Simmons Leadership Conference

Kathleen Weslock

Kathleen Weslock is Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at Cisco. In this capacity, she leads the company’s global strategy for inclusion and diversity, talent design and performance management, compensation and benefits programs, and employee rewards systems. Weslock's responsibilities also include enabling corporate culture and assessing employee needs during the implementation of transformative, company-wide changes over the next two years. Before joining Cisco in 2012, she held leadership positions at SunGard Data Systems, Deloitte & Touche, Shearman & Sterling, Covance, Lehman Brothers, and William M. Mercer Companies. In her more than 20 years of HR experience, Weslock has played both consultative and practitioner roles, served as business impact advisor, and headed up initiatives that include executive training, succession employee relations, leadership development, and succession planning.