Shawn Wing

Innovative HR Executive | Digital HR Transformation & Global Operations

Fairfax, Virginia, United States

About

With over 24 years of global HR leadership experience, including roles at Western Digital and Cisco, I have led transformative changes across HR operations, digital solutions, and employee experience. My primary focus is optimizing people services to enhance efficiency, effectiveness, and impact. Throughout my career, I have built and led global teams in various HR functions, such as HR operations, product solutions, shared services, mobility, payroll, employee relations, workforce transitions, and analytics. I am known for my people-first, collaborative leadership style. As an HR transformation specialist, I drive change, streamline workflows and processes, and implement digital strategies to modernize HR systems. I am passionate about mentoring and leveraging AI to improve efficiency and enhance the overall employee experience.

Experience

  • Senior Director, Global People & Workplace Operations, Intelligence, and Digital Transformation at Infoblox
    May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

    • Spearheading the development and scaling of operations, enhancing efficiency, scale, and the experience • Championing the integration of AI technologies into HR processes, driving innovation and operational excellence • Overseeing, Global People Operations, Shared Services, HR Systems and Digital Experience, People Analytics, Global Mobility, and Workplace (Facilities) Operations.

  • Sabbatical at Sabbatical Break
    Sep 2024 - May 2025 · 9 mos

    Grateful to have had the chance to take a planned short-term sabbatical / career break to allow time to volunteer, recharge, and refocus.

  • Vice President, People Experience, Operations and Intelligence at Western Digital
    Mar 2022 - Sep 2024 · 2 yrs 7 mos

    • Oversaw a diverse team of 165 HR professionals across ten countries to drive innovation and operational excellence at Western Digital. • Implemented automated practices to optimize global processes, enhancing efficiency and effectiveness. • Global People Operations, Shared Services, Mobility, Payroll, Digital Experience [Applications and Systems], People Analytics, and Employee Relations

  • Cisco (21 yrs 10 mos)
    • Senior Director, Human Resources - People Operations and Experience
      Mar 2021 - Mar 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo

      • Led a global team of 218 employees and 230 contingent workers to reimagine HR shared services and support, focusing on customer-centricity and process optimization. • Built and directed Transition Solutions & Offerings teams to design new talent movement experiences, enhancing talent agility and digital capabilities.

    • Senior Director, Human Resources - Talent Agility and People Experience
      Apr 2020 - Mar 2021 · 1 yr

      • Directed a global team to enhance talent movement experiences and streamline processes. • Developed innovative strategies to optimize talent agility and improve efficiency. • Implemented cutting-edge digital solutions to enhance employee experience.

    • Director, Human Resources - Client Delivery Leader - Global Engineering
      May 2015 - Apr 2020 · 5 yrs

      • Managed a central HR manager team of over 50, including five people leaders, to drive HR services across Engineering's 25K+ global workforce. • Led executive and ecosystem engagement, ops excellence, technical skills development, project management, and delivery simplification and optimization.

  • Senior Manager, Human Resources at Qwest Communication
    Nov 1998 - Apr 2000 · 1 yr 6 mos

    • Led a team of HR professionals in managing HR for 8 business units with 1,400 professionals.