You only get one signing bonus, a reality that caused Cisco Systems chief legal officer Dev Stahlkopf to see her compensation decline 22% to a still-hefty $10.2 million in the fiscal year that ended July 29.
Stahlkopf received a $2.2 million signing bonus when she joined the San Jose, California-based computer networking company in August 2021. She joined from Microsoft, where she worked 14 years, serving the last three as general counsel.

Dev Stahlkopf has 22 years of legal experience. She spent 14 of those at Microsoft.




