News & Awards

News

BloombergTV – Oct 2012
BloombergTV interviews Padmasree Warrior as a "woman to watch."

Chief Diversity Officer Sandy Hoffman on Diversity and Technology – June 2012
Blog by Olivia Shen Green.

Where are All the Women – April 2012
More than 40 Cisco sites took part globally in this year’s UN Girls in ICT Day. Blog by Jenn Madden.

Repository of Successful Practices for Gender Parity - World Economic Forum – March 2012
Cisco shares three successful programs: JUMP (mentorship and training program), Executive Shadowing and Inclusive Advocacy Program.

Academy Opens New Opportunities for Disabled Students – January 2012
Blog by Judit Sinko.

The Women of Tech Want More Women in Tech – January 2012
Padmasree Warrior, Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President of Engineering, Cisco shares thoughts at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, joined Google’s Marissa Mayer, Hunch’s Caterina Fake and CNET’s Lindsey Turrentine on a CNET-sponsored panel.

Men on a Mission – Helping Women Rise – January 2012
Chuck Robbins, Senior Vice President, The Americas, Cisco is interviewed in Diversity Women Magazine.

Bullying at Work – January 2012
Jacqueline Munson and Christopher Thompson discuss some of Cisco's initiatives to address bullying in this thought leadership Diversity Journal article.

Awards

CAAN - Asian American Women's Alliance (AAWA) 2013 Recognition - Aprl 2013
The Asian American Women’s Alliance (AAWA) and Board of Directors honor and celebrate the Cisco Asian Affinity Network (CAAN) for their achievements as a role model for community and Asian American Women.

2013 Disability Matters Workplace Award - Aprl 2013
Disability Matters was held on April 16 & 17, 2013 in Jacksonville, Florida

Cisco Employee Resource Group ranks in the top 5 by Latina Style Magazine – March 2013
Cisco Conexión ranked in the top 5 ERGs in Corporate America by Latina Style

Cisco recognized in Top 100 by Latino Magazine – March 2013
Cisco was recognized as one of the top 100 companies providing the most opportunities for Latinos in Latino Magazine

One of the Most Influential Hispanic Professionals in IT – March 2013
Jordi Botifoll, SVP, LATAM, Cisco was honored in the 2013 HITEC 50 (Hispanic IT Executive Council)

Cisco Employees named by Silicon Valley Latino (SVL) Magazine as "40 under 40 Latino/as to Watch" – March 2013
Katty Coulson, CITS, IT Manager, Ricardo Benavides, Sr Mgr, Community Relations, and Jessica Ruvalcaba, Marketing Manager, Services LatAm was recognized in the Silicon Valley Latino Magazine

Top 100 Companies Recruiting Veterans – November 2012
U.S. Veterans Magazine noted Cisco as one of the United States’ top employers, providing a valuable resource for job seekers, business owners, veterans, consumers, senior management, business associations, employment agencies and consumer groups. Related blog by Olivia Shen Green: Veterans Corporate Technology Day

World’s Best Multinational Workplaces – November 2012
Cisco ranked #21 in the top 25 global companies to work for. Qualifying companies must have appeared on at least five national Great Place to Work® lists, have at least 5,000 employees worldwide, and at least 40 percent of their global workforce must work outside of the company’s home country.

World Diversity Leadership Council – October 2012
The 2012 St Louis Award was presented to Randall Lane and Cisco for diversity leadership and exemplary commitment to the World Diversity Leadership Summit over the years. The award selection body is the World Diversity Leadership Council - a peer group of respected Fortune 1000 corporate experts.

Canada’s 50 Best Employers – October 2012
Cisco Canada ranked first in the 2013 Best Employers in Canada study. The Aon Hewitt study ranked 118 eligible participating companies; rankings were determined by employee-opinion and leadership-team surveys. The Best Employers is the only Canadian national study where employees determine the best places to work in Canada. Cisco has ranked first or second over four years of participating in this study.

Top Influential Women in Corporate America – September 2012
Ehrika C. Gladden, Senior Director, Enterprise East Services, Cisco was honoured in Savoy Magazine’s 2013 list

Diversity Journal's 11th annual WomenWorthWatching® - Alison Gleeson – September 2012
Alison Gleeson, SVP US Commercial Sales at Cisco, has been featured in Profiles in Diversity Journal's 11th annual WomenWorthWatching® issue

Working Mother of the Year 2012 – Susan McDonough – September 2012
Susan McDonough, vice president of Corporate Development at Cisco who leads the acquisition integration and operations, will be featured in the December/January issue of Working Mother magazine and on workingmother.com. Read blog by Sandy Hoffman.

Working Mother 100 Best Companies – September 2012
Cisco has appeared on this sought-after list for four consecutive years since 2008 and all years prior to that from 2001 (excluding 2006 and 2008).

Past News & Awards

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