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Mary de Wysocki
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Mary de Wysocki is Cisco’s Chief Learning & Future Readiness Officer, where she leads the company’s learning strategy and capabilities, bringing together Enterprise Learning and Growth, Learn with Cisco, Networking Academy, and Splunk Learning into one organization. In this role, she is focused on helping Cisco, its customers, and communities around the world build the skills, knowledge, and adaptability needed to thrive in an era defined by AI, rapid technological change, and workforce transformation.
With more than 25 years at Cisco, Mary has held leadership roles spanning learning, social impact, education, sustainability, and corporate responsibility. She is known for building programs and partnerships that expand opportunity, strengthen resilience, and create lasting value for individuals, businesses, and communities. Throughout her career, she has helped advance Cisco’s purpose to Power an Inclusive Future for All by connecting technology, learning, and human potential at scale.
Mary’s approach is grounded in the belief that learning changes lives and that when learning is combined with the power of connection and networks, it can unlock opportunity for people and communities around the world. She draws on a diverse background in legal training, strategic consulting, and program leadership to help organizations navigate change, prepare for emerging opportunities, and develop the capabilities needed for the future of work.
Among her many contributions at Cisco, Mary helped launch the Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge in 2016, which awards $1 million annually to entrepreneurs using technology to address some of the world’s most pressing social and environmental challenges. She also previously served as Cisco’s first Chief Sustainability Officer, helping establish sustainability as a core business capability and advancing the company’s environmental strategy and public goals.
Mary is a Trustee of the Cisco Foundation and a member of the World Economic Forum.
Mary de Wysocki is Cisco’s Chief Learning & Future Readiness Officer, where she leads the company’s learning strategy and capabilities, bringing together Enterprise Learning and Growth, Learn with Cisco, Networking Academy, and Splunk Learning into one organization. In this role, she is focused on helping Cisco, its customers, and communities around the world build the skills, knowledge, and adaptability needed to thrive in an era defined by AI, rapid technological change, and workforce transformation.
With more than 25 years at Cisco, Mary has held leadership roles spanning learning, social impact, education, sustainability, and corporate responsibility. She is known for building programs and partnerships that expand opportunity, strengthen resilience, and create lasting value for individuals, businesses, and communities. Throughout her career, she has helped advance Cisco’s purpose to Power an Inclusive Future for All by connecting technology, learning, and human potential at scale.
Mary’s approach is grounded in the belief that learning changes lives and that when learning is combined with the power of connection and networks, it can unlock opportunity for people and communities around the world. She draws on a diverse background in legal training, strategic consulting, and program leadership to help organizations navigate change, prepare for emerging opportunities, and develop the capabilities needed for the future of work.
Among her many contributions at Cisco, Mary helped launch the Cisco Global Problem Solver Challenge in 2016, which awards $1 million annually to entrepreneurs using technology to address some of the world’s most pressing social and environmental challenges. She also previously served as Cisco’s first Chief Sustainability Officer, helping establish sustainability as a core business capability and advancing the company’s environmental strategy and public goals.
Mary is a Trustee of the Cisco Foundation and a member of the World Economic Forum.
