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10 Cisco procurement leaders
These ten people hold or have held procurement, sourcing and supplier management leadership roles at Cisco, including a former chief procurement officer and a current senior vice president of global supplier management. A reader can learn how procurement leaders build and run their teams at Cisco.
Professionals to explore
01—10Annie Wang
LinkedInExperience: Sourcing Director of Global Supplier Management · Cisco
Sourcing Director of Global Supplier Management at Cisco since March 2018, based in Shenzhen. Former Lenovo roles include Procurement Director - Accessory Peripheral Packaging (2016–2017), Procurement Director - NB ODM (2013–2016), Procurement Director - Strategy and Cost (2011–2013) and Procurement Director - Visual ODM and Panel (2008–2011).
Arwen Goraya
LinkedInExperience: Director Strategic Sourcing and Supplier Management · Cisco Systems Inc.
Director Strategic Sourcing and Supplier Management at Cisco Systems Inc. since November 2024, a director-level role in the Operations department. The profile also lists Manager, Segment Managers, Software and Cloud at Cisco from 2018 with no end date, and former Cisco roles as Software Segment Manager (2013–2018) and Product Ops Commodity manager (2008–2010).
Carolynn Vogt
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Global Procurement Services · Cisco
Vice President of Global Procurement Services at Cisco since April 2024; the profile says the team drives strategic sourcing, supply chain optimization and procurement excellence. Former Cisco roles include Sr. Director, Technology Sourcing (2022–2024), Director, Technology Sourcing (2021–2022) and Director, Software & Services (2018–2021).
Damiano Rossetti
LinkedInExperience: Director, Global Sourcing and Supplier Management · Cisco
Director, Global Sourcing and Supplier Management at Cisco since January 2023, a director-level role in the Operations department. The profile also lists Senior Manager, Global Sourcing and Supplier Management at Cisco from 2020 with no end date, and former Optics Sourcing Commodity Manager, GSM at Cisco (2012–2020).
Denise White
LinkedInExperience: Director of Global Technology Procurement & Supplier Vendor Management · Cisco
Former Director of Global Technology Procurement & Supplier Vendor Management at Cisco (January 2008 to June 2021), a role the profile lists at director level. Denise White was also Senior Director of Strategic Procurement at Oracle (1990–2008), and the profile lists a retirement entry from 2021 to 2022.
Diego Marchese
LinkedInExperience: Sr. Director, Global Sourcing & Vendor Management · Cisco
Sr. Director, Global Sourcing & Vendor Management at Cisco since August 2024, based in the Geneva area. The profile describes experience in global vendor management from sourcing through delivery of products, including managing vendors' performance, and lists OEM, ODM and JDM product transformation.
John Kern
LinkedInExperience: VP, Global Supplier Management · Cisco
Former VP, Global Supplier Management (2006–2009) and Sr Director, GSM (2003–2006) at Cisco, and former SVP, Supply Chain Operations at Cisco (2011–2024). The profile describes the SVP role as leading a team responsible for manufacturing, new product introduction, sourcing and supplier management, planning, logistics and product quality.
Marco De Martin
LinkedInExperience: Senior Vice President - Global Supplier Management · Cisco
Senior Vice President - Global Supplier Management at Cisco since May 2023, based in Singapore. The profile places this current role in the Operations department at the President/Vice President level, and it is the only work history row the listing shows for Marco De Martin.
Rob Falivene
LinkedInExperience: Chief Procurement Officer · Cisco
Former Chief Procurement Officer at Cisco (2010–2015). Rob Falivene was also SVP & Chief Procurement Officer at Visa (2016–2018) and President at SCOPE - Supply Chain Operations Procurement Excellence (2018–2020), and has been Supply Chain Executive at Baylor College of Medicine since 2020.
Taro Matsumoto
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director, Global Procurement Services · Cisco
Senior Director, Global Procurement Services at Cisco since September 2019; the profile says Taro Matsumoto launched a Center of Excellence organization within the role. Former Vice President, Global Procurement (2017–2019), Senior Director, Global Procurement (2014–2017) and Director, Global Procurement (2012–2014) at Flex.
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Match the person to the kind of spend behind your question, since a technology or software sourcing leader and a global supplier management leader deal with different suppliers and contracts. Check each person's dates before asking how Cisco runs procurement today.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does Cisco divide work between global procurement services and global supplier management?
- 02What does a technology sourcing team need to negotiate well with software and services suppliers?
- 03How should a hardware company manage component and manufacturing suppliers across several countries?
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