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San Jose, CA-based Cisco has Appointed Padmasree Warrior as Chief Technology Officer
About the Company
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) is the worldwide leader in IT that helps companies seize the opportunities of tomorrow by proving that amazing things can happen when you connect the previously unconnected. At Cisco customers come first and an integral part of our DNA is creating long-lasting customer partnerships and working with them to identify their needs and provide solutions that support their success. The concept of solutions being driven to address specific customer challenges has been with Cisco since its inception. Husband and wife Len Bosack and Sandy Lerner, both working for Stanford University, wanted to email each other from their respective offices located in different buildings but were unable to due to technological shortcomings. A technology had to be invented to deal with disparate local area protocols; and as a result of solving their challenge - the multi-protocol router was born. Since then Cisco has shaped the future of the Internet by creating unprecedented value and opportunity for our customers, employees, investors and ecosystem partners and has become the worldwide leader in networking - transforming how people connect, communicate and collaborate.
About the Person
Padmasree Warrior has been the Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Technology Officer of Cisco Systems, Inc. since June 2012 and December 2007 respectively. Ms. Warrior also serves as Senior Vice President of Cisco Systems. She served as a Co-Head of the Engineering Organization at Cisco Systems from May 5, 2011 to June 2012. She served as the Chief Technology Officer of Motorola Solutions, Inc. (Alternative name is Motorola Inc) since January 2003 and as its Executive Vice President since March 2005 and Senior Vice President from January 2003 to March 2005. Ms. Warrior joined Motorola in 1984 and has held many leadership positions. She served as the Corporate Vice President and General Manager at Energy Systems Group, Integrated Electronic Systems Sector from April 2002 to January 2003, where Ms. Warrior was responsible for all aspects of the business. She served as the Corporate Vice President and General Manager at Thoughtbeam Inc., where she led the effort to commercialize research efforts relating to compound semiconductor materials, from October 2001 to April 2002. Ms. Warrior also served as the Corporate Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Digital DNA Laboratories, Semiconductor Products Sector (SPS), where she led the sector's global research and development organization and was responsible for the sector's technology strategy and embedded systems solutions, from December 2000 to October 2001. She served as the Chief Technology Officer and Vice President at DigitalDNA Laboratories, SPS from July 2000 to December 2000 and as Vice President and Assistant Director from August 1999 to July 2000. Ms. Warrior served as the Vice President at HiPerMOS and RFLDMOS Device Center of Excellence, SPS from February 1999 to August 1999. She serves as a Director of Dow Corning Corporation. She serves as a Member of Advisory Board at Techonomy Media Inc. She serves as a Member of Motorola Equity Investment Board at Motorola Solutions Venture Capital. She served as an Independent Director at Corning Inc., from July 20, 2005 to April 24, 2008. She serves as a Member of Motorola Equity Investment Board at Motorola Ventures. Ms. Warrior served as a Director at Ferro Corp. from 2002 to June 23, 2005. She served a Director of Agency for Science, Technology and Research. She served as a Director at DigitalDNA Laboratories, Semiconductor Products Sector from July 2000 to December 2000 and from December 2000 to October 2001. Ms. Warrior was an Assistant Director at DigitalDNA Laboratories, SPS from August 1999 to July 2000. She served as a Director at HiPerMOS and RFLDMOS Device Center of Excellence, SPS from June 1997 to February 1999 and from February 1999 to August 1999. Ms. Warrior served on the Texas Governor's Council for Digital Economy and is a Member of the Texas Higher Education Board review panel. She was one of six women nationwide selected to receive the 'Women Elevating Science and Technology' award from Working Woman magazine in 2001. Ms. Warrior received her M.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the Cornell University and a B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in New Delhi, India. she was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Engineering from New York's Polytechnic University.
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