Eileen Nelson is Vice President of Human Resources
for Tropos Networks. Prior to joining Tropos, Eileen was Sr. Vice
President, Human Resources for eBay Corporation. She was responsible
for leading all aspects of HR including staffing, compensation and
benefits, HRIS, management & employee development and
organizational effectiveness. Prior to eBay, Eileen spent 13 years at
3Com Corporation. As Sr. Vice President, Corporate Services from 199...
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Eileen Nelson is Vice President of Human Resources
for Tropos Networks. Prior to joining Tropos, Eileen was Sr. Vice
President, Human Resources for eBay Corporation. She was responsible
for leading all aspects of HR including staffing, compensation and
benefits, HRIS, management & employee development and
organizational effectiveness. Prior to eBay, Eileen spent 13 years at
3Com Corporation. As Sr. Vice President, Corporate Services from 1998
to 2001, she was responsible for global Human Resources, Employee
Communication and Corporate Philanthropy. Growing from 1,200 to 14,000+
employees during Eileen’s tenure, she led all staffing, compensation
and benefits, HRIS, succession planning, learning & development and
employee communications. She was a leader in mergers and acquisitions
activities for the company as well including the acquisition of US
Robotics and Palm, and the subsequent spinoff of Palm. Other roles at
3Com included VP HR for the 3Com Systems and Corporate groups, and HR
Director for the HW and SW business units.
Eileen’s additional
experience includes Vice President, HR & Administration for Davong
Systems, HR Director for Tandon/Western Digital Corp., and HR Manager
for Unisys Corporation’s Program Products Division.
Eileen majored in English and
Business at City University of NY and attended Columbia University’s
Advanced HR and Organization Development graduate program. She sits on
the Board of Directors of the eBay Foundation, TheatreWorks, Ballet San
Jose and SpringBoard Forward, non profit organizations in the Arts and
Human Services.
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