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10 Cisco corporate development leaders
These ten current and former Cisco corporate development leaders have held director, senior director and senior vice president roles in corporate development, acquisition integration and M&A program, go-to-market and people work at the company. A reader can learn how Cisco approaches corporate development from people who led it.
Professionals to explore
01—10Dan Menge
LinkedInExperience: Director, M&A Integration | Corporate Development | IMO Lead · Cisco
Former Director, M&A Integration, Corporate Development and IMO Lead at Cisco (2009–2018), where their profile says they managed the Integration Lead team and the Integration Management Office function within Cisco Corporate Development. They later were Head of M&A Integration at Xilinx and AMD, and have been VP, Corporate Development M&A Integration at Cadence since 2025.
Derek Idemoto
LinkedInExperience: SVP, Corporate Development and Cisco Investments · Cisco
SVP, Corporate Development and Cisco Investments at Cisco since December 2007, a role their profile says leads Cisco's external innovation strategy and execution through acquisitions and investments, with more than 100 acquisitions and investments since joining. They were earlier Vice President, Corporate Development at Overture Services (1999–2003).
Massimo Malizia
LinkedInExperience: Director Corporate Development Integration · Cisco
Director Corporate Development Integration at Cisco since May 2013, where their profile says they head the Corporate Development Program Management team supporting integration. Earlier at Cisco they were Compensation Manager for Acquisition Integration (2010–2011) and Finance Manager for Acquisition & Integration (2007–2010).
Maureen Lowney
LinkedInExperience: Director, People M&A · Cisco
Director, People M&A at Cisco since October 2022, a Director-level role in human resources, after People M&A Deal Leader there (2013–2022). Earlier at Cisco they were Senior Manager, Business Development, Worldwide Services Partners (2011–2013). They are based in the New York City Metropolitan Area.
Mi Mae Ching
LinkedInExperience: Director, Corporate Development Integration · Cisco
Director, Corporate Development Integration at Cisco since March 2016, based in San Jose, California. Earlier at Cisco they were Sr Manager, Acquisition Integration (2012–2016). Their profile also lists supply chain and manufacturing operations roles at Cisco, including Sr Manager, Segment Supply Chain Management (2011–2012).
Renee Scherrer
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Global M&A Integration Strategy | Sales & Marketing, Go-to-Market · Cisco
Senior Director, Global M&A Integration Strategy for Sales & Marketing and Go-to-Market at Cisco since 2018, after Director, Global M&A Integration Strategy for Customer Success & Partner Sales (2013–2018). Their profile says they drive M&A integrations that expand markets served by Cisco's partner ecosystem. They earlier worked on M&A integration strategy at Hewlett Packard Enterprise (2008–2011).
Rishi Khasgiwale
LinkedInExperience: Director, Go-To-Market and M&A - Security & Collaboration · Cisco
Director, Go-To-Market and M&A - Security & Collaboration at Cisco since October 2022, a Director-level role in San Francisco. Before Cisco they were Senior Director Strategy & Transformation at Pegasystems (2021–2022) and Director Corporate Strategy at PTC (2018–2021), after earlier corporate strategy roles at PTC from 2016.
Sara George
LinkedInExperience: Director of Mergers & Acquisitions Integration · Cisco Meraki
Director of Mergers & Acquisitions Integration at Cisco Meraki since November 2025, where their profile says they direct the final phase of Cisco's integration of the Meraki business across 10+ functions. Earlier at Cisco Meraki they were Senior Manager Business Operations (2022–2025), PMO Manager (2021–2022) and Change Management Lead (2020–2021).
Sumeet Bansal
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director - Corporate Development Acquisition Integration · Cisco
Senior Director - Corporate Development Acquisition Integration at Cisco since May 2021, after Senior Director Business Operations there (2019–2021). Earlier at Cisco they were Director Supply Chain Product Operations - Enterprise Wireless & Routing (2016–2019) and Director Supply Chain Operations, Data Centre Group (2013–2015). Their profile describes building scalable integration capabilities that translate acquisition strategy into business value.
Sunil Gonuguntla
LinkedInExperience: Director Business Transformation, M&A Program Management · Cisco
Director Business Transformation, M&A Program Management at Cisco since August 2022, after Senior Manager Strategy & Planning there (2020–2022). They were earlier a Senior Program Manager at Cisco (2008–2020). Their profile describes 22 years of experience delivering enterprise transformation programs.
Choose the right perspective
Match the person's part of the deal cycle to your question, since corporate development leadership, integration program management, go-to-market integration and people integration each see different problems. Check whether their role is current and when they held it, because an integration leader from several years ago may describe a different playbook.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a large technology company with a long acquisition history run integration as a repeatable program?
- 02How are sales, partner and go-to-market teams brought together after a networking or security acquisition?
- 03What does a people M&A leader handle when employees of an acquired company join a large company?
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