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10 Cisco executives
These ten current and former Cisco executives hold or have held CEO, executive vice president, senior vice president, president and chief operating officer titles at Cisco. Readers can learn how the Cisco executive team and its business-group and regional leaders approach sales, product operations, finance, infrastructure and security decisions.
Professionals to explore
01—10Anurag Dhingra
LinkedInExperience: SVP GM, Enterprise Connectivity & Collaboration · Cisco
SVP GM, Enterprise Connectivity & Collaboration at Cisco since 2025, after SVP GM, Collaboration (2024–2025). His profile says the group's portfolio spans hardware, software and SaaS products, including Meraki, Cisco Catalyst, Industrial IoT networking and ThousandEyes network assurance. He was VP, Engineering & CTO at Webex (2019–2023).
Chuck Robbins
LinkedInExperience: Chair and CEO · Cisco
Chair and CEO of Cisco since December 2017, and CEO since July 2015. At Cisco he was also SVP, Worldwide Field Operations (2012–2015), Senior Vice President, Americas (2011–2012) and Senior Vice President, US Enterprise, Commercial & Canada (2009–2011). His headline also lists Chair, Business Roundtable.
Dave West
LinkedInExperience: President, Asia Pacific, Japan, and China · Cisco
President, Asia Pacific, Japan, and China at Cisco since 2021, and Senior Vice President, Global Specialists, Cisco since July 2025. He was President and General Manager, Cisco Japan G.K. (2018–2021) and Vice President, WW Sales, Enterprise Networks (2017–2018). His profile cites 25 years with Cisco.
Fernando Gil de Bernabe y Varela
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Sales, Chief Operating Officer, Asia Pacific, Japan & Greater China (APJC Region) · Cisco
Former Vice President of Sales, Chief Operating Officer, Asia Pacific, Japan & Greater China (APJC Region) at Cisco (2014–2026). At Cisco he was also Senior Director of Business Development, Greater China (2008–2014) and Director, Internet Business Solutions Group, Service Provider Practice, EMEA (1999–2008). Since August 2026 he has been Strategic Advisor & Executive Educator at DE BERNABÉ ADVISORY.
Girish Parekh
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President, CFO - Global Sales, Services & Marketing · Cisco
Senior Vice President, CFO - Global Sales, Services & Marketing at Cisco since June 2026, alongside Senior Vice President, CFO Global Sales & Marketing, listed from December 2019. At Cisco he was also Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance (2018–2019) and Vice President, CFO EMEAR (2016–2018). He was CFO - Global MICT & AW at GE HealthCare (2012–2015).
Gordon Thomson
LinkedInExperience: President, EMEA · Cisco
President, EMEA at Cisco since July 2025, after a Senior Vice President role (May–July 2025) and Vice President, Service Provider, EMEA (2023–2025). His profile says he leads Cisco's EMEA business and was previously SVP for Service Provider Sales in EMEA, which it describes as a $2bn business.
Jonathan Davidson
LinkedInExperience: EVP GM Massive-Scale Infrastructure Group · Cisco
EVP GM Massive-Scale Infrastructure Group at Cisco, a role listed from 2020 alongside SVP GM Massive-Scale Infrastructure Group. His profile also lists Director, Product Management at Cisco (2000–2010), SVP & GM for CDBU at Trapeze Networks (2012–2014) and Senior Vice President & General Manager for CDBU at Juniper Networks, ending in 2014.
Kristen Nichols
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President Global Business & Product Operations and COO, Cisco Product Organization · Cisco
Senior Vice President Global Business & Product Operations and COO, Cisco Product Organization since November 2022, where her profile says she manages a global team of 1000+ covering product operations, technical program management, financial and business operations and business intelligence. She was Vice President Chief of Staff Global Business Operations at Cisco (2019–2022), and her profile also lists Senior Vice President, Strategy, Planning and Operations at F5 from August 2026.
Odysseas Charalambous
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President Global Sales - GTM Acceleration · Cisco
Senior Vice President Global Sales - GTM Acceleration at Cisco since October 2025, and Chief Operating Officer EMEA since September 2024. His profile says he is a member of the Global Sales Leadership Team and leads the GTM Acceleration team, which is in charge of accelerating Cisco's go-to-market strategy and identifying growth opportunities. He was Vice President Sales Specialists EMEA (2023–2024).
Peter Bailey
LinkedInExperience: SVP GM Security · Cisco
SVP GM Security at Cisco since May 2025. He was VP GM SecOps, Google Cloud Security (2024–2025), VP, Google Cloud Security at Google (2022–2024), Executive Vice President at Mandiant (part of Google Cloud) (2019–2022) and Chief Executive Officer of Vertical Communications (2011–2019). He writes about building teams that deliver products and services for cyber security defenders.
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Match the executive's function, business group or region to your question, since corporate, product and regional sales leaders see different parts of Cisco's decisions. Check each role's dates so you know whether the person's Cisco experience is current or from an earlier period.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does Cisco decide which networking, security and collaboration products receive investment?
- 02What does Cisco's sales organization look for when choosing partners and go-to-market programs?
- 03How does Cisco bring acquired businesses into its product and sales operations?
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