Communications Personals
Named to incoming Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins' new leadership team: Pankaj Patel, executive vice president-chief development officer; Kelly Kramer, executive vice president-chief financial officer; ex-chief information technology officer Rebecca Jacoby, senior vice president-operations; Guillermo Diaz promoted to CIO; Francine Katsoudas, senior vice president-chief people officer; ex-head of mergers and acquisitions strategy; Hilton Romanski, senior vice president-chief technology and strategy officer; Karen Walker, senior vice president-chief marketing officer; Chris Dedicoat, senior vice president-worldwide sales; Joe Cozzolino, senior vice president-services; Mark Chandler, senior vice president-general counsel; Ruba Borno, ex-Boston Consulting Group, vice president-growth initiatives and chief of staff; Chief Technology and Strategy Officer Padmasree Warrior and Senior Vice President-Services Edzard Overbeek, will move to strategic adviser roles, effective immediately, and stay through the transition; Executive Vice President-Industry Solutions and Chief Globalisation Office Wim Elfrink to retire, effective July 25.
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