#WeAreCisco Parents
Why this #WorkingMother Never Plans on Leaving Cisco
Cisco has me for life. Period. I know I can work at several other top companies. I probably could even make more money at another company. But I stay, loyally, gladly, and whole-heartedly. Why? Because Cisco and my manager were there for me during the hardest transition of my life – that of becoming…
An Infertility Journey: How Cisco had My Back
When I started my career at Cisco as a Customer Support Engineer in Belgium in 2006, my mission was to become the best engineer to support our customers as possible. And, after achieving my CCIE and investing in my education with Cisco’s support, I took a new role in the company and relocated to the…
From Civil Litigator to Cisco: How Cisco Benefits Have Changed My Life
I didn’t start my career in marketing – or at Cisco. I used to be a full-time civil litigator and a part-time adjunct lecturer. By day, I picked apart multi-million-dollar insurance contract language. By night, I picked apart graduate student essays (in all their handwritten glory). So, you coul…
From Nine Months Pregnant to My First Ciscoversary
Job hunting while pregnant is nerve wracking, and my Cisco journey began on April 30, 2018 – my due date. At nine months pregnant I had my final Cisco interview, where I somehow managed to maintain my composure via WebEx after a quick pre-interview prayer that the baby would stay put at least one mo…
Security Talk: A Bedtime Story for my Son
13 years ago, I was a wide-eyed kid trying to make it in the big city. I started my career in professional services – meaning I was a sales guy who specialized in placing network engineers into full time permanent positions in the Washington DC Metro Area. That’s where I first met Cisco as I helped…
Cisco Wins: Turning Career Skills into Parenting Skills
How many of us can say that we’ve taken skills learned at work and transformed them into lifelong lessons within our home? One of the most valuable elements of our Cisco culture is that we’re encouraged to grow and to continue learning, and because of that nudge from my manager I was able to teach m…
A Baby Goes to Cisco Live Melbourne: How Cisco Lives its Dedication to Flexibility
Yes, I brought a baby to Cisco Live Melbourne. And no, to answer the #1 question I received throughout the 5 days I spent in Melbourne for the Digital Summits (a side event to Cisco Live) it wasn’t just some random baby I found in the convention center. A year ago, I reluctantly missed out on the ch…
Leaving ‘Perfect’ Behind: Cisco Supports Me as a Working Mom
As a borderline perfectionist, I took pride in going to the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill and landing my first job in recruiting before the end of my senior year of college. I decided to stay on that track and have spent the bulk of my career at a company I’m also very proud of—Cisco. I…
How Cisco Enables Me to Be a Mom and Get Stuff Done
A Polar Vortex, canceled school, and a sick babysitter walk into my life. What’s a working mom to do? Well for THIS working mom who’s a Cisco Partner AccountManager in Wisconsin – I was able to grab an extra cup of coffee (okay, ALL THE COFFEE), set up a movie theater for my kids (complete with popc…
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