Jerald Novak

Jerald Novak is Senior Director, Global Talent Acquisition at PepsiCo. He joined PepsiCo in March of 2007 and is currently the Senior HR Director for talent acquisition across the enterprise Sales function. Previously, Jerald was the Senior HR Director within Corporate Human Resources, and his initial role with PepsiCo was as HR Generalist for the Global Procurement team. Jerald came to PepsiCo from Citigroup, where he held both generalist and leadership development roles, and was charged with re-designing and managing their MBA recruitment and development program. He has also worked for Lincoln Financial Group and AlliedSignal/Honeywell. Jerald received an MBA from the University Of Illinois, with a focus in Strategic Human Resource Management/Labor and Industrial Relations. His undergraduate degree is a B.S. from the S.I. Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University. Jerald, his wife Jennifer, and sons JP & Ben reside in Redding, CT.