Cisco Company

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bers, President & CEO (Chief Executive officer)
*Larry Carter, CFO (Chief Financial Officer)
* Don Listwin, Executive Vice President
*Gary Daichendt, Executive Vice President of Worldwide Operations
Employment
* Approximately 30,589 worldwide, about 13,948 in the bay area.
Only a few years ago, Cisco Systems was a struggling company who only the technologically educated had heard of. Today, Cisco Systems ranks as the number one or two company in most Internet technology. Anyone using the Internet today, will use one area or another of Cisco Systems. The driving force behind Cisco is their visionary CEO, John Chambers. How does a man who is dyslexic and doesn’t understand much of the technology his company makes become so successful in the Internet age? He believes in empowering his employees and surrounds himself with people who do have the technical knowledge. Chambers believes in acquiring companies at an alarming rate to either acquire new technologies or the teams of people who are developing the new technologies. This saves Cisco money and time allowing it to lead the way in the Internet world instead of playing catch up. Chambers also believes in education as a major player in the future success of not only his company, but for the entire country. His vision of doing it first, before the compet...