Women in Tech

I have always been a tech-geek, and as a Marvel fan – I’ve also always been someone who believes that one single person (or one ultimate, diverse team) can save the world. That’s why I’m so passionate about cybersecurity and my modern-day heroes – Cisco’s Cybersecurity Engineers! Heroes comes in all…

You may have heard about Cisco’s incredible dedication to giving back – so much so, that they don’t just match our dollars and hours volunteered to approved organizations, but they give each employee five days (separate from our PTO) to volunteer in ways we’re most passionate about. It’s an amazing…

As I walked on to Cisco’s Raleigh, North Carolina (RTP) campus for the very first time I realized I was officially in the real world – joining the Customer Experience team as a Project Manager (PM) would be the first “real job” of my professional career. It was just two short months after I had grad…

Recently on a Webex call, a young woman who had just joined Cisco was eager to hear about the amazing Tech for Good efforts that Cisco leads – and the lucky role that I play in all of it. She asked a big question, “How did you get to where you are today?” and in my head, I drifted off into how my c…

My love story with Cisco began as a young girl in Greenville, SC where I could often be found begging my dad to take me with him to work – at the Cisco offices, which I thought were the coolest offices on the planet (and I wasn’t wrong). Cubicles, heavy machinery, and a fridge full of every soda ima…

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…

It is a GREAT time in history to be a student and a Cisco employee, and as a forty-something college senior and Cisco Technical Solutions Engineer on our Cloud and Hosted Solutions team for Worldwide Sales – I should know! Cisco has given me the opportunity to attain a higher level of education and…

How does one go from university to shadowing a Cisco SVP in Brazil?  I think “Veritas et Utilitas,” (meaning truth and service) and my time at Howard University, a Historically Black College and University in Washington, DC, had a lot to do with it.  “Veritas et Utilitas” is Howard University’s fou…

After working in technology for 15 years, I had what many may call a mid-life crisis. Although, not in the traditional sense of the word. Rather, I started to question my purpose and the direction of my life – and began to wonder if I should leave my career in technology to become a part of somethin…