Tony Washington, Ed.D.

Vice President - HR Business Partner at Honeywell | Global HR & Talent Executive | GE & Amazon Alumnus | Non-Profit Board Member | Scholar-Practitioner

Charlotte Metro

About

Experience

  • Honeywell (7 yrs 4 mos)
    • Vice President Human Resources - Global Finance & Integrated Supply Chain
      Apr 2026 - Present · 3 mos

      Serve as the strategic VP HR Business Partner to the CFO and CSCO, aligning talent strategies with organizational goals and outcomes. Lead an HR team in a matrixed environment to implement innovative talent solutions for 40,000 ISC employees across 140 sites, and 3,200 Finance employees. Drive enterprise transformations focusing on organizational design and leadership development to enhance functional capabilities.

    • Interim Vice President of Global Talent Management & Learning
      Dec 2025 - Apr 2026 · 5 mos

      Serving as the interim Honeywell Enterprise-Wide Vice President of the Talent Management and Learning CoE. Leading a global team focused on the strategic and operational execution of talent management and learning outcomes impacting ~100,000 Honeywell employees and $38.5B in revenue.

    • Head of Talent - Industrial Automation
      Jan 2024 - Apr 2026 · 2 yrs 4 mos

      Global Talent Vice President & HR Executive for Honeywell's Industrial Automation division/P&L, a global division with 30,000 employees and approximately $10.9B of revenue.

  • Global Senior Human Resources Leader at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
    Jul 2017 - Mar 2019 · 1 yr 9 mos

    HR Business Partnership and Leadership for the Global Professional Services P&L within Amazon Web Services Commercial Sales organization.

  • GE Aviation (9 yrs 10 mos)
    • Global Senior HR Manager
      May 2015 - Jul 2017 · 2 yrs 3 mos

      Global HR Leader & Manager for the newly formed GE Aviation Services Engineering division of ~1200 exempt global engineers providing repair, analytics, fleet management, design/technical support & solutions for our customers. Leading change management, Strategic Workforce Planning (SWP), organizational capability & capacity analysis, Functional Maturity Model development, executive assessments and development; Growth Playbook execution to drive growth and reduce significant cost for a faster and more agile organization thus providing extraordinary impact to our internal and external customers. Leading a team of 3 HRMs within the organization.

    • HR Leader - Commercial Jet Engines Assembly Operations
      Mar 2012 - Apr 2015 · 3 yrs 2 mos

      Human Resources Leader for the Durham Commercial Jet Engines Operations, a best in class high performing self-directed teaming organization featured in FastCompany, The Wall Street Journal, and Harvard Business Review. Additional responsibilities include HR Project Leader for GE Aviation's new commercial jet engines assembly greenfield start-up operation in Lafayette, IN.

    • Human Resources Leader
      Oct 2007 - Mar 2012 · 4 yrs 6 mos

      HR Leader for a new greenfield P&L GE Aviation & SKF joint venture (Venture Aerobearings LLC) in Charleston, SC: • Managed Human Resources and Project Management activities, department budget, and financial bullet trains for a $40MM Capital Investment start-up • Designed and developed talent acquisition process to recruit and staff Venture Aerobearings LLC (VAB) • Implemented high performance teaming structure to drive positive employee relation practices and engagement • Created compensation and benefits platform for the joint venture to ensure competitiveness based on the surrounding market • Developed and evaluated key employee training and to implement functional competency models across the business • Co-led overall business Compliance and Security program proactively to ensure regulatory excellence. • Partnered with business leaders to achieve operational commitments and communicate the vision of Venture Aerobearings LLC to both internal and external constituents • Managed organizational development and performance improvement activities to position the business for sustainable and profitable growth • Garnered support from State and Local Government Agency to design and development a DoL Apprenticeship Program and unique On-the Job-Training Curriculum for Aerospace Bearing Machinists, Technicians, and Inspectors

  • Corporate Staff Auditor at GE
    Jan 2007 - Sep 2007 · 9 mos

    Corporate Auditor for the GE Oil & Gas acquisition of Vetco Gray: • 100% Global Travel Audit Assignments in Fairfield, CT; Houston, TX; and Mexico City, MX. • Audited and investigated new $1.9B business acquisition for Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) violations • Performed Acquisition Integration Due Diligence and $206MM A/R audit test in Mexico City, Mexico • Focused on financial auditing, compliance, and fundamental integration activities • Evaluated client’s business risk exposure and recommended controls

  • GE Lighting (1 yr 6 mos)
    • Organization and Staffing Manager
      Mar 2006 - Jan 2007 · 11 mos

      • Led succession planning wrap-up and strategy for 250 exempt employees for Lighting Manufacturing Americas a 5,000+ employee supply chain organization • Developed and executed an employee survey action plan • Streamlined employee On-boarding process for the business • Assessed retention issues within the 900+ person Sales Organization • HRM for Nela Park Guards, Park Facilities, Ivanhoe Road Plant (UAW) • Assisted with the Consumer & Industrial Diversity Initiatives

    • Human Resources Leadership Program (HRLP)
      Aug 2005 - Dec 2006 · 1 yr 5 mos