Mike Rowe
Mike Rowe assists organizations undergoing dramatic change. He draws on more than two decades as a human resources executive across a variety of industries to provide focused advice, insights and tools to senior executives faced with challenges that have critical human resources implications.
Mike’s expertise and leadership have been sought by organizations experiencing rapid growth and expansion, and others forced to refocus their business model after a slowdown. His ability to predict how a change will impact an organization and then develop a successful “people plan” covering all of the bases from succession planning to compensation design, from communication planning to labor law compliance, makes him an invaluable resource. And few have his gift for addressing the inevitable conflicts between business needs and people needs with solutions that keep the business moving toward excellent results while maintaining a motivated and productive workforce.
Before joining Proteus, Mike spent seven years as the Executive Vice President of HR for Activision – the most successful videogame company in that rapidly growing industry, where he designed and built the entire HR function and led the company’s efforts in acquiring and integrating 10 other videogame companies.
He has held executive positions in the consumer products, manufacturing, healthcare and entertainment industries with Fortune 500 companies including PepsiCo, General Motors and Disney. Recently, Mike and his family moved back to the state of his alma mater, University of Michigan (Economics). His Masters of Industrial and Labor Relations is from Cornell University.