Danielle Monaghan is the HR Director for North Asia, including Greater China, Japan, and Korea, for Cisco Systems, leading the client-facing HR manager organization. She has been based in Beijing for more than five years Her team oversees multiple initiatives to support Cisco’s growth in the region, such as management of mergers and acquisitions, new employee orientation, new management assimilation, downsizing and “rightsizing,” high-potential talent identification, and management of annual cycle programs and creation of operational excellence. She is responsible for a full service of functions including supply and value chain, R&D, business operations, legal, finance, sales, and services. Prior to this role, she was senior director of HR – Global Staffing and Diversity for Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices Division and senior director of HR for Microsoft China R&D based in Beijing, and head of executive recruiting for Microsoft in the United States, responsible for the talent acquisition of GM, VP, and SVP candidates to fill Microsoft’s most senior executive and technical positions.