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How Cisco Taught Me The Importance of Culture
Company culture wasn’t something I initially considered when looking for my first “real” job after leaving the safe haven that is life as a university student. I had just accepted a graduate sales role at Cisco, and with nothing to compare this new career experience to I had limited expectations an…
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…
The 5 Reasons I love working at Cisco
When news broke that Cisco had been named #6 on Fortune Magazine’s Best Places to Work list – it was of no surprise to those of us who call Cisco home. That 42-place jump from #48 to #6 felt right to us – the humans behind the giant, global technology company dedicated to changing lives across the w…
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…
Follow Your Passions Both Inside and Outside of Cisco
One of the many things that energizes and motivates me to make the daily 80-mile roundtrip drive to Cisco’s Raleigh, North Carolina campus is the fact that my job as a Cisco Sales Associate Program (CSAP) Manager allows me the ability to live out my passion for serving others. Now, having a job tha…
Welcome to the Pressure Cooker: How Will You Perform?
I learned a lot from my friend and Cisco’s former CEO, John Chambers, and he would always tell me: “You learn the most about people when they are under pressure.” It’s a fascinating personal and professional development question: how will you react to pressure, pressure so intense it makes your hea…
Preemie to Coder: I am her #1 Biggest Fan
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…
5 Ways Working at Cisco is Like Running the Amazing Race
How many people can say they are fortunate enough to have traveled the world for free in a quest to win a million dollars? Very few, and I’m proud to say I am one of them. In 2008, I was selected to participate in the Emmy award-winning reality competition show “The Amazing Race,” along with one of…
Getting Around Cisco Copenhagen by Way of Bike
Sometimes you don’t need big data to tell you that getting from point A to point B will be faster by way of bicycle than by way of car. Living in Denmark (and especially in Copenhagen) the bike is often the chosen mode of transportation due to traffic within the city. And, I’ve found that there is s…
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