A count of past CTOs, all three of them

Craig Matsumoto, Editor-in-Chief, Light Reading

December 6, 2007

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Cisco's CTO Train

5:15 PM -- No idea if this is all that useful, but in researching Padmasree Warrior's hiring, I wanted to double-check that she's just the fourth person to be chief technology officer at Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO).

Here's the timeline I came up with. Scream at me via the message boards if it's wrong.

Table 1: CTO Timeline

CTO

Reign

After Being CTO...

Ed Kozel

1990-1998

Returned to Cisco in 2000. Now CEO of Skyrider.
(See Ed Kozel Is Back at Cisco.)

Judy Estrin

1998-2000

Founded Packet Design Inc.
(See Estrin Launches "Perpetual Startup".)

Charles Giancarlo

2004-2005

Promoted to Chief Development Officer, a title he still holds.
(See Cisco's Reorg: What It Means and Cisco Names Data Chief.)

Padmasree Warrior

2007-?



— Craig Matsumoto, West Coast Editor, Light Reading

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Craig Matsumoto

Editor-in-Chief, Light Reading

Yes, THAT Craig Matsumoto – who used to be at Light Reading from 2002 until 2013 and then went away and did other stuff and now HE'S BACK! As Editor-in-Chief. Go Craig!!

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