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Chuck Robbins

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Cisco Systems, Inc.

Chuck Robbins is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cisco. He assumed the role of CEO on July 26, 2015 and was elected Chairman of the Board on December 11, 2017. As Chairman and CEO, Chuck is focused on helping companies, cities and countries around the world as they look to Cisco to connect everything and everyone by building the highly secure, intelligent platform for digital business. Over his 20 years at Cisco, he has served as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Field Operations, where he led the Worldwide Sales and Partner Organizations, and helped drive and execute many of the company's investment areas and strategy shifts; Senior Vice President of The Americas, Cisco's largest geographic region; Senior Vice President of U.S. Enterprise, Commercial and Canada; Senior Vice President of U.S. Commercial Sales; and Segment Vice President, U.S. and Canada channel organization, where he was instrumental in helping build the industry's most powerful partner program. Prior to joining Cisco, Chuck held management positions at Bay Networks and Ascend Communications. Chuck is on the Board of Directors for BlackRock; Chairman of the US-Japan Business Council; a Member of the International Business Council for the World Economic Forum; on the Board of Directors for the Business Roundtable where he serves as Chairman of the Immigration Committee; a Board of Trustees member for the Ford Foundation; and a member of the International Council for the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University. Chuck holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics with a computer science concentration from the University of North Carolina. See Chuck's executive bio on The Network, Cisco's Technology News Site.

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September 21, 2023

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Cisco and Splunk: Driving the Next Generation of AI-Enabled Security and Observability

Cisco announces its intent to acquire Splunk Inc. Together, we will drive the next generation of AI-enabled security and observability.

January 31, 2022

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Celebrating Two Amazing Leaders

Customers and partners are an integral part of Cisco’s DNA and I am so proud of how our teams work passionately each day to support these communities in the best ways possible. For the past four years, Gerri Elliott has led our Sales and Marketing team and been an incredible advocate for customers, partners, and […]

September 15, 2021

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Cisco Was Built for This Moment

With all that Cisco is poised to do, I am incredibly optimistic about the future and confident in our ability to deliver. The opportunity before us is immense, we see huge potential for growth, and we are well-positioned for the years ahead.

June 29, 2021

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Welcoming Cisco’s New Chief Legal Officer

Welcoming Dev Stahlkopf as Cisco's new Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer!

May 17, 2021

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Cisco Names Maria Poveromo as Chief Communications Officer

I am thrilled to share that Maria Poveromo will join Cisco’s Executive Leadership Team as our Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer, leading our amazing Global Communications team to shape and amplify Cisco’s story both internally and externally across the world.

March 8, 2021

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Driving Impact with Strong Leadership

Chuck Robbins announces expanded roles for Fran Katsoudas, Liz Centoni and Maria Martinez, who will continue to drive key areas of the business and shape the future for Cisco.

June 16, 2020

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Powering a more Inclusive Future together

At Cisco, we’ve always believed in turning challenges into opportunities. We see the challenge of the world today as a way to make a better world for tomorrow. To do this, we must all invest in a more inclusive future.

June 15, 2020

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Cisco Welcomes Jeetu Patel to Lead Security and Apps

Chuck Robbins announces that Jeetu Patel will be joining Cisco as Senior Vice President and General Manager of our Security & Applications business group on August 3.

April 1, 2020

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Connected and Secure: Webex in Today’s World

Cisco taking action to ensure businesses and organizations who are keeping the world moving have what they need to stay connected, productive and secure.