giving back

To Give Back is Ingrained in Our Culture

As we celebrate International Women’s Day, it’s time to take stock of what we are most passionate about as professional women. For me, as the leader of Cisco’s Partner Organization in APJC (Asia, Pacific, Japan and China), I am most passionate about Partners and the unique ways they bring Cisco’s te…

December 5, 2019

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How Cisco’s Culture Inspired Me to Give Back

Prior to working at Cisco, I never volunteered much. It would always come to my mind with a powerful dose of heroic motivation, but mostly it would fade whenever errands of all kinds would flood my calendar. Been there, done that? We´re all humans after all. Since I started working at Cisco, I foun…

December 3, 2019

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To Cisco Employees, Every Day is #GivingTuesday

Every day, across the globe, Cisco employees are giving back in unique and inspiring ways. This Giving Tuesday, we wanted to take a moment to highlight some of the incredible work our employees are doing, and the organizations they’re most passionate about. We’re sure, as you get to know…

June 26, 2019

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When Passions and Giving Back Collide at Cisco

About a year ago, I was sitting in a log cabin in Estes Park, Colorado surrounded by some of the most creative photographers I had ever met. As we bonded about our shared love for photography, we also made plans to take a trip to Guatemala and give back to some of the less fortunate schools in the a…

June 18, 2019

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How Cisco Employees Have Given Back to Me

Cisco employees share many similar qualities, but one that we all have is a road that led us to working for this wonderful company. Some have known and aspired to work for Cisco their entire life, while others (like myself) discovered Cisco during graduate school, and still there are some who never…

Giving Back with Time and Paint

One of the great things about Cisco is our spirit of giving back. We have a goal to positively impact 1 billion lives by 2025, and we are all asked to give something of ourselves. Recently, a group of us took this to heart. Leaders from across Cisco’s Service Provider business – including my leaders…

April 16, 2019

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This Cisconian is Making Math Fun!

On May 5, 2005 I joined the fast-growing Cisco family in Bangalore. 5/5/5 – a mathematically pleasing number, indeed. That’s right, I’m a “numbers person” and a passion of mine is teaching math as a way to give back to society, but we’re getting ahead of ourselves here. I am sure the second you saw…

March 18, 2019

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How Cisco Stepped Up When I was Diagnosed with MS

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…

March 14, 2019

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Between Hope and Possible there is a Bridge: Cisco’s Connected Recognition

Some of the best experiences in life are unplanned. Typically during the holidays our family travels quite a bit, but as our home needed some repairs this past December we decided as a family to stay back in Bangalore. This decision got me to consider better utilization of the holiday break (where C…