Cisco CEO and leadership

Q: Who is the CEO of Cisco?

The CEO of Cisco is Charles H. Robbins.

Q: Who is the founder of Cisco?

Leonard Bosack, Sandra Lerner, Andreas Glocker and Dimitar Mitko Vasilev founded Cisco.

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Cisco CEO and executives

Executive Summary. Based on our data team's research, Charles H. Robbins is the Cisco's CEO. Cisco has 79,500 employees, of which 103 are in a leadership position.

Here are further demographic highlights of the leadership team:

The Cisco executive team is 29% female and 71% male.
57% of the management team is White.
14% of Cisco management is Hispanic or Latino.
9% of the management team is Black or African American.

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Name & TitleBio

Charles H. Robbins

CEO

Charles H. Robbins (born 1965/1966) is an American businessman, and the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Cisco Systems.

Leonard Bosack

Founder

Sandra Lerner

Founder

Andreas Glocker

Founder

Dimitar Mitko Vasilev

Founder, Founder/CTO at Openberlin Cisco Innovation Center

Mitko has worked in high technologies since 1996. He has worked for Service providers, Industrial and lately since 2003 for Cisco Systems. Mitko has lived and worked in Emerging markets and European countries, designing, implementing and operating very large-scale systems. The last 6 years he has spend on the road working as a consulting systems engineer with 80% of travel time in EMEA and US. In 2013 Mitko moved to Berlin and is Technology Officer at openBerlin by Cisco. Mitko is doing due-diligence for Cisco Investments. He is ab active supporter of Open Data, Open source and hardware, and member of the Maker community.

Kristina M. Johnson

Board Member

Maria Martinez

EVP & Chief Operating Officer

Maria Martinez has served as executive vice president and chief customer experience officer at Cisco Systems, Inc. since April 2018. Previous to her role at Cisco, Ms. Martinez served in a variety of senior executive roles at salesforce.com, inc. including president, Global Customer Success and Latin America from March 2016 to April 2018; president, Sales and Customer Success from February 2013 to March 2016; executive vice president and chief growth officer from February 2012 to February 2013; and executive vice president, Customers for Life from February 2010 to February 2012. Prior to joining salesforce.com, inc., she managed the global services business for Microsoft Corporation, including professional services and customer support for all products. Ms. Martinez has also held a number of other leadership positions at Motorola, Inc. and AT&T Inc., and served as chief executive officer of Embrace Networks, Inc. She currently serves on the board of directors for Declara, Inc. and non-profit Genesys Works. Ms. Martinez has been a director of the Company since October 2019. She is a member of the Audit Committee.

Michael D. Capellas

Board Member

Richard Scott Herren

EVP and CFO

Specialties: General Management, Finance, Accounting, Operations, M&A, Product Strategy, Product Mgmt, Pricing, Product Development, Sales, Sales Management, Field Marketing

Brenton L. Saunders

Board Member

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Name & TitleBio

Leonard Bosack

Founder

Sandra Lerner

Founder

Andreas Glocker

Founder

Dimitar Mitko Vasilev

Founder, Founder/CTO at Openberlin Cisco Innovation Center

Cisco board members

Name & TitleBio

Charles H. Robbins

CEO

Charles H. Robbins (born 1965/1966) is an American businessman, and the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of Cisco Systems.

Kristina M. Johnson

Board Member

Michael D. Capellas

Board Member

Brenton L. Saunders

Board Member

Mark S. Garrett

Board Member

Roderick C. McGeary

Board Member

John D. Harris II

Board Member

Lisa T. Su

Board Member

M. Michele Burns

Board Member

Marianna Tessel

Board Member

Cisco leadership demographics

Cisco gender distribution in management team

The Cisco executive team is 29% female and 71% male.
Cisco is 33% female and 67% male company-wide.

