Joe thank you for your commitment and contribution to a Cisco culture of inclusion. I personally enjoyed ALL of the Simmons experience from the Cisco networking dinner to the very last speaker on the day of the conference.

I attended the session "Do Men Really Get It?" and heard you say something very simple but tremendously empowering. You advised all who listened, "You have to write your own story." For me this means that I own the narrative, writing the goals and acting on them. In my story I choose to be the driver of outcomes, an active participant in candid conversations and change the status quo by disrupting the ordinary.