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Cristina McGlew Castro

Strategist, CSR Strategy & Global Problem Solving 1B

Cisco Corporate Affairs

As part of the Corporate Affairs Strategy and Global Problem Solving 1B team, Cristina is responsible for gathering, defining and clarifying insights that determine our corporate social responsibility strategic (CSR) direction. Cristina drives business development and thought leadership activities that define and influence CSR investments and solutions development.

Prior this role, Cristina was part of Corporate Affairs’ Global Engagement Organization, where she was responsible for managing a team based throughout Latin America and CSR initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Before joining Cisco in 2006, Cristina earned her MBA from University of Michigan Ross School of Business after working with the US Navy as a public affairs and procurement specialist. She earned her undergraduate degrees in economics and Spanish from the University of Maryland.

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November 9, 2017

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

#CiscoChat Recap: Leveraging Technology to Accelerate Social Entrepreneurship

Last week, Cisco Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) hosted a #CiscoChat on its Twitter page around social entrepreneurship; specifically, we looked at how organizations, companies, and individuals can leverage technology to accelerate social change. As a strategist on CSR’s Strategy and Global Pr…

October 9, 2017

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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Calling All Global Problem Solvers: Enter Cisco’s 2018 GPS Challenge

Innovative ideas and technologies drive Cisco’s goal to positively impact one billion people by 2025. With digitization and the surge of connected devices, good ideas can make a difference more quickly–and in more places–than ever before. But without people, such innovations wouldn’t exi…

April 24, 2017

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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

The 2017 Rice Business Plan Competition and New Ways to Recognize Social Enterprises

By 2030, 500 billion devices and objects will be connected to the Internet. At the same time, as part of our work to positively impact 1 billion people by 2025, Cisco seeks to inspire and empower a generation of global problem solvers. People who will not only thrive but also drive an inclusive digi…