Katie Shay is the head of business & human rights at Cisco, where she works to identify innovative solutions to human rights challenges and integrate a human rights perspective into legal and business operations. She works closely with product, policy, and legal teams across the company to develop and implement human rights policies and to design processes for ensuring respect for human rights in all aspects of business.

Prior to joining Cisco, Shay served as business and human rights counsel at Yahoo/Verizon Media, where she managed human rights programs related to privacy and freedom of expression across the global business.