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Mr. Chambers has served as a member of the Board of Directors since November 1993. Mr. Chambers, who was appointed
Executive Chairman in July 2015, served as Cisco’s Chief Executive Officer from January 1995 until July 2015, and he also
served as President from January 1995 to November 2006. He joined Cisco as Senior Vice President in January 1991 and was
promoted to Executive Vice President in June 1994, prior to assuming the roles of President and Chief Executive Officer in
January 1995. Before joining Cisco, Mr. Chambers was employed by Wang Laboratories, Inc. for eight years, where, in his last
role, he was the Senior Vice President of U.S. Operations.
Mr. Chandler joined Cisco in July 1996, upon Cisco’s acquisition of StrataCom, Inc., where he served as General Counsel. He
served as Cisco’s Managing Attorney for Europe, the Middle East, and Africa from December 1996 until June 1999; as Director,
Worldwide Legal Operations from June 1999 until February 2001; and was promoted to Vice President, Worldwide Legal
Services in February 2001. In October 2001, he was promoted to Vice President, Legal Services and General Counsel, and in
May 2003, he was also appointed Secretary. In February 2006, he was promoted to Senior Vice President, and in May 2012 was
appointed Chief Compliance Officer. Before joining StrataCom, he had served as Vice President, Corporate Development and
General Counsel of Maxtor Corporation.
Mr. Dedicoat joined Cisco in June 1995 and has held various leadership positions within Cisco’s sales organization. From June
1995 through April 1999, he served as a manager and then as a director within the United Kingdom portion of Cisco’s Europe
sales organization, overseeing both commercial and enterprise accounts. In April 1999, Mr. Dedicoat was appointed Vice
President, Europe, and in June 2003 he was promoted to Senior Vice President, Europe, serving as Cisco’s lead sales executive
for Europe. In July 2011, Mr. Dedicoat was appointed Senior Vice President, EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa).
Mr. Dedicoat was appointed to his current position effective July 2015.
Ms. Jacoby joined Cisco in March 1995 and has held a number of leadership positions with Cisco. She served, successively, as a
manager, director and vice president within Cisco’s global supply chain organization from March 1995 until November 2003. In
November 2003, Ms. Jacoby assumed the role of Vice President, Customer Service and Operations Systems, serving in this
capacity until October 2006 when she was appointed Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Cisco.
Ms. Jacoby held the SVP/CIO position until being promoted to her current position effective July 2015. She is a member of the
board of directors of McGraw Hill Financial, Inc.
Ms. Kramer joined Cisco in January 2012 as Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance. She served in that position until October
2014 and served as Cisco’s Senior Vice President, Business Technology and Operations Finance from October 2013 until
December 2014. She was appointed to her current position effective January 2015. From January 2009 until she joined Cisco,
Ms. Kramer served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of GE Healthcare Systems. Ms. Kramer served as Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer of GE Healthcare Diagnostic Imaging from August 2007 to January 2009 and as Chief
Financial Officer of GE Healthcare Biosciences from January 2006 to July 2007. Prior to that, Ms. Kramer held various
leadership positions with GE corporate and other GE businesses.
Mr. Patel joined Cisco in July 1996 upon Cisco’s acquisition of StrataCom, Inc., serving from July 1996 through September 1999
as a Senior Director of Engineering. From November 1999 through January 2003, he served as Senior Vice President of
Engineering at Redback Networks Inc., a networking equipment provider later acquired by Ericsson. In January 2003, Mr. Patel
rejoined Cisco as Vice President and General Manager, Cable Business Unit, and was promoted to Senior Vice President in July
2005. In January 2006, Mr. Patel was named Senior Vice President and General Manager, Service Provider Business and,
additionally, in May 2011 became co-leader of Engineering. In June 2012, Mr. Patel assumed the leadership of Engineering. In
August 2012, Mr. Patel was promoted to his current position.
Ms. Walker joined Cisco in November 2008 serving from November 2008 through January 2012 as Vice President, Services
Marketing. From February 2012 to January 2013, Ms. Walker served as Senior Vice President, Segment, Services and Partner
Marketing, and from February 2013 until May 2015 as Senior Vice President, Go To Market. In May 2015, Ms. Walker was
promoted to her current position. Ms. Walker joined Cisco from Hewlett-Packard, where she held business and consumer
leadership positions including Vice President of Alliances and Marketing for HP Services, and Vice President of Strategy and
Marketing for both the Consumer Digital Entertainment and Personal Systems groups.
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