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Amy Cappellanti-Wolf  

Global Chief Human Resources Officer, Talent & Business, Transformation Advisor, Public Speaker, Mentor & Coach

Amy Cappellanti-Wolf is a Global Chief People Officer, Talent & Business Transformation Advisor, Public Speaker, Mentor and Coach.

Cappellanti-Wolf is an accomplished senior human resources professional, business transformer and executive coach with expertise in working with startups to Fortune 500 enterprises. Her capabilities focus on developing high performance leadership teams and guiding organizations through complex and challenging business transformations, including pre-IPO, rapid growth, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and culture changes. Her management roles span high-tech (Cohesity, Symantec, Silver Spring Networks, Cisco, Sun Microsystems), entertainment (The Walt Disney Company), and consumer goods (Frito-Lay). Cappellanti-Wolf’s specialty areas include Business Transformation and Change Management, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Organizational Design and Process Management, and Total Rewards.

Cappellanti-Wolf holds an M.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations and a B.S. in Journalism and Public Relations, both from WVU. She sits on the Board of Directors and also serves as the Compensation Committee Chair for Softchoice TSE: SFTC, an IT solutions and managed service provider, and D-Wave (NYSE), a quantum computing systems innovator and leader, and Betterworks, a performance management platform, and is an HR Advisory Member to Betterworks.

Recently named one of the top 50 most influential women tech leaders by the National Diversity Council, Cappellanti-Wolf has been a Forbes Human Resources Council Official Member since September 2018 and a CNBC Workforce Executive Council Member from April 2022 until March 2023. She joined Wellist's Advisory Board in 2024, teaming up with the incredible Founder and CEO Ashley Reid. Wellist is an innovative engagement platform offers personalized, real-time navigation for personal care and well-being resources. In 2023, Cappellanti-Wolf was named the winner of a Bronze Stevie® Award in the Female Executive of the Year category in the 20th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business. The year before, Cappellanti-Wolf was selected to be in the Silicon Valley Business Journal's 2022 class of Women of Influence.

Speech Topics

Take the Bias Out of the system

ESG Environmental Social Governance

Culture – ethics and integrity

Mindfulness as an Integral Business Practice

Foster a Culture of Inclusion & Belonging

Amy gives practical tips for aligning the goals of the DEI strategy with company’s overall business strategy. She can include samples of learning modules companies can use to familiarize employees with mitigating bias, strengthening trust amongst teammates, and building psychological safety. Amy is actively working in this field as Cohesity develops programs and initiatives to build a culture of belonging, ensuring employees are comfortable leveraging their unique experiences, backgrounds, and skills to achieve our business objectives. The focus of Cohesity’s DEI initiatives is to increase female and underrepresented talent, and create a culture of inclusion and belonging.

Developing a High-Performance Culture that Enables Your Company to Grow and Thrive

News

The Workforce Driving DEI
At Cohesity, we believe innovation is born in environments that are representative of diverse people from different cultures, geographies, and backgrounds. A key factor in the company’s recent successful DEI transformation is its DEI council, made up of a diverse group of global employees, representing all departments. Since its launch in October 2021, the DEI council continues to propel Cohesity forward in terms of educating employees. Of course, awareness alone won’t drive action or change. It’s building awareness that will also ensure all employees understand that hiring a diverse workforce, giving all employees equitable opportunities, and fostering an inclusive workplace are the right things to do for the company, making us more competitive in the market.
Women of Influence 2022: Amy Cappellanti-Wolf of Cohesity
Amy Cappellanti-Wolf is chief human resources officer of Cohesity.
Power Suit in the Executive Suite: Amy Cappellanti-Wolf, the CHRO of Cohesity, deftly navigates today’s slippery talent landscape
Amy Cappellanti-Wolf grew up in a close-knit Italian family in West Virginia, the child of first-generation immigrants. Her father owned a restaurant, where he worked six days a week, roping in young Amy and her siblings at every chance. What she lacked in big family vacations, Cappellanti-Wolf made up for in a strong work ethic. After graduating from West Virginia University with a degree in journalism, she went on to earn a master’s in industrial and labor relations. That was where she found her fascination with HR.
How Hybrid Work Is Evolving at Cohesity
A global IT firm headquartered in San Jose, California, Cohesity has offices around the world, including in India and Ireland. But a vast majority of its roughly 1,200 employees opt to work from home. The hybrid work environment has proven successful at the company so far. But chief human resources officer Amy Cappellanti-Wolf noted in an interview with Senior Executive Media earlier this year that it’s an evolving challenge all workplace leaders are grappling with.
Why empathy isn’t over: ‘Ignore it at your peril,’ CHRO warns

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