family

My daughter is a force to be reckoned with.  Morgan was born at 25 weeks and 1 day weighing only 1 pound and 5 ounces.  Before she was able to leave the hospital, she had multiple milestones to overcome including learning how to breathe.  Something that we take for granted, my daughter worked hard t…

Have you ever come across a live bird, say a duck or a swan, just randomly resting on your desk upon arriving at the office one morning? Well, probably not. But chances are you may have found another bird of a rather distinct species. The paper crane or Orizuru may have shown up on your desk here at…

Starting a family isn’t always an easy path. My journey to becoming a mom was a bit more of a bumpy road. Just before I became a part of Cisco, just before the company I worked for was acquired and folded into the Cisco family, I started fertility treatments (IVF.) I had a beautiful daughter, but it…

520 weeks. 120 months. 10 years. A decade is a long time, a time worth celebrating. That’s what I’ve just done – celebrated my 10th Ciscoversary! And as I reflect on the road that’s led me to here and now, it has truly been a wonderful journey. My parents immigrated to the United Kingdom from one of…

Many people call the company they work for “great” – it’s something that they feel they are supposed to do, and so they do it. For me, it’s different.  I feel I can be my true self here at Cisco – and because of that I don’t feel I have to say anything. I say it because I want to say it, and that’s…

Have you been powerfully, positively impacted by where you work? I have! Cisco cares about their employees in many ways, but one way that they truly show this is through an initiative called Moments that Matter. The Moments that Matter are the critical touch points between the employee and the comp…

We met when I was a senior in college at a New Year’s Eve party at the Outrigger Canoe Club in Honolulu. We were introduced through mutual friends, and three years later Terry and I had our wedding reception at that same club in Hawaii. It may not be uncommon to look back on the major events in you…

A little more than three months after I came back from maternity leave, our nanny starting having severe morning sickness, and it became clear we needed to find an alternative daycare solution for our son.  I had been at Cisco for nine years, and knew that we had two different daycare centers in San…

On July 16, 1997 my life changed. Arriving six weeks early, and changing our entire focus in life, Alice Elizabeth entered the world and my wife, Iris, and I were overjoyed. For the next 16 years this was to be the only time she was ever early for anything. 😉 One thing I never suspected on t…