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Liz Centoni

Executive Vice President

Chief Customer Experience Officer

Liz Centoni leads Cisco’s $15 billion services business, overseeing a global organization of 20,000 people responsible for professional services, customer success, technical support and the company’s renewals engine for software and services. She is driving one of the industry’s most ambitious transformations: reimagining how enterprise technology companies interact and serve customers in the AI era. Centoni’s vision is to make every customer interaction personalized, proactive and predictive, moving from reactive support models to AI-powered systems that anticipate needs, eliminate friction, and create value before customers realize they need help. In 2024, Centoni led Cisco’s $28 billion acquisition of Splunk, positioning the company at the forefront of AI revolution. She previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, driving company-wide strategic direction. Centoni serves on the boards of Mercedes-Benz (Supervisory Board, Nomination Committee) and Workday (Compensation Committee). She is Cisco’s Global Executive Sponsor for the Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) program and a vocal advocate for responsible AI development. She holds a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Mumbai and an MBA from the University of San Francisco.

Articles

December 11, 2025

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Agentic AI and the future of customer experience

2 min read

Agentic CX isn’t coming, it’s here. The 2025 Cisco AI Readiness Index shows the tremendous potential and real challenges organizations face as they race to capture its power.

November 4, 2025

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Cisco IQ: Redefining customer experience while driving partner value

3 min read

Introducing Cisco IQ, a unified, AI-powered interface designed to reimagine the customer journey by delivering clarity, control, and proactive and personalized support that keeps pace with AI-driven business.

May 27, 2025

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Agentic AI Poised to Handle 68% of Customer Service and Support Interactions by 2028

2 min read

New Cisco Research Reveals Overwhelming Demand for Agentic AI to Transform the Way Technology Vendors Deliver Customer Experience With agentic AI reaching a new level of maturity, we’re closer than ever to solving some of the most persistent customer pain points in enterprise environments. For instance, a significant share of network issues stem from misconfiguration, […]

December 16, 2024

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20/25 Vision: A Clear Look at the Technology Trends that will Define 2025

6 min read

Every year, I take time to think deeply about which technology trends will truly shape the year to come. As we stand on the cusp of 2025, the technology landscape is marked by economic and geopolitical uncertainty, tectonic shifts in consumer behavior, an expanding digital ecosystem, and intense pressure for businesses to adopt and integrate AI into their core operations. To compete in an environment like this one, business leaders must be able to differentiate between fleeting hype and the technologies that will drive lasting change

February 6, 2024

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The power of the platform: Observability takes a seat at the boardroom table

4 min read

Digital experience is the new boardroom KPI in a world where visibility and insight into application performance are now seen as critical to executives

December 13, 2023

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(20)24 x 7 Tech Trends: AI Readiness, Adoption and Integration

7 min read

In just the past year, AI’s impact accelerated in startling ways. Many businesses are struggling to keep up, so Cisco is highlighting seven tech trends we expect to see in 2024 — and AI is integral across them all. Explore the novel ways in which you can leverage AI to unlock access, create business agility and deliver exceptional experiences.

November 14, 2023

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Innovation and partnership for the AI journey ahead

3 min read

Artificial intelligence is fundamentally changing our world. Cisco's Global AI Readiness survey explains how to be prepared. Learn how Cisco can help you prepare your business.

October 16, 2023

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Enabling a new generation of AI with Ethernet

4 min read

Ethernet is well-placed to support the massive scale that the world’s largest AI network fabrics require, and it has a broad base of suppliers. Cisco will partner with you to build an AI infrastructure that matches your business model.

June 6, 2023

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Launch of Cisco Observability Platform Unifies and Secures Digital Experiences at Scale

3 min read

Announcing the Cisco FSO Platform, an open and extensible, API-driven Full-Stack Observability (FSO) platform built on OpenTelemetry. Our Cisco Full-Stack Observability strategy provides AI/ML-driven analytics and a new observability ecosystem that delivers relevant and impactful business insights.