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Redwood City, CA-based Oracle has Promoted Joyce Westerdahl as Senior Vice President of Global Human Resources
About the Company
Oracle Corporation is a U.S. based multinational computer technology corporation headquartered in Redwood City, California, United States. The company specializes in developing and marketing computer hardware systems and enterprise software products – particularly its own brands of database management systems. Oracle is the second-largest software maker by revenue, after Microsoft. The company also builds tools for database development and systems of middle-tier software, enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, customer relationship management (CRM) software and supply chain management (SCM) software.
About the Person
Joyce Westerdahl is leading Oracle HR’s cloud transformation to ensure that business leaders and more than 135,000 employees are enabled to achieve Oracle’s mission to be the number one cloud company in the world. Since taking the lead of Oracle HR in 2000, she has continuously implemented a roadmap of progressive HR modernization initiatives intended to keep Oracle at the leading edge of technology innovation. In 1999, Westerdahl led the effort to convert HR management from manual processing to a web-based, self-service model, increasing organizational agility. In 2000, she continued the HR transformation taking Oracle from multiple instances to a global, single instance of the HR information system (HRIS), which vastly streamlined HR processes and reporting, and ensured the company could deliver on its robust acquisition strategy. Since 2005, Oracle HR has integrated more than 100 acquisitions. Westerdahl joined Oracle in 1990 and has held positions in both line and corporate HR. She is passionate about sharing best practices and frequently speaks with customers and partners about Oracle HR’s journey and the results that continue to transform the HR organization and the business. She has participated for more than 15 years as a mentor for young women and contributes her time to helping students gain industry-relevant skills prior to entering the workforce through Oracle Academy and the Oracle Education Foundation. She is also the executive director for the Oracle Women’s Leadership program (OWL). SPEAKING Apr, 2017 – Keynote Session - HCM World – Boston, MA Jan, 2017 – Speaking Session – National Human Resources Association Conference
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