Randy Pond is the Senior Vice President of Operations, Processes, and Systems at Cisco Systems Incorporated. In
this role, Pond oversees the organizations of Worldwide Manufacturing, Information Technology, Customer Service,
Legal Affairs, Government Solutions, and Corporate Security Programs. Pond also serves as chair of Cisco's
Business Process Operations Council and Business Oversight Board; two strategic executive councils within Cisco.
Pond joined Cisco in September 1993 through the acquisition of Crescendo Communications. In his ten years with
the company he has held numerous roles within Manufacturing, including his initial role as Director of Operations. In
1994 Pond assumed leadership of Cisco's Supply / Demand group, and later in 1994 was appointed Director of
Cisco's worldwide manufacturing operations, responsible for planning, production operations, and distribution and
logistics.
He was promoted to Vice President of Manufacturing in 1995, responsible for all aspects of manufacturing
operations, including new product introduction, planning, procurement, productions operations, and distribution and
logistics. In January 2000, Pond was promoted to SVP of West Coast and Asia operations. From 2001 to August
2003, Pond became responsible for all of World Wide Manufacturing Operations, including product fulfillment and
logistics.
Some of Pond's key accomplishments include overseeing Cisco's West Coast Operations by leading the
implementation of Enterprise Resource Planning in manufacturing, establishing the consistency of process and
metrics across manufacturing operations, and making customer fulfillment a strategic initiative.
Prior to joining Cisco, Pond held the positions of Vice President Finance, Chief Financial Officer and Vice President of
Operations at Crescendo Communications, and VP of Manufacturing and VP of Finance at Versatec, Inc, a wholly
owned subsidiary of Xerox Corporation. He has also served in various finance and operations positions at David
Systems, Xerox Corporation, Schlumberger and Arthur Andersen.
Pond is on the Board of Directors for The Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose and Northwestern University.
He has a bachelor's degree in accounting and economics from Ball State University in Indiana.
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