Thomas G. Lokar
Chief Human Resources Officer
Business and Management
Mitel
Canada
Biography
Mr. Thomas G. Lokar, also known as Tom, has been the Chief Human Resources Officer of Mitel Networks Corporation since January 23, 2014. Mr. Lokar has extensive industry experience background. With more than 18 years of technology sector experience, Mr. Lokar has deep expertise in organization effectiveness, talent management and employee development at a series of fortune 500 companies. He joins Mitel from HP, where he served as Vice President of Human Resources for Enterprise Services, Global Outsourcing and Application Services. Prior to that, he spent six years at AOL as Senior Vice President of HR Products, Platforms and Technology Development. He was the president and co-founder of an online career management and talent management start-up. While there he developed a series of assessment tools and feedback protocols designed to help those seeking employment better define their career plan and to assist recruiters in finding candidates that best match job qualifications. Early in his career he worked at Bristol Myers Squibb in leadership development and prior to that he spent 7 years in management consulting. He holds a PhD in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Kansas State University. Mr. Lokar earned his B.A. from the University of Detroit.
Research Interest
Business and Management
