As Acting Executive Vice President, Human Resources, Dave Harmon oversees HR efforts for AOL, including talent acquisition and retention, compensation strategy, people systems and processes, organizational development and leadership development.
Previously, Harmon served as Senior Vice President, HR Solution Center, responsible for staffing, HR technologies, employee relations, global mobility, immigration, compliance, payroll and the HR call center, PeopleDirect. Harmon joined AOL in 2003 as Vice President, Human Resources, for the Access (subscription) business.
Before coming to AOL, Harmon was Vice President, New Business Development, for Footstarworks, a division of Footstar, with responsibility for the occupational footwear division. Harmon joined Footstar in 1998 as Vice President, Human Resources, with responsibility for more than 10,000 employees and more than 4,000 locations. He also held executive positions at Just for Feet, managing its e-commerce website, store operations and administration functions.
Harmon has more than 17 years experience in the human resources field, with experience in corporate, international and field-based human resources. He held numerous positions of increasing responsibility in human resources and operations with two Fortune 100 companies, Cooper Industries and Pepsi-Cola, before joining the Footstar organization.
Harmon has a B.A. in marketing and applied psychology from Skidmore College, and an MBA from Clarkson University with a concentration in economics. He has additional graduate degrees/certificates in operations management and human resource management from the Keller Graduate School of Management.
