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 Steve Milovich
SVP, HR, Disney/ABC Television Group
The Walt Disney Company
Steve Milovich was named senior vice president, Human Resources,
Disney-ABC Television Group in March 2009, reporting to Anne Sweeney,
co-chair, Disney Media Networks and president, Disney-ABC Television
Group.
In this position, Steve oversees all organization and human resources
efforts worldwide on behalf of the Disney-ABC Television Group, which
comprises the ABC Television Network; Disney Channels Worldwide; cable
networks ABC Family and SOAPnet; Radio Disney; Walt Disney Television
Animation; Disney-ABC Domestic Television and ABC Studios; Disney-ABC
International Television; the publishing unit Hyperion and ABC
Corporate Initiatives. He also oversees HR for ABC’s 10 owned
television stations.
Steve joined the Company in 2002 as senior vice president of corporate
human resources, organization, and leadership development for The Walt
Disney Company, with worldwide responsibility for learning, leadership
development, organization development, talent planning, employee
communications, talent acquisition and The Disney University. He also
had overall HR responsibility for Corporate Headquarters, The Walt
Disney Internet Group and The Media Technology Board.
Steve built and developed an integrated client-focused corporate HR
organization from disparate groups, including the development of
high-impact HR business partners, learning, talent acquisition,
executive development, organization development and employee
communications functions.
During his tenure at Corporate Headquarters, Steve led the design,
development, and implementation of Disney’s first Company-wide
and global talent/succession planning, performance management and
talent acquisition processes and programs. He also led the development
of a number of initiatives to improve the attraction, development, and
retention of talent. This included leading the Workforce of The Future
and Finance Talent initiatives.
Additionally, Steve led the development and implementation of a global,
multi-language, technology enabled learning, development, and
communication platform called Disney Development Connection that the
Company’s 139,000 employees access for compelling online learning
and development content. He also developed the HR strategy for the
acquisition of emerging businesses, leading the HR and organization
components of several early-stage Company acquisitions.
Before joining Disney, Steve served as senior vice president of human
capital for Walker Digital, which developed Priceline.com. He helped
create a West Coast presence for the firm, including the development of
three startup companies in California.
Before that, he held a number of global executive positions in human
resources with AlliedSignal/Honeywell International during Lawrence
Bossidy’s tenure as Chairman and CEO. This included serving as
vice president of global human resources for the $15 billion
Performance Products and Solutions division, with its more than 70,000
employees and operations in 40 countries.
At AlliedSignal/Honeywell, he also led several large-scale change
management engagements and played a key leadership role in the startup
and expansion of operations in Europe and Asia, including Shanghai;
Tokyo; Bucharest, Romania; Atessa, Italy; Albuquerque, New Mexico; and
California.
Prior to joining AlliedSignal/Honeywell, Steve served as senior vice
president of human resources for Broadway Stores Inc., where he helped
lead the turnaround and subsequent merger into the Federated Department
Stores organization.
He also held a number of increasingly responsible executive positions
in human resources at PepsiCo, including leading the executive and
employee development functions for Pepsi-Cola North America.
Steve began his career at United States Steel Corporation, holding management positions in employee and labor relations.
He has conducted a variety of organization and executive development
workshops and programs during his career. He has also served as an
executive coach and mentor to numerous executives in the United States,
Asia, and Europe, helping them improve both their personal and their
organization’s effectiveness.
Steve is a member of the University of Southern California Marshall
School of Business Corporate Advisory Board; he also sits on the
Advisory Board for the USC Center for Effective Organizations. He is a
member of the Board of Visitors for the Graziadio School of Business
and Management at Pepperdine University and a member of the Board of
Directors of the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clarita Valley.
He earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from Utah State
University and also holds an executive MBA from Pepperdine University.
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