Shailaja K. Shankar is a Senior Vice President, Head of Cisco Security Engineering at Cisco. Colleagues describe them as "I worked with Shialja twice closely on two advanced security projects along with numerious interactions around product strategy and roadmaps. Shailaja has unique ability to read people and assess their skills very well. She uses that ability to comfort her team very well in whatever they do. She then motivates them to excel and exceed normal expectations. No wonder, her team is always among top performers. Shailaja knows very well how to assess situation, when to leave her teams a lone and when to step in providing them with help. She is a very admired and respected senior leader. I strongly recommend her."