Cisco Employees
Stretch Assignments Take Employee Beyond the Day-to-Day
Bipasha Chakrabarti has been a part of Cisco’s Public Relations team in India for almost five years now, and in that time she has loved getting to explore other facets of the company that have helped to grow and develop her career. Recently Bipasha was an Expand Your Boundaries Award Winner for Q3 –…
Employees Are Wowed By Cisco’s New San Jose HeadQuarters
New CEO Chuck Robbins issued a challenge (one of many) when he stepped into his new role this past summer. “I want Cisco to be viewed as having the most innovative employee experience in technology or in corporate America,” says Robbins. Cisco is just getting started, but we’re ex…
We Are Family – Cisco Sisters
“We are family! I’ve got all my sisters and me!” ~ Sister Sledge. Now that we’ve gotten a disco tune earworm in your brain, let’s talk about how two sisters, Janine and Jina Daniel, are making the Cisco family part of THEIR family. Janine is a Fresno State graduate, and even when she was still in s…
#IChoseCisco – The Winners!
Recently, the Life at Cisco Instagram account (follow us!) asked employees to submit photos via Instagram (and a few other methods) to show us why they chose Cisco. (See the original blog post here.) Turns out, all employees needed was a white-board, a dry-erase pen, and a chance, and they were more…
Cisco Engineer Turns Fear into Fearless
If you think running a 5K race is challenge enough, try throwing a few daunting obstacles on the course. Cisco Network Consulting Engineer Deidra Brown has faced that challenge, and has overcome it. A few years ago, Deidra wouldn’t have even considered a physical challenge. She had struggled with we…
3 Ways to Think Globally
Nicki Vereschagin just finished her second summer internship at Cisco on the Cloud Partner Marketing team. Before heading back to USC she wanted to leave some advice behind. What follows are tips on how others can learn to think on a global scale. As an intern on the Cisco Cloud Marketing team for…
Cisco China Embraces Cisco’s Giving Back Philosophy
Cisco has always followed a philosophy of giving back to the community, and in recent years, Cisco China has participated in various community and volunteer programs including: Hands on Shanghai (HOS), River of Hearts (ROH), One Heart Gift Bag, Hiking for One Egg, etc. Giving makes a difference, and…
Is dCloud “dBest” Team at Cisco?
If you’ve never heard about Cisco’s dCloud team, you’re about to. After this, you might think they’re Cisco’s best-kept secret, and the coolest team around. “We are using bleeding edge technology,” says Program Manager Steve Dickson (better known as dCloud Steve). “No one else is doing it like we’re…
4 Ways Women Can Be a Ninja at Work
I recently became a Ninja. That’s right. A Cisco Security Ninja. You can be a Ninja too! The Cisco Security Ninja Program (http://wwwin-csdl.cisco.com/ninja_dojo/) confirms lessons learned and challenges participants to reach for higher degrees of competence and proficiency in product security. The…