Buffy Ransom

Buffy Ransom is the senior vice president and general manager of Global CX Centers. Her team blends customer insights with technical expertise to deliver globally consistent, compelling experiences. Under Buffy’s leadership, Global CX Centers delivers the full portfolio of Cisco support, professional, and managed services. Buffy brings broad expertise across professional and support services and SaaS along with a passion for delivering exceptional customer experience. She is dedicated to flawless execution and an intense drive for excellence, while maintaining an eye for innovation. Buffy joined Cisco in 2022 after seventeen years at Oracle, where she served as Senior Vice President, ERP & SCM Cloud Service Excellence. During that time, she drove a service-mindset culture change as well as built proactive and preventative diagnostics for customers and support engineers. She has also held customer-focused executive roles at JD Edwards and Peoplesoft. A native of Colorado, Buffy is on the board of Parent Possible, which promotes and supports high-quality, proven parent engagement programs. She holds a Master of Science in Computer Information Systems from Colorado State University. Buffy enjoys traveling, playing tennis, and spending time with her husband and three sons.