Kyle Thornton

Kyle Thornton is a leader within Cisco’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program and the Cisco Foundation responsible for social impact investments with education nonprofit organizations who improve science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and literacy outcomes for students globally. Kyle started his career at Accenture working within financial services while working from the United States and the United Kingdom. Before joining Cisco, Kyle pivoted his career toward education to lead engagements delivering ‘cloud scale’ Internet applications for Publishers, Learning Management providers, and University campus experiences. At Cisco, Kyle led the Technology Strategy and Implementation organization responsible for platform product management and DevOps for the Cisco Networking Academy Program and led CSR Field Operations regionally engaging hundreds of educational partners and thousands of Cisco Networking Academies operating in over 100 countries.