Bruce R. Ellig Former Worldwide Head of Human Resources of Pfizer was just selected as Top Lifetime HR Executive of the Year by the International Association of Top Professionals (IAOTP) www.iaotp.com for his outstanding leadership and commitment to the industry.
While inclusion with the International Association of Top Professionals is an honor in itself, only a few members in each discipline are chosen for this distinction. These special honorees are distinguished based on their professional accomplishments, academic achievements, leadership abilities, and longevity in the field, other affiliations and contributions to their communities. All honorees are invited to attend the IAOTP’s annual award gala at the end of this year for a night to honor their achievements. www.iaotp.com/award-gala
With close to 4 decades of professional experience as former worldwide head of human resources for one of America’s leading pharmaceutical companies in the world, Pfizer, Mr. Ellig has certainly proven himself as an expert in the field.As a dynamic, results-driven leader, Mr. Ellig has demonstrated success not only as serving as a manger of compensation and personnel research, but in every position he ever held with Pfizer.Mr. Ellig’s impressive repertoire of prior roles with the company included, corporate director, vice president of compensation and benefits, he was the first corporate officer in the US with that title, vice president of employee relations and personnel, and as vice president of employee resources reporting to the Company’s Chairman and CEO.Mr. Ellig was also Secretary to the Board of Directors Executive Compensation Committee.
Throughout his illustrious career, Bruce has received many awards, accolades and has been recognized worldwide for his outstanding leadership and commitment to the profession.For 2019 he is being considered to be featured in TIP (Top Industry Professional Magazine), and is also being considered for IAOTP’s Lifetime Achievement Award. For 2018 he was selected as Top Lifetime HR Executive of the Year by the International Association of Top Professionals.For 2017 he was recognized by Marquis Who’s Who as an industry leader and awarded the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. He received the Distinguished Business Alumnus Award from the University of Wisconsin’s School of Business in 2007 and in 2004, he funded the Bruce R. Ellig Distinguished Chair in Pay and Organizational Effectiveness in the Business School at the University of Wisconsin.
Bruce has been featured in numerous editions of Who’s Who in Finance and Business, Who’s Who in Finance and Industry, Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in the East and Who’s Who in the World.
Bruce was Board Chairman with the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM), and an elected fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources. He served on other boards including, Dean’s Advisory Board for the School of Business at the University of Wisconsin for the Global Remuneration Organization and the Kentucky Educational TV.
Aside from his successful career, Bruce is a sought after presenter, speaker and author of the book “ American History Impact on Employee Pay and Benefits”, The Evolution of Employee Pay in the United States”, and “ The Complete Guide to Executive Compensation”,as well as several other books.Bruce has served as a contributing author for numerous books, served on the advisory board for the journal of Compensation and Benefits for 12 years, authored and co-authored more than 100 articles in various peer reviewed journals in his area and participated in more than 400 presentations.Bruce has also appeared on TV and on the Radio.
Bruce earned his Bachelor of Business Administration and Master of Business Administration at the University of Wisconsin in 1959 and 1960. Stephanie Cirami, President of IAOTP stated, “Choosing Bruce for this honor was an easy decision for our panel to make.Bruce has received numerous awards, accolades’ and his accomplishments are extremely impressive.He has tremendous foresight, extensive knowledge, is brilliant at what he does and was exactly what we were looking for.We are truly honored to have him as our Top Lifetime HR Executive of the Year and we are looking forward to meeting him at the gala.”
Looking back, Bruce attributes his success to his education, mentors he had along the way and staying passionate in all of his endeavors.He says he has been blessed; he loved the work he did and feels this is just the beginning.Now retired Bruce and his wife Janice enjoy traveling all over the world and reading hundreds of books each year.For the future, he hopes to continue making a difference in the world and in people’s lives any way that he can.
For more information on Mr. Ellig please visit: http://www.bruceellig.com
About IAOTP
The International Association of Top Professionals (IAOTP) is an international boutique networking organization who handpicks the world’s finest, most prestigious top professionals from different industries. These top professionals are given an opportunity to collaborate, share their ideas, be keynote speakers and to help influence others in their fields. This organization is not a membership that anyone can join. You have to be asked by the President or be nominated by a distinguished honorary member after a brief interview.
IAOTP's experts have given thousands of top prestigious professionals around the world, the recognition and credibility that they deserve and have helped in building their branding empires. IAOTP prides itself to be a one of a kind boutique networking organization that hand picks only the best of the best and creates a networking platform that connects and brings these top professionals to one place.
For more information on IAOTP please visit: www.iaotp.com
