#LoveWhereYouWork

“Don’t you get lonely?” In nine years as a Cisco business outcome strategist (I’ve had the pleasure of many different and exciting positions) – this is the question I get asked the most. And I suppose that makes sense since I – like many of my co-workers – use Cisco’s technology to work remotely. I…

“Did you enjoy your safari?” This is what people ask me when I say I went to Africa. My answer? “I didn’t go on safari, but what I did was wonderful all the same!” I didn’t know much about Africa before my first trip in 2014.  My daughter Kori and I went with our local church on the first of what wo…

Everyone knows that Cisco is about innovation – and innovation fuels sustainable growth. But most people think it only refers to technology innovation. Cisco is certainly a tech innovator – don’t get me wrong – and as a technologist at heart and Distinguished Engineer myself, I am part of that. But…

We’ve all been told to think outside the box. As a marketer and a creative, it’s a motto I’ve followed throughout my life. Never did I think that one day that box would be a network router. I’ve always considered myself to be a creative person. In college, I discovered that marketing was the perfect…

“Love what you do, and you’ll never work a day in your life.” There’s scholarly discussion about how to attribute that quote, but I am sure that I know who LIVES that quote, and that’s me and my team and my colleagues and Cisco employees around the globe. How do I know this? Because today Cisco laun…

Put yourself in someone else’s shoes. Say what they say, do what they do. Think how they think, feel how they feel. It may give you a new perspective, or it may change you. I had the opportunity to do just that, twice in 2017. I became someone else. In August, I transformed myself into Julian Marsh,…

There is a certain fear that washes over you when you realize you’re about to apply for your dream job – at Cisco – the job you thought you’d never get. It wasn’t an easy road to get here, but I’m proud to say that I am, in fact, here. 😀 Throughout my years at university in Malaysia, I studi…

I’m addicted to the feeling of success. Team success, solo success, ANY success. I love the feeling of winning – of learning, growing, and finding new ways to innovate here at Cisco. I’m fueled by the knowledge that I’m better off because of the effort I put in to my work each day here at Cisco, and…

Every year, teams get together in December to celebrate the close of another calendar year, to wind down and just have some good old fashioned team fun. There are white elephant gift exchanges, team dinners, and – a Cisconian favorite – ugly holiday sweater contests. This year will be no different.…