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Katie Kulikoski

Chief People Officer at Progress
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Katie Kulikoski is Chief People Officer for Progress and is responsible for all aspects of the company's global human resources function, including culture development, talent acquisition, retention, change management and process effectiveness.

Katie has spent more than 20 years leading people functions in growth-oriented technology companies. Previously, she led the talent strategy for Brightcove as its Chief People Officer and Senior Executive Vice President, Human Resources. In her tenure Katie reduced voluntary attrition significantly and successfully integrated an acquisition that resulted in double-digit inorganic growth for the year.

Katie has also held leadership positions at Optaros, CIDC and ConnectEDU, where she was involved in and implemented a variety of programs—from the creation of an entrepreneurship program to organizational and cultural reinvention. She is a longstanding member of the Northeast Human Resources Association (NEHRA) and the Society of Human Resources Management (SHRM).

Katie earned her BA in Politics from the University of California at Santa Cruz.

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  • “The workforce has undergone a tremendous transformation over the past couple of years. 2021 was about stabilization and people-centric enablement in COVID. Then organizations broadened their focus in 2022 to focus on caring for the whole person, with purpose-driven in-person gatherings and flexible work. I expect 2023 to build on that and push companies to keep widening this duty of care, differentiating themselves to retain key talent by taking an even more human-centric approach to leadership and management. There will be a continued push of the boundaries on how and where people work and a natural tension between employee and employer preferences. I predict the pendulum will come back to the middle eventually with people getting more comfortable coming together to use the workspaces available to them; however I don’t anticipate the expectation of human-centric design in workforce accommodation and people’s working preferences to return to pre-2019 styles. In addition, I expect the recession concern will have a near-term impact on attrition, challenging organizations to continue to innovate in how and where they engage their people.”

  • “Every time I think about women in this world, whether we’re talking about advancing women in STEM, global human rights or battling deeply embedded cultural biases, five words come to mind: So Much More To Do. Every time I even begin to celebrate how far we have come, the gap we’ve begun to close, the advancement in opportunities – I remind myself to keep my eyes forward and focused on what is left: So much more to do.”

  • "Embrace mentorship and the power of your network. Those are two things I wish I’d done even earlier in my career, but I’m glad that I’ve invested the time that I have in the past 10 years in both of them. Find people who you respect and who you can learn from, regardless of whether they’re in your discipline or company. You can formalize it or you can just have someone that you can tap from time to time."