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Our HIP Workplace Initiative has formed a professional and industry advisory panel to help us identify necessary questions and share it effectively. These panelists represent five different industries and are leaders in their fields.

Praveen Atreya

Praveen Atreya

Vice President, Technology and Product Development – Verizon

Praveen Atreya is the Vice-President of Technology and Software Development in the Verizon Global Network and Technology organization, responsible for development and lifecycle-management of several consumer and business products and platforms including FiOS and OTT video, Cybersecurity, IOT, Mobile Edge Compute, Computer Vision and Private Networks.

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Jennifer Kurkowski

Jennifer Kurkowski

Director, People Analytics – Google

Jennifer Kurkoski is a practitioner-researcher with a Ph.D. in organizational behavior. As a director of People Analytics research at Google, she leads teams that identify underlying problems, derive analytical insight, and deliver results. Her previous experience includes leading Google’s People Innovation Lab, managing Web-based products (Excite@Home), and serving as an operations manager (Throw, Inc.) as well as a program development consultant and trainer in the non-profit sector.

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Suzy Lyon

Suzy Lyon

Senior Vice President, Human Resources – Procter & Gamble

Suzy Lyon has over 25 years of experience as a global business leader. She strategically leverages her human resources skills to liberate organizations and help them achieve their business goals. She has led numerous transformations as a line leader and as a HR leader. Her experience at Procter & Gamble has taught her leadership, bias for action, and effective communication with consumers, customers, and employees.

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