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Marcos Rogers

Area Leader, Cybersecurity (National Security & Defense)

US Public Sector (Federal)

Marcos serves as Area Leader for Cybersecurity, National Security & Defense, in Cisco's US Public Sector. His role is to ensure that Cisco’s business decisions are grounded in a deep understanding of current and potential Government customer requirements and to grow Cisco’s value to government by improving customer satisfaction within this market.

Marcos served as a Forensic Scientist with the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation from 2002 – 2010. His duties and responsibilities included the 24 hour response to violent crimes across the state of Mississippi. This included expertise in any or all of the following areas: Death Investigation, Shooting Incident Reconstruction, Latent Print Comparison/Examination, Blood Spatter Analysis, Forensic Mapping, Forensic Photography, and Evidence collection and preservation. In the 8 years Marcos worked for the MBI, he processed nearly 200 violent crime scenes across the state of Mississippi. He was also deployed to Hurricane Katrina where he assisted the Medical Examiner and Harrison County Coroner’s Office in 2005 as a team leader with Search and Recovery Efforts with his main concentration in the Biloxi, MS area.

Marcos concurrently served as an Officer with the MS Army National Guard. His first duty was as a Signal Detachment Commander with 2nd Battalion / 20th Special Forces Group (Airborne) from 2001 – 2006, including a Tour in support of Operation Enduring Freedom / Afghanistan in 2003. In 2006, he transferred to 1-155th Infantry Battalion where he served roles as a Rifle Platoon Leader and a Battalion Assistant S-3 (Operations) from 2006 – 2009. He was deployed in support of both Hurricane Gustav and Hurricane Ike where he served as a Battle Captain in the Tactical Operation Center during Gustav and as a Liaison Officer in the Emergency Operation Center during Ike.

Articles

October 29, 2024

GOVERNMENT

Enhancing Cybersecurity Skills in the U.S. Military and Department of Defense: The Cisco Winning Path to Certification

5 min read

Discover how Cisco's specialized training programs can equip military personnel with the essential cybersecurity skills needed to protect our nation's digital infrastructure.

April 29, 2024

GOVERNMENT

Comply-to-Connect and Cisco ISE: Revolutionizing the Department of Defense

4 min read

Comply-to-Connect and Cisco ISE are better together! Discover how they're revolutionizing the Department of Defense.

Veterans Bring Leadership, Tenacity, to Civilian Workforce

4 min read

This post was also published on the Huffington Post. Recently, a few of my veteran peers here at Cisco made a video that highlighted our military...

February 28, 2013

GOVERNMENT

RSA Conference 2013: I Am Security

2 min read

Here I sit… In Mel’s Drive-In Diner, San Francisco, CA. I just inhaled the “El Ranchero Americano”, which I am sure to regret later, and am enjoying tunes from yester-year...