Jennifer Yokoyama is Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for the Legal Innovation Strategy Team at Cisco. Her team is responsible for legal support and subject matter expertise for IP, AI Governance, Data & AI Strategy, Incubation (R&D), Open Source, and the related policy and compliance issues associated with each. She is the former Corporate Vice President and DGC for Cloud + AI and Strategic Missions and Technologies at Microsoft. She previously served as VP and DGC for Microsoft’s IP Group and as the head of IP Litigation.

Prior to joining Microsoft, Jennifer also held in-house positions at Apple and Nike, where her focus was on IP litigation, brand protection, and client counseling, with a special emphasis on Asia. Before going in-house, Jennifer was an IP litigator and partner at McDermott, Will & Emery and White & Case. She is a registered patent attorney, with a B.S. in both Biology and Sociology for the University of California at San Diego.