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Casie Shimansky

Content Strategist | Provider of Pixie Dust

Employee Storytelling

Casie [kay-cee; KC] Shimansky is a Content Strategist for Cisco's award-winning Employee/r Brand Team. She is also the managing editor of the We Are Cisco blog, and previously an award-winning social media manager for the team.

By day, she is a passionate storyteller yielding her superpowers in social media, writing, and photography to showcase all of life’s adventures and helping others to share their experiences. By night and weekend, she's using those powers to #GiveBack.

Casie is a dedicated advocate for children’s cancer research through the St. Baldrick's Foundation where she has been a lead photographer, Team Captain, and Shavee since 2011. Team Live Out Loud has gone on to raise over $100,000 for the cause, with Casie raising over $60,000 alone over the years.

She calls Orlando, FL home and is fueled by pizza, positivity, the color purple, and her two German Shorthaired Pointers, Kimbee and Kenobi. Casie and her husband work hard on training their two pups with agility and obedience.

Casie and Kimbee are a Certified Pet Therapy team at local Orlando facilities.

Articles

December 14, 2017

WE ARE CISCO

5 Ways to use The Force at Cisco

3 min read

You don't have to wait for Star Wars: The Last Jedi - here's how Cisco employees use The Force year round!

November 21, 2017

WE ARE CISCO

7 Reasons Why We’re Thankful to Be Cisconians

3 min read

Cisconians have a lot to be thankful for! Here are 7 blogs from 2017 that showcase why our employees are thankful to work at Cisco.

August 24, 2017

WE ARE CISCO

Meet The Instagram #DogsOfCisco!

7 min read

The Instagram #DogsOfCisco are loving the #CiscoLife this National Dog Day!

July 17, 2017

WE ARE CISCO

Be You, Ink and All

4 min read

Three Cisconians share what their ink means to them and how great it is that Cisco embraces that uniqueness.

June 29, 2017

WE ARE CISCO

The WeAreCisco Shutterbugs

2 min read

On the WeAreCisco Instagram account, you can see many great photographers who are also Cisco employees. They're some of our most avid #WeAreCisco advocates!

March 30, 2017

WE ARE CISCO

Fighting Kid’s Cancer with the St. Baldrick’s Foundation

5 min read

Cisconian, Casie S. has been volunteering with the St. Baldrick's Foundation for seven years! Here's her journey in fighting kid's cancer, and how other Cisconians are helping!

March 16, 2017

WE ARE CISCO

“My Picture is On Our Careers Site” – Employees Share Their Experience

4 min read

There are about 70,000 co-workers that we call family. And then there are those waiting to apply for the Cisco Life. If you are one of the latter, read this blog, then visit the new Careers site to apply!

February 2, 2017

WE ARE CISCO

Why I Would Choose Cisco Over and Over Again

4 min read

The Three Reasons why this Cisconian would choose Cisco over and over again!

October 18, 2016

WE ARE CISCO

Cisco’s Women in Technology Amp Up for Grace Hopper

1 min read

It’s about that time of year again! This week the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing (#GHC16) will be gearing up...

September 28, 2016

DIGITAL AND SOCIAL

5 Ways Cisco’s Talent Brand Uses Instagram Stories to Show the Moments that Matter

4 min read

Instagram. It’s a little ship that brands started jumping on board in 2013. In fact, in that year alone, brand adoption on Instagram jumped 80%. It was easy to pick up. Post a great photo, add a fun caption, hashtag, hashtag, hashtag, reap the rewards of organic reach then repeat. Brands were lightning quick to […]

May 12, 2016

WE ARE CISCO

Cisco Nigeria – Working it Out vs. Sitting in Traffic

2 min read

After a day of innovating at work, one of the last things many people want to do is sit in traffic...

April 26, 2016

WE ARE CISCO

Blab with Cisco’s Liz Centoni

1 min read

During a recent Blab, we talked to Cisco’s Liz Centoni who is the Vice President of Engineering Strategy and Portfolio Planning and the Chief of Staff to Cisco’s...

February 23, 2016

WE ARE CISCO

Got a Cisco Internship? 5 Tips to help you prepare for the fun!

2 min read

Did you just accept your Cisco Internship offer? Congratulations – we’re excited to have you on board! Earlier this...

February 16, 2016

WE ARE CISCO

How Social Media Keeps Us Connected

3 min read

Social media brings people together – and while this may not be breaking news, the connections we...

February 3, 2016

WE ARE CISCO

Cisco Encourages Individuality

3 min read

Can you be a professional, powerful person in the workplace while still setting trends? May Le had always wanted...

January 14, 2016

WE ARE CISCO

The 5 Things You Can Do Right Now To Land an Internship

2 min read

So you want that internship (at Cisco) but you’re not sure how to go about it? Never fear, Jackie Shuler is here (interviewing with me)! She’s the University Relations Lead...

December 1, 2015

WE ARE CISCO

7 Ways to Add Adventure to Your Career

3 min read

When you’re living the Cisco life, having big goals and a life filled with adventure seem to go...

October 21, 2015

WE ARE CISCO

On the Floor at Grace Hopper 2015

3 min read

Heading into a conference, you never know what to expect. Heading in to my very first Grace Hopper...