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Kristine Snow

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Cisco Capital

Kristine (Kris) A. Snow is President of Cisco Systems Capital Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cisco Systems, Inc., where she leads the company’s global captive finance business. Cisco Capital is focused on delivering premier solutions in Technology Financing, Channel Financing, and Cisco Refresh. Managing over $9 Billion in assets with a presence in over 100 countries. Snow balances sales enablement for Cisco with overall lease and loan portfolio risk to drive profitability for Cisco Capital.

Snow joined Cisco from CIT Group, Inc. in 2009. As President of Global Vendor Finance at CIT, she led operations in over 30 countries throughout North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. In this capacity, Snow oversaw office products, technology, and diversified vendor financing with over $15 Billion in managed assets.

Prior to CIT, Snow spent over 17 years at Sun Microsystems, Inc. in roles of increasing responsibilities, most recently as the General Manager and Senior Vice President for Sun’s captive finance business, Sun Microsystems Global Financial Services. In this role, she provided worldwide leadership to its three operating units: Structured Financing, Utility and Variable Computing Infrastructure, and Asset Management/Remarketed Products.

Before her work at Sun Microsystems, Snow held various technical positions with Cray Research Inc., Digital Equipment Corporation, and General Electric’s Calma Division.

Given Snow’s extensive experience in the technology industry and being a female executive, she remains very passionate about the career growth and acceleration of women in technology. Over the past years, she has participated in several women’s networking groups and mentor circles to help make a positive impact.

In 2012, Snow was honored and recognized for Exemplifying Excellence as a Female Executive as a recipient of the 2012 YWCA Tribute to Women (TWIN) Award for the Silicon Valley. Kris is currently an Executive Sponsor for the Women’s Finance Network at Cisco Systems, Inc.

Snow is a former Board Director of the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) and also a former member of the Board’s Executive Committee. She is a past Chair of the Vendor and Captive Business Council of ELFA. Snow is currently serving on the Board’s Nominating Committee.

Snow holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Gonzaga University and a Master of Business Administration from St. Mary’s College of California. Snow currently co-chairs the executive council for the Gonzaga University School of Engineering and Applied Science and currently serves on the advisory board to the St. Mary’s College School of Economics and Business Administration.

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Articles

August 26, 2019

INNOVATION

Flexible Consumption Models for Cisco Customers and Partners

Cisco Capital looks to consistently provide competitive advantages that address customer and partner needs with consumption solutions, specifically usage and subscription payment models. Leveraging these models has created business opportunities and maximized success in the following ways: Cisco Ca…

August 23, 2019

FINANCIAL SERVICES

The Positive Impact of Digitization on the Finance and Leasing Industry

The global asset finance and leasing industry is a sector that now exceeds $1 trillion and has witnessed phenomenal growth over the past four decades. Financial service providers continue to de-risk their lending environment and traditional lenders are less likely to offer finance in the face of str…

October 19, 2018

PARTNER

Catalyzing Partner Innovation through Ecosystem Partners and Cisco Capital

Co-authored by Denny Trevett, Vice President, CX Partner Model, Cisco Our business success is simple; we win when our customers win. But winning solutions don’t come as easily as they did before the digital transformation era. Customers now require finely tailored, nearly bespoke solutions along wi…

October 16, 2018

PARTNER

Supporting our customers through their technology transitions

Technology gets old, it is a fact that we cannot escape. Ensuring the most up-to-date technology is fundamental to drive business agility and customer outcomes.  However, pace of change can often be a challenge when you have a large and complex environment.  Infrastructure at different phases of a t…

October 15, 2018

NETWORKING

Keeping IT Simple with Flexible Payment Solutions

Co-authored by Todd Nightingale, SVP & General Manager, Cisco Meraki Simplicity isn’t just efficient, it is smart. In our industry, technological innovation and complexity often go hand in hand. We think innovation does not need to be complicated. In fact, at Cisco Meraki, we are zealous believe…

August 27, 2018

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Securing Solutions in the Race to Digital Transformation

When it comes to relevancy and competition in a digital era, do you have the tools and technologies to accelerate business growth? A better question – do you have flexibility when it comes to purchasing and paying for them? This year, U.S. businesses, nonprofits and government agencies will spend 1.…

December 18, 2017

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

20 Years and Beyond: A celebration of #Cisco Capital and what’s next for financial innovation

As 2017 comes to a close, we look back at one of the most interesting inflection points in the business landscape. Competition is increasing as growth remains tepid. Geo-political tensions swelled as certainty decreased. In many ways, 2017 was an unprecedented year. It was also an exciting year for…

August 2, 2017

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Cisco Capital – The Fast Track to Innovation

At last year’s Cisco Partner Summit, our CEO Chuck Robbins described how the rise of the internet in the 90s fundamentally changed the way businesses work. The invention of e-commerce completely disrupted how we purchase and sell goods – and now, our current digital transformation changes something…

Cisco Capital – Celebrating 20 years of Financial Innovation

Twenty years ago, Cisco Capital began with a simple purpose: to enable companies of all sizes to transform and develop through the acquisition of Cisco technology. While Cisco Capital has grown substantially since then, our mission has remained unchanged. Over the past two decades—from the dot-com b…