As the Vice President of Human Resources, Julia Culkin is responsible for leading Synacor's global human resource efforts and managing and developing the human resource team. She also focuses on attracting, retaining and developing Synacor's employees who promote and strengthen the company culture and Synacor's unique products. Prior to joining Synacor, Culkin was a consultant with Towers Perrin where she worked with Fortune 1000 companies on various human resource related projects including executive compensation analyses, change management practices and human resources practices competitive research. Culkin's human resource experience also includes Pitney Bowes, and other companies in which she worked in the compensation, employee relations, training and recruiting departments. Culkin holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration from the University at Buffalo.