Carmen (Shirkey) Collins

Carmen Shirkey Collins is the Senior Social Media and Employer Brand Lead for Cisco's award-winning Talent Brand team behind the @WeAreCisco social media accounts. She created the strategy behind making personal connections with current and future talent by amplifying employee voices in Cisco's 70,000-person organization. Collins was named a 2020 and 2019  Trailblazer: Top Women in PR by Ragan, a 2020 and 2019 #Engagement101 Global Employee Engagement Influencer, 2019 Digital Leader of the Year by Social Shake Up, 2018 and 2019 Digital Communicator of the Year by the Stevie Awards, 2017-2019 Social Media Professional of the Year by PRNews and Ragan, and a 2017 Social Media Professional of the Year by PR Daily. When she's not on Twitter and Instagram, she’s enjoying the Florida weather with her husband and ‘fur-kid” cat.