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Carlos Pignataro

CTO, Distinguished Engineer

Chief Technology and Architecture Office

Carlos Pignataro, CTO SP CX, Cisco Distinguished Engineer, is a technology change agent who has spent his career on the “bleeding edge.” It all begins with innovation, which he believes is not just central to change, it is change.

A Services Patent Strategist, he has co-invented almost two hundred US patents (issued and pending), co-authored over fifty Internet Requests for Comments (RFCs), has received a variety of awards in technology, innovation, and services science, and holds multiple industry leadership roles.

Carlos spreads the wealth, serving as an adjunct professor at North Carolina State University. He has co-authored three books on computer networking and is a much sought-after speaker at conferences in the industry and across Cisco.

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September 9, 2019

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INNOVATION

Techno-Conservation Part One: A Symposium Bringing Together Conservationists, Technologists, and Academics

This blog was co-written with Dave Ward, SVP, CTO of Engineering and Chief Architect at Cisco “If you want to go fast, go alone; but if you want to go far, go together.” Proverb, believed to be of African origins. Two decades ago, I saw the immense potential in computer networking and th…

January 23, 2018

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LIFE AT CISCO

Career Innovation: Reinventing Yourself at Cisco

Everyone knows that Cisco is about innovation – and innovation fuels sustainable growth. But most people think it only refers to technology innovation. Cisco is certainly a tech innovator – don’t get me wrong – and as a technologist at heart and Distinguished Engineer myself, I am part of that. But…