On Location at the Texas Star Golf Course
1400 Texas Star Pkwy, Euless, TX 76040
Building An Award Winning Culture
Andrew will share a formula for creating a highly engaged culture in today’s global and often remote workplace. We will focus on strategic and tactical actions HR take to ensure your employees enjoy their jobs. Finally, Andrew will share thoughts on his 35-year career in HR and how as HR Professionals, we are seen as leaders in our organizations.
Speaker Bio for Andrew Pryor
Andrew Pryor is the Chief Human Resources Officer for ECI Software Solutions, a global cloud-based software company focusing on small and medium sized businesses. Andrew joined ECI in 2015 and has more than 35 years of experience in human resources. Before ECI, he served as Chief Human Resources Officer for Anthelio Healthcare in Dallas, Vice President of Human Resources for BerylHealth in Hurst, and Human Resources Director to Bell Helicopter’s Engineering Division. Andrew was part of the original launch team that brought Nokia Mobile Phones to the United States in 2005.
As CHRO of ECI, Andrew dedicates his time to making ECI the best it can be in every aspect and works tirelessly to ensure employees are engaged and working in an optimal, enjoyable environment. His passion is utilizing the platform of HR to help employees build stronger careers for themselves and better lives for their families. Under Andrew’s guidance, ECI’s culture has been recognized as one of the 50 Most Engaged Companies to work for eight years in a row. ECI has been Certified as a Great Place to Work in 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 and currently holds Great Place To Work Certifications in the United States, Canada, Austria, the United Kingdon, the Netherlands and Belgium. In 2012, he co-authored the book SMILE GUIDE – Employee Perspectives on Culture, Loyalty and Profit. In 2018, the International Business Awards recognized Andrew as International HR Executive of the Year. That same year, his peers in the Dallas HR Association recognized him as Dallas HR Executive of the Year.
Upon graduating from The University of Texas at Arlington, Andrew was named a White House Intern by President George H. W. Bush. During his time at The White House, he worked on the president’s Thousand Points of Light initiative and facilitated White House background checks. In 2006, Andrew served as President of the Fort Worth Human Resources Management Association and was on the board of that organization for seven years. Andrew married his college sweetheart, Amy. They have two children, Chloe, who is a Senior at Abilene Christian University, and Elijah (who is a freshman at Texas A&M University). He is also the father to a very spoiled rescue dog, Thomas. The family loves mountain hiking and exploring America’s national parks.
This program is pre-approval for 1 PDC for the SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP®. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit www.shrmcertification.org.”
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This program is pending approval for 1 recertification credit through HRCI.
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