Percy Walker

About Percy Walker

As a strategic Human Resource leader with over two decades of experience across corporate and military environments, I have built my career on advancing people-first strategies that deliver measurable operational impact. From overseeing global HR operations as a Sergeant Major in the U.S. Marine Corps to managing complex employee relations for a Fortune 500 company, my focus has remained on aligning talent strategies with business goals. I have led high-performing teams of 300+ staff across multi-regional units, implemented large-scale recruiting and leadership development programs, and reduced attrition by over 35 percent through targeted process improvements.I bring deep expertise in employee relations, risk mitigation, and cultural transformation, having advised senior executives at Wells Fargo on performance and legal matters affecting employees. My work has been recognized for its impact and agility—resolving more than 500 cases annually with best-in-class turnaround and achieving a Net Promoter Score of 88.9. I have also spearheaded enterprise-wide training initiatives on harassment prevention, diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as ethical leadership, driving significant gains in employee engagement and policy adherence.At every stage of my career, I have combined disciplined operational leadership with human-centered strategy to elevate workforce performance. Whether navigating pandemic-era recruiting challenges or leading change-of-command transitions for over service members, I create scalable, resilient systems that empower people and drive success. With certifications in human resources, project management, and agile leadership, I thrive in high-stakes environments where talent development, compliance, and business execution must operate in lockstep.Competencies:Organizational LeadershipTechnology SavvySite Leadership Talent DevelopmentRecruitingTraining Programs Program Design & ManagementEmployee Engagement/Relations Cross-Functional Leadership

Experience

1. Manager Talent Management

   Caterpillar Inc.

   Aug 2025 — Present

   Partner with Leadership to own key initiatives & deliverables, such as coordinating talent sessions to ensure a strong talent pipeline, collaborating with global business partners, benchmarking talent best practices internally and externally, partnering with other divisions to ensure cross-divisional talent pollination, and leading leadership development & training.Drive succession planning strategies, processes, and ensure actionable development plans for RISST’s key positions.Accountable for the divisional Employee Insights (EI) survey process.Leverage industry and internal talent data and trends to identify insights and incorporate them into talent priorities.Find, extract, and analyze data from Workday to solve and support a variety of business problems/people initiatives, as well as provide key people insights to the RISST Leadership team. Typical data analysis includes calculating and understanding talent metrics, required learning, development plans and completion, succession planning metrics, etc.Facilitate development and delivery of employee development activities, such as divisional Leadership Impact Summit development and deployment, employee lifecycle (including implementation of new employee orientation and onboarding), training, and coaching. Helps to clarify, measure, and positively influence consistent behaviors needed to achieve desired business initiatives and results.Partner with Segment Organizational & Talent Development manager to develop division learning strategies in alignment with company-wide initiatives.Influencing: Knowledge of effective influencing tactics and strategies; ability to impact decisions within and outside own organization.

Education

• Syracuse University

  Project Management

• Colorado State University

  Master's degree, Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance

  2014 — 2018

• Kaplan University

  Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Psychology

  2009 — 2014

• Project Management Institute

  Certification, Human Resources Management and Services

Skills

• Customer Service
• Training
• Military Training
• Military Experience
• Operational Planning
• Microsoft Office
• Dod
• Security Clearance
• Military Operations
• Government
• Team Leadership
• Weapons
• Leadership
• Weapons Handling
• Force Protection
• U.s. Department of Defense
• Military
• Team Building
• Management