Cisco Reorgs, Names Giancarlo CTO

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Cisco Systems, Inc. today announced changes to the technology organization under Mario Mazzola, Senior Vice President and Chief Development Officer. As part of the announcement, Charles H. Giancarlo was named to the position of Chief Technology Officer (CTO). The changes reflect Cisco's continued evolution to address customer needs, to capture new market opportunities, and to cultivate its current and next generation of leaders.

"We continue to strengthen the technology team, and promote our next generation of leaders under Mario's direction," said John Chambers, president and CEO, Cisco Systems. "We are especially proud of our deep bench strength within the technology organization, and the team's commitment to customer success and innovation. We also recognize the tremendous value Charlie will bring in contributing to and communicating more broadly Cisco's business and technology vision."

Mazzola announced the following changes to the Cisco technology organization:

The remainder of Mazzola's technology leadership team will continue with their current roles and responsibilities.

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As CTO, Giancarlo will be responsible for contributing to and communicating Cisco's technology strategy. In addition, Giancarlo will assume responsibility for the Global Government Solutions Group, while continuing to lead Cisco's voice and home networking businesses and serving as President of Cisco-Linksys, LLC. Giancarlo will report to Chambers and continue to work closely with Mazzola and his leadership team.

Giancarlo, 46, joined Cisco in December 1994 through the acquisition of Kalpana, Inc. Most recently Giancarlo served as the co-leader of network switching, one of Cisco's core technologies, and as the co-leader of several advanced technologies, including voice, storage networking and network security. Giancarlo holds an M.B.A. from Harvard and M.S. and B.S. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of California at Berkeley and Brown University, respectively.

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