Subash A K Rao joins Symphony Teleca as Chief HRO

Symphony Teleca has announced appointment of Global Human Resources Executive, Subash A K Rao as its new Executive Vice-President & Chief Human Resources Officer, effective immediately.
 
Rao has built his career leading change as both a global HR leader and strategic business partner. His emphasis on cultural and geographic diversity comes from having worked extensively at Cisco, Cummins, GE Capital and Tata Motors, both in functional and business leadership roles, where he led highly effective people programmes and drove a performance-based culture.
 
Sanjay Dhawan, President & Chief Executive Officer, Symphony Teleca, said, “The development of our people is at the foundation of our business and throughout Subash’s career, he has helped companies navigate change and empower employees to achieve sustainable growth. As we continue to improve our operating model and build key capabilities to speed, Subash has the combination of strategic and executional HR leadership to strengthen our talent base and support our global growth ambition.”
 
“I am excited to be joining Symphony Teleca. Looking at 2014 and beyond, my main goal is to help ensure we delight our stakeholders and customers and nurture the ‘I want to work here’ culture. I look forward to be part of STC’s diverse and global workforce and together continue building a high-performance organization,” expressed Subash Rao.
 
Most recently, he led the HR function for Cisco Systems in India. During his 8-year tenure at Cisco, Rao held several positions and also supported Cisco's Corporate functions globally as well as its engineering groups across Asia-Pacific. Prior to joining Cisco, Rao was based in Minneapolis, where he was the HR Leader for Cummins Power Generation.