Business Analyst

When it comes time to decide what you want your career to be, it can be overwhelming.  Not to mention, many struggle with defining what they’d like from “the real world” while others seem to have everything already charted out from A-Z. I was one of the A-Z students.  At least, I thought I was. When…

How much do you #LoveWhereYouWork?  For me, I could share story upon story of why Cisco has my heart.  I am so immensely proud to see our children running around in Cisco t-shirts and love watching my daughter save book reports to her Cisco UBS drive.  There have been many moments that mattered to m…

“To pay attention, this is our endless and proper work.” – Mary Oliver My first day in business school, I was confident that the last place I wanted to end up in was Corporate America. I pictured it as a place entirely cut off from the rest of the planet, where everyone is strapped to their de…

The past 6 months have been my hardest at Cisco, yet maybe have taught me the most about why I love where I work. My organization, Customer Experience, went through some of the largest changes many Cisco employees had ever seen. I’ve been at Cisco for almost 4 years, but from what I have heard from…

You never know when life will throw you a curveball. Two and a half years ago, I had just started a new role at Cisco and was getting off a plane in Denver, Colorado to meet my new team at an offsite. It was a time of change and excitement. There was just one inconvenient concern. Before the trip, I…

How many people can say that in a moment where the unthinkable has happened in their life their company CEO has taken the time to send a personal note offering his support? We hear it a lot at Cisco that we “have each other’s backs” or that “we’re a family” – but you don’t know how true those words…