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Dr. Gee Rittenhouse

Senior Vice President and General Manager

Security Business Group

Gee Rittenhouse is the Senior Vice President and General Manager of Cisco’s Security Business Group (SBG). With strong executive management skills and deep technical experience, he is responsible for the company's global security business including strategy, portfolio, and architecture. Previously, he was the senior vice president of engineering for SBG, where he was responsible for development efforts across the business.

In 2014, Gee was named one of Cisco's Rising Stars by CRN after he was recruited by John Chambers to help the company shape its cloud and virtualization strategy. As vice president and general manager of Cisco's Cloud and Virtualization Group, he accelerated development of the company’s software stack, NFV and SaaS consumption model.

Prior to joining Cisco, Gee served as president of Bell Labs where he led the extensive transformation of the organization that followed the merger of Bell Labs and Alcatel's Research group.

As a highly respected IT industry leader with more than 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, Gee is often a featured speaker on advances in mobile communications and wireless networking technology, management, policy, applications and security. He has appeared before the U.S. Congress, U.S. FCC, European Presidential Commission, and World Economic Forum. He has twice been elected to the Global Telecoms Business Power 100, published numerous articles, and holds more than a dozen patents.

Previously, Gee served as a member of the advisory board for the University of California, Santa Barbara Computer Engineering Department, chairman of the board of Green Touch, and board member at the ALU Foundation, which has the goal of educating disadvantaged women worldwide. Currently, he is a senior member of IEEE and was the previous recipient of the IEEE Communication Quality and Reliability (CQR) Chairman’s Award.

Gee has a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Articles

May 17, 2021

SECURITY

Reflecting on a Year of Cisco SecureX

3 min read

At RSA Conference, we reflect on a year of Cisco SecureX a cloud-native, built-in platform that connects our Security portfolio and your infrastructure.

May 14, 2021

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

The Journey to Radically Simplify Security Continues

2 min read

Cisco announces our intent to acquire Kenna Security, Inc., a recognized leader in risk-based vulnerability prioritization. The combination of Kenna Security and SecureX will allow customers to address critical challenges with prioritized lists of vulnerabilities, streamlined collaboration between security and IT teams, and automated remediation.

March 30, 2021

SECURITY

Cisco’s Vision for SASE and a Brand New Offer to Kickstart Your Journey

5 min read

Discover Cisco’s vision for Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) and how it can radically simplify your security in this blog by Gee Rittenhouse and James Mobley.

December 8, 2020

SECURITY

Cisco Secure Remote Work – Core: Collaboration that is Secure and Simple

2 min read

Cisco Secure Remote Work - Core offers an easy to deploy and use cloud-based security and collaboration solutions in one single SKU, enabling customers to provide a high-quality work experience securely from anywhere.

June 16, 2020

SECURITY

Cisco SecureX: Security for the Accelerated IT Agenda

2 min read

With Cisco SecureX we wanted to transform security with a platform that would give customers the best protection and a simple user experience. This has never been more vital.

February 24, 2020

SECURITY

The Future of Cisco Security: Protecting What’s Now and What’s Next

3 min read

Security should be a business enabler, so organizations can embrace the digital transformation. Cisco Security has been on a journey to give customers the best protection and simple user experience with Cisco SecureX.