Atlanta, Georgia, United States, April 2026 — Mike Aronson has stepped into the role of Vice President, Global Talent Acquisition at Johnson Controls, marking a significant leadership milestone in his long career with the company across talent acquisition strategy, global operations, recruitment transformation, employer branding, internal mobility, and enterprise hiring.
In his new role, Mike Aronson will lead global talent acquisition strategy across the Americas, EMEA, and APAC. His responsibilities include owning the end-to-end hiring model across talent acquisition operations, executive recruiting, early careers, internal mobility, and talent attraction. He will also drive modernization of the talent acquisition function through a product-based operating model, skills-based hiring, advanced analytics, governance, and enterprise-scale delivery.
Mike has been associated with Johnson Controls for nearly a decade. Before being elevated to Vice President, Global Talent Acquisition, he served as Sr. Director, Talent Acquisition Global Operations, where he oversaw operations for the company’s Global Talent COE function. His responsibilities included vendor partnerships, budgeting, tools, technology, analytics, process improvement, employer branding, recruitment marketing, candidate experience, internal mobility, and onboarding.
Earlier at Johnson Controls, Mike served as Director of Talent Acquisition, North America, overseeing talent acquisition teams responsible for sourcing, screening, and selecting candidates for the company’s largest business unit across the United States and Canada. In this role, he supported field operations hiring at significant scale, managed RPO resources, set recruitment strategy, partnered with senior business and HR leaders, managed vendor relationships, and tracked hiring metrics for leadership reporting.
Mike’s journey at Johnson Controls also includes his role as Senior Manager – Talent Acquisition, where he contributed to recruitment strategy and talent delivery before moving into broader regional and global leadership responsibilities.
Before joining Johnson Controls, Mike worked with Tyco, where he held talent acquisition leadership roles including Talent Acquisition Manager and Regional Talent Acquisition Lead. His work focused on recruitment delivery, regional hiring strategy, and talent acquisition execution across business needs.
Earlier, Mike worked with ADT as Talent Acquisition Team Lead and Contract Recruiter, strengthening his foundation in recruiting operations, team leadership, sourcing, screening, and candidate selection. His earlier career also includes experience in Vendor Management at Fidelity National Information Services, where he worked with manufacturing and fulfillment vendors, client services, process documentation, training, quality issues, and operational coordination.
Mike began his career with Aerotek as Recruiter / Trainer / Account Manager, where he was responsible for sourcing, screening, selecting candidates, administering client-required assessments, and supporting contract, contract-to-hire, and direct hire recruitment requests.
About Johnson Controls
Johnson Controls transforms the environments where people live, work, learn, and play. As a global leader in smart, healthy, and sustainable buildings, the company’s mission is to reimagine building performance to serve people, places, and the planet.
With a history of 140 years of innovation, Johnson Controls delivers solutions for industries including healthcare, schools, data centers, airports, stadiums, manufacturing, and beyond through OpenBlue, its comprehensive digital offering. Today, the company offers one of the world’s largest portfolios of building technology, software, and service solutions from trusted names in the industry.
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