As a 19 year veteran, I have witnessed Cisco mature in the area of inclusion and diversity. Having worked for AT&T Bell Labs in the 1990s, I have seen what a top tier organization does to attract, retain and develop a diverse workforce. The effort that I now see within Cisco is world class especially around talent and leadership development. Developing the pipeline of diverse technical talent should also be an area of focus. Reaching back into the high schools and sponsoring graduate degrees was something that Bell Labs would do, rather than depend on the existing pipeline. I assume our Networking Academies are being leveraged to discover new talent. AT&T had a program called One Year on Campus (OYOC), that recruited promising undergraduates and would pay for their masters at any university of their choice and 2/3 of their salary. If it were not for that program, I would not be where I am today. Although expensive, it created a fantastic pipeline of talent for AT&T. Would Cisco be so bold to consider such a program?