CONTRIBUTOR:

Christopher Rotolo

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TITLE:

Vice President, Enterprise Organization Development

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PepsiCo

BIOGRAPHY:

Christopher Rotolo is Vice President of Enterprise Organization Development for PepsiCo, where his team is responsible for the global core HR people processes including the employee survey, performance management, leadership development and feedback, career development tools, team effectiveness and early pipeline succession management. Prior to this role, Christopher led the design of PepsiCo’s high potential assessment and identification processes. Prior to joining PepsiCo, Christopher led the Leadership Strategy and Research team within IBM’s Global Executive and Organization Capability group, where he was responsible for developing IBM’s strategy for leadership assessment and development. Christopher’s other experiences include the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Hay Group, as well as running his own consulting firm. Christopher earned his Ph.D. in Industrial-Organizational Psychology at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. He is a member of the America Psychological Society, Society of Industrial/Organizational Psychology and past-president of Metropolitan New York Association of Applied Psychology. He is a frequent presenter at professional conferences and has authored a variety of articles and book chapters on leadership, culture, and assessment. He and his co-authors were recently awarded the Elliot Jaques Memorial Best Paper of the Year Award from the Consulting Psychology Journal for their submission “How are top companies designing and managing their high-potential programs?” Lastly, Christopher is an adjunct professor at New York University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, where he teaches Human Resource Selection and Organizational Climate and Culture.