David Swanson

Experience

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  Applied Magnetics

  Jan 1985 - Jan 1996

  Director, Human Resources
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  National Semiconductor

  Jan 1996 - Jan 1998

  Director, Human Resources
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  Nortel Networks

  Jan 1998 - Jan 2000

  Vice President, Human Resources
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  Everypath

  Jan 2000 - Oct 2001

  VP Human Resources

  Everypath was a provider of solutions to connect users with enterprises from most any platform. Was first head of HR and helped take the company to over 500 employees in multiple locations.

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  Atrica

  Nov 2001 - Nov 2002

  VP Human Resources

  Let the HR function for this early stage start up in the optical ethernet switch space. Company was a spin out from 3Com. Traveled extensivly to engineering headquarters in Israel.

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  Business Objects

  Feb 2002 - Jan 2008

  Vice President, Human Resources

  Responsible for all human resources activities for the Americas division. Business Objects was acquired by SAP in January 2008.

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  SAP Business Objects

  Feb 2008 - Apr 2009

  Senior Vice President, Human Resources

  Senior HR professional for the Business Objects board area supporting the executive team responsible for all Business Intelligence products in the SAP portfolio.

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  Surf City Coffee Company

  Mar 2009 - Sept 2009

  Co-Owner and COO

  Co-owner of local specialty coffee company with retail locations in Scotts Valley, Aptos and Moss Landing, California. Wholesale purveyor to Whole Foods, Safeway, Nob Hill Foods, and New Leaf Community markets among others.

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  SAP

  Sept 2009 - Apr 2017

  SAP builds amazing HCM solutions which we use inside SAP to impact measurable business results. Our HR professionals partner with our sales organization to accelerate how we are winning with the most complete and global HCM solution in the market. In this role we are positioned to tell our journey from on premise to a cloud solution with Employee Central as our end to end HCM solution. Responsible for delivering HR solutions that support and drive our business strategies for the US and Canada. Working with all our lines of business my team partners with business leaders to successfully drive the People Strategy with a special focus on business impact not just activity. Global Lead Products and Innovations Technology Group Human Resources. Responsible for delivering Human Resources and People Strategy to 22,000 plus technologist globally. Board area HRBP for Technology and Innovation Platform (TIP) the development board area with SAP. Responsible for partnering with senior executives on defining business strategy and aligning with human resources strategy to assure successful attainment of customer driven objectives.

  • Global Lead SAP Runs SAP HR

    Jan 2015 - Apr 2017

  • CHRO North America

    Jul 2014 - Dec 2014

  • EVP

    Jul 2013 - Jun 2014

  • Senior Vice President, Human Resources

    Sept 2009 - Jul 2013
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  DavidSwansonHR

  Apr 2017 - now

  Co-authored The Data Driven Leader published by Wiley and Sons November 2017. A guide to measuring business impact in Human Resources using data and analytics. Providing consulting that is focused on driving measurable business impact using data analytics in Human Resources.

  • Book Author

    Nov 2017 - now

  • Owner

    Apr 2017 - now
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  University of California, Santa Cruz Extension

  Aug 2018 - now

  Former Department Chair and Current Advisory Board Member

  Certificate Program Management • Provide expertise through teaching relevant Human Resources courses in the program. • Review the published program descriptions for its stated purpose, intended audience, prerequisites, and requirements for completion of program. • Periodically review and provide consultation on program focus, direction and meeting students’ needs. • Recruit, screen and make recommendations to the Program Director for new instructors to teach existing courses and develop new courses. • Provide consultation on existing course descriptions, prerequisites, approved course materials, textbooks, and course outlines. • Presenting and supporting Info Sessions for prospective students. Show less

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  California State Council of the Society of Human Resource Management "CalSHRM"​

  Jan 2022 - now

  CalSHRM is the state affiliate of SHRM and reaches over 25,000 human resources professionals throughout the state of California.

  • Past State Director

    Jan 2024 - now

  • State Director

    Jan 2022 - Aug 2024