Drew Burns Drew Burns is a director with the Cisco® Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG), where he leads the Innovations team’s workforce domain. In this role, he consults with clients on leveraging Internet-enabled technology to optimize employee and workforce productivity. Specific areas of focus include employee mobility, rich-media communication and collaboration, e-learning, and connected real estate. Burns has more than 15 years of experience in the human resources field, both as a practitioner and a consultant in the United States and internationally. Before joining the IBSG team, Burns was a member of Cisco's EMEA HR group in London, England. In this role, he supported a number of Cisco’s european businesses, including the mobile and service provider groups. Prior to Cisco, Burns was vice president, HR, for Dun & Bradstreet’s businesses in Asia Pacific and Latin America. During this time, he recruited senior leaders throughout Asia, while also assisting in the acquisition and divestiture of several international businesses. Before Dun & Bradstreet, Burns worked as a consultant at Hewitt Associates, focusing on executive compensation, benefits, employee communication, and international mergers and acquisitions. He holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Notre Dame and an MBA in finance from Columbia University. |