Head of Supply Chain Employee Learning and Development
Cisco Systems
Head Above Water – Saving Life Below
Executive Director
Christopher has a strong passion for diversity, inclusion and community building. This includes mentoring youth in personal and professional development, teaching financial investment practices, and economic development. He is a graduate of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University; Political Science, B.A, and UNC-Greensboro; Public Affairs, MPA.
Chris has a distinguished history in cultivating productive and competitive work cultures through his ability to disrupt inclusive hiring practices, implement effective talent strategy, and empower continuous learning and innovation organizations.
Chris currently works at Cisco Systems as the Head of Supply Chain Employee Learning and Development. In this role, he leads the end-to-end Employee Development and Inclusion Strategy for over 1500+ employees by overseeing training and development programs, shaping inclusion breakthrough champions, and building empathetic leaders and employees for career readiness and growth to enable the future ready workforce.
Chris is the Executive Director and Co-founder of Head Above Water – Saving Life Below, a family nonprofit organization devoted to empowering and educating youth in community and economic development, sustainability, and environmental practices. Christopher plans to continue inspiring inclusive work cultures, communities and developing feasible solutions to build highly efficient operational cultures.