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As Executive Vice President of Global Human Resources, Michael Alicea is responsible for all Human Resources activities across Operations, Technology, Entertainment, Business Development, Global Commercial Teams and Acquisition Integrations.
Michael possesses a strong background in a broad range of human resource disciplines including employee relations, performance management, training, and corporate initiative fulfillment. He began his career at Nielsen in 1995 as Manager of Human Resources for the Media Information Group and he has held a variety of leadership roles within the company, both in HR, communications and operations.
Prior to his current role, Michael was Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Global Product Leadership and Nielsen Business Media, (including our former trade shows and publishing assets such as ShowWest, The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, Backstage and AdWeek among many others). Before that, he served as Vice President of Operations at PERQ/HCI. In 2001, Michael advanced to Vice President of ACNielsenHCI where he was responsible for the day-to-day operations of the company. During his tenure there, he created the first online surveying tool for campaign tracking within the pharmaceutical industry.
Before joining Nielsen, Michael held several HR positions in compensation, employee relations and labor within a large non-profit organization in New York City.
Michael has a BBA in Human Resources and Organizational Management and has completed graduate coursework in Business Policy at Baruch College. In 2010 he also completed Nielsen’s Global Leadership Program in Bangalore, India.
Michael is presently the Co-Chair of Nielsen’s External Advisory Board and serves on the Board of Directors for the Emma Bowen Foundation which is dedicated to preparing minority youth for careers in the Media Industry.
In January 2015 Michael received the Arthur C. Nielsen Chairman’s Award for outstanding achievement. He was also honored in 2014, 2015 and 2016 by the Imagen Foundation as one of “The Most Influential Hispanics in Media”.
Favorite Leadership Quote:
Leaders aren’t born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that’s the price we’ll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.
-Vince Lombardi
