Stephen Geraghty-Harrison (Steve) was born in 1982 and grew up consuming Pop Tarts, “Sloppy Joes,” and Ecto-Cooler. His childhood heroes consist of Scooby Doo, Super Mario and Inspector Gadget among others.
Stephen graduated with honors from Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY in 2004 where he majored in business administration with an emphasis in human resource management.
Stephen is an operations and people manager with a passion for social media and relationship development. He currently works as a divisional HR Manager for a private international engineering firm based in Canada. Formerly, Stephen held positions as a compensation and classification analyst for a higher education institution, a business operations manager for an information technology consulting firm and a human resource specialist for a state government agency. He is also a former board member and president of the Big Bend Society for Human Resource Management.
As an advocate of human resources, technology and social media, Stephen has developed initiatives focused on gaining exposure for the human resource profession. In early 2009 he created HR Gumbo, the first official blog of a Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) affiliated organization. Throughout its span, HR Gumbo received national recognition as a guide for human resource professionals. In addition, the blog and social media initiatives were recognized in 2009 as one of 20 SHRM Pinnacle Award finalists. In addition to writing here on HR whY?, he also writes for and is the editor of “HR Mouth of the South” – the official blog of the HR Florida State Council.
As a SHRM volunteer leader and the social media director for the HR Florida State Council, Stephen leads the development and implementation of all social media and marketing initiatives. In this role he is a liaison to all 28 affiliated SHRM chapters in the state of Florida on matters related to technology, website development, social media and marketing. In addition, Stephen is recognized as a subject matter expert and frequently works as an advocate of the human resource social media movement in coordination with SHRM affiliated chapters and councils across the country.
Basically, Stephen LOVES technology. When not playing Super Mario Bros on his Wii, you can often find him on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
Special note about the hat…
While traveling across Europe in 2007, Stephen was trying to pass time while his traveling partner shopped for souvenirs. He passed the time by trying on random pieces of clothing, such as this kids winter hat in Berlin, Germany. Since adding the picture above as his Twitter handle picture it has become synonymous with his personal brand. Regretfully, Stephen never purchased the hat but has the picture to remember it forever!
Want to talk with Steve? Email him at steve@hrwhy.com!
