Mikel Bookwalter

About Mikel Bookwalter

Senior Human Resources Business Partner, staff member, consultant, and trusted and advisor to executive leadership and GMs across three three Intel business groups, managing the matrixed HR support and functions throughout the organization. Strategic-minded, hands-on HR leader with 10 years of progressive HR experience built upon a 20-year U.S. Navy communications career including 14 years of people management. Adept at helping organizations thrive by combining HR and business acumen with data-driven storytelling to galvanize leaders around organizational imperatives. Excels in strategic human capital planning, trust-building, leadership, culture curation, and cultivating authentic engagement and commitment.

Experience

1. Director

   Smith & Nephew, Inc

   Jun 2025 — Present · US

   Director, Strategic HRBP Global Advanced Manufacturing Engineering, Quality and Regulatory Affairs, and ESG at Smith+Nephew

Education

• University of Maryland Global Campus

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Management

  2006 — 2013

• Purdue University

  Master of Science in Human Resource Management, Organizational Behavior

  2014 — 2015

Skills

• Dod
• Leadership Development
• Leadership
• Command
• Military
• Defense
• Navy
• Policy
• Training
• Organizational
• Strategic Communications
• Radio Broadcasting
• Broadcast Television
• Photography
• Public Relations
• Public Speaking
• Human Resources
• Human Resource Development
• Human Resource Planning
• Organizational Communication
• Afghanistan
• Team Leadership
• Organizational Leadership
• Motivational Speaking
• Management
• Project Management
• Employee Relations
• Management Consulting
• Internal/External Consulting
• Change Management
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Writing
• Editing
• Corporate Communications
• Problem Solving
• Consulting
• HR Consulting
• Perfromance Management
• People Management
• Nonprofit Organizations