she was the HR Manager for the state of North Carolina where she is responsible for all HR initiatives and activities for state and the largest IBM site in the Americas with over 20,000 employees, 1400 managers and 300 executives. She managed all HR partners within the state of North Carolina and participates as a member of the SLE (Senior Location Executive) North Carolina team. She has had international assignments where she lived in India and accepted the role of Country Workforce and Talent Manager. She was the International Program Manager for Extreme Blue where she opened and managed 11 labs around the globe.