Skillsoft Corp. announced it has appointed Kristi Hummel as Chief People Officer, effective immediately. Ms. Hummel brings more than 25 years of experience leading people strategies for global technology companies, including designing and implementing best-practice programs for talent acquisition, retention and development, workforce planning, compensation and benefits, and performance management. Ms. Hummel most recently served as a Senior Vice President of Human Resources at Dell Technologies, where she led the Talent and Culture organization. She previously led Dell’s global Human Resources team, supporting the Services & Digital organizations, Marketing organization, Chief Customer Office and Virtustream. Prior to that, Ms. Hummel led Organization Design, Change Management, and Culture workstreams for the Dell and EMC Corporation merger. Earlier in her career, Ms. Hummel served as Chief Human Resources Officer of VCE, a high-growth, category-creator converged networking company, and served as Vice President, Human Resources Operations at EMC, where she led multiple M&A integrations and was responsible for providing thought leadership in compensation and benefit design, talent and retention strategies, and workforce planning programs. Ms. Hummel serves on the Board of Trustees for Boston’s Museum of Science as Chair of the Compensation Committee and Co-Chair of the DEI taskforce.