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Brisbane, CA-based Hitachi Promoted Imtiaz Shaikh as Senior Vice President - Human Resources
About the Company
Hitachi`s history with the U.S. dates back to 1926 when Hitachi first exported 30 electric fans to the U.S. Hitachi America, Ltd. was established in 1959 as a regional subsidiary, and the first Hitachi manufacturing facility in the U.S. opened in 1977. Today, Hitachi`s presence and commitment to the U.S. economy has grown to 94 group companies, 14 major R&D facilities, 19 main manufacturing sites and over 20,000 employees. At Hitachi, we have great faith in the power of technology to advance and transform our lives now as well as to improve the quality of life for future generations. Hitachi`s brand promise is summarized in its corporate statement “Inspire the Next.” As a company, Hitachi is committed to “ushering in the next era of growth.” Hitachi serves diverse market segments in the U.S. with a broad range of infrastructure, business and consumer products, services and solutions aimed at benefiting customers and society. Learn more about Hitachi in the U.S. and its offerings in information technology, electronic devices, industrial and automotive systems, the biomedical field, transportation and logistics, financial services and audio visual and consumer products. Browse through the sections below to learn more about how Hitachi leverages its advanced technologies to create value for society.
About the Person
Imtiaz Shaikh is Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Hitachi Ltd. He brings unique blend of Strategic and Operational experience across Financial and Technology sectors spanning across Marketing, Customer Operations, Information Technology, Legal Operations and for the past 9+ years in Human Resources. For the past 9 years, he has been focused on HR transformational activities at Hitachi--first at Hitachi Data Systems and for the past couple of years with Hitachi Ltd. Hitachi Ltd. is working on Global HR transformation to shift overall HR Management of 300K employees across 800+ subsidiaries by developing and leveraging best in class HR practices and platform that will allow Hitachi to scale at the monumental proportion. Imtiaz is responsible for driving portfolio of Global HR Initiatives. Prior to joining Hitachi Ltd., Imtiaz worked at Hitachi Data Systems; a subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd., leading the establishment of HR Shared Services, Client Facing HR and overall HR transformation efforts. He has applied his diverse experience to create the HR vision and delivered a scalable HR foundation including Global HR data, Manager Self-Service, Compensation System, HR Case Management System, Workforce Analytics, HR Support Center and end-to–end Talent Management System. At Hitachi Data Systems, he was also responsible for Client Facing HR function. At HDS, HR has successfully shifted its historical value proposition of “Transaction Processor” to now as a “Strategic Partner”-- helping to drive business growth though human capital.
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