Kate Lykken
Head of People and Culture at Korry Electronics Co.- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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Korry Electronics Co.
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Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing
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200 - 300 Employee
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Head of People and Culture
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Oct 2023 - Present
Everett, Washington, United States Head of People and Culture at Korry Electronics, global leader of design and manufacturing for human-machine interface solutions for Aerospace and Defense.
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Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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United States
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IT Services and IT Consulting
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700 & Above Employee
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HR Leader, WWSO GenAI and AI Services
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Jun 2023 - Oct 2023
Seattle, Washington, United States
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HR Leader, WWSO Core Services, Storage, Iot, AI/ML
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Oct 2020 - Jun 2023
Seattle, Washington, United States Global HR leader for the World Wide Specialist Go To Market team including GenAI, Core Services (Compute, Edge, Storage), AI/ML, and IoT. Driving talent management, organizational design, executive bench-marking and placement, ID&E, organizational planning (18 month). Co-lead the Amazon-wide BUSDEV-Tech role guide development and deployment.
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Boeing
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United States
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Aviation & Aerospace
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700 & Above Employee
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Leader - West Coast Fact Finding / Employee Relations - Human Resources
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Jun 2020 - Oct 2020
Puget Sound Washington Leading a diverse team of Fact Finding Investigators delivering high quality investigative results and leadership coaching to enable our great business and it's productivity across the domestic US. Ensuring consistent employee experience through Employee Relations activities through ongoing training, development and level setting across the US Domestic team.
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Leader – West Coast Employee Wellness - Human Resources
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Jan 2018 - Jun 2020
Everett, Washington Leader through our HR Transformation within the Wellness space ensuring alignment and engagement of our HR team during large scale change. Created opportunity for creativity and partnership with Centers of Excellence in the creation and deployment of Enterprise-wide integration, standards, processes, and tools to move the HR Function forward and enable world class employee experience.
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Talent Management Leader and Head BCA and Enterprise Supply Chain Human Resources
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Feb 2014 - Feb 2018
Everett, Washington Strategic Business Partner and Talent Leader consulting and leading through major evolution within the Supply Chain function. Partnered / Lead critical transformation of 3,000 person function resulting in decreased layers and increased spans with clarity and alignment of workflow. Lead 2 first of it's kind initiatives across all Boeing Business Units resulting in 1) regional site closure and lay-off mitigation plan and 2) 10X influx of funding into salary pools of high performers to increase… Show more Strategic Business Partner and Talent Leader consulting and leading through major evolution within the Supply Chain function. Partnered / Lead critical transformation of 3,000 person function resulting in decreased layers and increased spans with clarity and alignment of workflow. Lead 2 first of it's kind initiatives across all Boeing Business Units resulting in 1) regional site closure and lay-off mitigation plan and 2) 10X influx of funding into salary pools of high performers to increase market competitiveness. Created systematic approach to Talent Pipeline and Succession Planning, increasing representation of women and minorities.
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Leader, 747 Program Human Resources
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Sep 2012 - Feb 2014
Everett Washingon 747 Operations, Manufacturing and Quality HR Leader for team of 13 supporting the business that builds and ensures quality of this aircraft. Designed and deployed requirements within the 747 Operations People Strategy including, talent management, labor loss analytics, people analytics, personal safety plan, org optimization (layers/spans), leadership coaching and development, staffing strategies and labor relationships.
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Senior Strategic HR Partner BCA M&Q Supplier Quality
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Jul 2011 - Sep 2012
Everett, Washington Lead the development of two large scale leadership capability enhancement programs. Specifically lead a team to create the Global Leadership Exchange program that enabled leadership growth across continents through international reassignment and targeted learning. Increased visibility and development for women and minorities through development and deployment of People and Talent Plan enhancing their opportunities for growth.
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Senior HR Business Partner - 767 Program
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Sep 2006 - Jul 2011
Everett Wa Consulted on process development to close gaps in performance-based punitive discipline causing inequity across minorities and specifically employees who have English as a secondary language resulting in increased retention and quality. Senior employee investigative partner for complex investigations across union, non-union and management. Lead Human Resources program to ensure staffing readiness, workforce planning, redeployment and workforce management activities to ensure business fluidity… Show more Consulted on process development to close gaps in performance-based punitive discipline causing inequity across minorities and specifically employees who have English as a secondary language resulting in increased retention and quality. Senior employee investigative partner for complex investigations across union, non-union and management. Lead Human Resources program to ensure staffing readiness, workforce planning, redeployment and workforce management activities to ensure business fluidity in rate of customer deliveries.
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Human Resources Business Generalist - Various
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Oct 2003 - Jul 2011
Everett / Tukwilla / Kent HR Generalist - Boeing Integrated Defense Systems Oct ’05 – Nov ‘06 HR Specialist -Salaried Workforce - Boeing Integrated Defense Systems Oct ’03 – Oct ‘05 OASIS Payroll Implementation Intern – Alaska Air Group Summer 2002
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Education
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Seattle Pacific University
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.), Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General -
Western Washington University
Bachelor's degree, Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General