Male

71%

Company-wide: 67%

Female

29%

Company-wide: 33%

Cisco executives by race

Management Team:

The most common ethnicity among Cisco executive officers is White.
57% of the management team is White.
15% of Cisco's management is Asian.
14% of the management team is Hispanic or Latino.

Company-wide:

White is the most common ethnicity company-wide.
46% of employees are White.
24% of employees are Asian.
16% of employees are Hispanic or Latino.

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What employees say about the executives at Cisco

Employee reviews

3.0

A zippia user wrote a review on Sep 2024

Pros of working at Cisco

great pay, nice people, nearly all remote

Cons of working at Cisco

lack of vision from executive leadership, hard to be promoted at mid and senior levels, severe budget constraints, yearly layoffs

Cisco benefits

work / life balance

What do you like best about Cisco's CEO and the leadership team?

They talk the talk about doing the right thing always - and try to be transparent.

How would you improve Cisco's culture?

Move talent internally where help is needed instead of mindless cuts across the board which don't account for strategic value.

How did you prepare for the Cisco interview?

Know my background, research all interviewers

How does your compensation at Cisco compare to the industry average?

Higher

What's the diversity at Cisco like?

solid

What brings you the most joy at Cisco?

intellectual challenge and smart people - without those, it becomes boring!

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2.0

A zippia user wrote a review on Sep 2024

Pros of working at Cisco

Benefits

Cons of working at Cisco

Bad culture, tone deep management, favoritism, poor communication

Cisco benefits

Healthcare

What do you like best about Cisco's CEO and the leadership team?

I don't they are beholden to wall street and investors.

How would you improve Cisco's culture?

Hmmmmm. Avoiding it

How did you prepare for the Cisco interview?

Didn't was acquired

How does your compensation at Cisco compare to the industry average?

Not sure

What's the diversity at Cisco like?

All for show no real substance

What brings you the most joy at Cisco?

Working remote

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3.0

A zippia user wrote a review on May 2024

Pros of working at Cisco

people, liberty, making the goal

Cons of working at Cisco

leadership, no salary increase , product quality

Cisco benefits

the CAR in EU

What do you like best about Cisco's CEO and the leadership team?

Nothing, pure BS

How would you improve Cisco's culture?

Fire the leadership exec, have their bonus paid on product quality and inovation

How did you prepare for the Cisco interview?

not needed, going retirment

How does your compensation at Cisco compare to the industry average?

not any more

What's the diversity at Cisco like?

that's ok but their are racist against pro EEC people

What brings you the most joy at Cisco?

happy customer

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4.0

A zippia user wrote a review on Oct 2023

Pros of working at Cisco

Great team and flexible

Cons of working at Cisco

They are Always reorganizing

Cisco benefits

They had great stockoptions

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4.0

A zippia user wrote a review on May 2023

Pros of working at Cisco

My management team was very transparent, easily approachable, extremely supportive, and genuine.

Cons of working at Cisco

The company itself being so large mad it difficult to implement changes quickly.

Cisco benefits

Great managers, medical benefits were fantastic, a lot of self education available in their LMS.

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3.0

A zippia user wrote a review on Sep 2021

Pros of working at Cisco

Technical Challenges

Cons of working at Cisco

management was not engaged with contractors

Cisco benefits

I was a contractor had no benefits

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5.0

A zippia user wrote a review on Apr 2021

Pros of working at Cisco

I was on a contract for a new organization that was constantly making changes. The job I had was dissolved. I have worked for Cisco for 20 years prior. Employee #895

Cons of working at Cisco

Stressed and overburdened director taking frustrations out on the administrative staff. (in contract role) - but we worked it out.

Cisco benefits

Being able to work from home (or in the office). I have a lot of friends at that company from when I worked there previously for 20 years.

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4.0

A zippia user wrote a review on Sep 2020

Pros of working at Cisco

products and coworkers

Cons of working at Cisco

politics, LR and layoffs

Cisco benefits

Restriced Stock Units and medical benefits

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Updated November 18, 2022

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