COMPANY

Founded 1984 by Len Bosack and Sandy Lerner.

Official Website:
http://www.cisco.com/

Industry:
Network Equipment

Ticker:
NASDAQ:CSCO

Corporate headquarters:
San Jose, CA

Sales:
$28.5B (2006)

Employees:
50,000

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Larry Carter	Business	c. 1952		CFO of Cisco, 1995-2003
John T. Chambers	Business	23-Aug-1949		CEO of Cisco
Gary J. Daichendt	Business	c. 1951		EVP at Cisco, 1998-2000
Judith L. Estrin	Business	1954		Packet Design LLC
Christine N. Garvey	Business	c. 1945		Retired real estate executive
Kevin Kennedy	Business	c. 1955		CEO of JDS Uniphase
Edward Kozel	Business	14-Jun-1955		Former Cisco executive
Frank J. Marshall	Business	c. 1947		Former Cisco VP
James F. McDonald	Business	c. 1940		CEO of Scientific-Atlanta, 1993-2006
John P. Morgridge	Business	23-Jul-1933		CEO of Cisco, 1988-95
William R. Nuti	Business	c. 1964		CEO of NCR
Dennis Powell	Business	c. 1948		CFO of Cisco, 2003-08
Don Valentine	Business	c. 1933		Founder of Sequoia Capital
Mike Volpi	Business	c. 1966		CEO of Joost
Padmasree Warrior	Business	c. 1961		CTO of Cisco

CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Carol Bartz	Business	29-Aug-1948		CEO of Yahoo, 2009-11
M. Michele Burns	Business	c. 1958		CFO of Marsh & McLennan
Michael D. Capellas	Business	19-Aug-1955		CEO of First Data
Larry Carter	Business	c. 1952		CFO of Cisco, 1995-2003
John T. Chambers	Business	23-Aug-1949		CEO of Cisco
Brian L. Halla	Business	c. 1947		CEO of National Semiconductor
John L. Hennessy	Educator	c. 1953		President of Stanford University
Richard Kovacevich	Business	30-Oct-1943		CEO of Wells Fargo, 1998-2007
Roderick C. McGeary	Business	c. 1950		Chairman of BearingPoint
Michael Powell	Government	23-Mar-1963		FCC Chairman 2001-05, Colin Powell's son
Steven M. West	Business	c. 1957		COO of nCUBE, 2001-03
Jerry Yang	Business	6-Nov-1968		Co-Founder of Yahoo

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Edward Kozel	Business	14-Jun-1955		Former Cisco executive
James C. Morgan	Business	27-Aug-1938		CEO of Applied Materials, 1977-2003
John P. Morgridge	Business	23-Jul-1933		CEO of Cisco, 1988-95
Don Valentine	Business	c. 1933		Founder of Sequoia Capital

EXTRANEOUS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
John Zogby	Business	1948		Pollster

CELEBRITY ENDORSEMENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Steve Agee	Actor	26-Feb-1969		The Sarah Silverman Program
Beth Littleford	Comic	17-Jul-1968		Daily Show correspondent
Ellen Page	Actor	21-Feb-1987		Juno

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