Kalpana Ettenson

Kalpana Ettenson currently serves as the Senior Director of Strategic Communications at Western Digital, where oversight includes CEO and Executive Communications as well as Creative Content Strategy. Prior experience at Cisco from November 2009 to August 2024 includes roles as Senior Director of Strategy & Planning for Global Communications, Chief of Staff to the Chief Communications Officer, and Senior Director of Communications in the Office of the CEO, among others. Key responsibilities involved corporate messaging, communications intelligence, and the management of CEO engagement strategies. Kalpana's earlier career featured a role as Senior Editor at PC World Magazine, overseeing hardware and software reviews, alongside contributions to other publications like Nirvana Woman Magazine and SonicNet. Kalpana Ettenson holds a BA in History from the University of California, Berkeley.