Inclusion & Diversity

Overview

Conexión facilitates Latino professional development, community and educational outreach, networking, and advancement. This Employee Resource Organization (ERO) has more than 500 members. The group operates in Atlanta, Georgia; Europe; Latin America; Research Triangle Park (RTP) in North Carolina; and San Jose, California. Conexión also includes a virtual chapter.

Members of Conexión provide a vibrant Latino contribution to The Human Network. Conexión offers broader technology access, higher education, a strong presence in the business leadership community, and a growing appreciation of cultural strengths and differences. In pursuit of these goals, the group focuses on three fundamental areas:

• Grow (employee engagement): Members gain personal and professional development through networking, coaching, and exposure.
• Build (customer intimacy): Conexión offers insight, expertise, and networks to address Latino business owner needs and concerns.
• Share (talent pipeline): Members help students appreciate, understand, and use Cisco technology to improve their lives, build their careers, and perhaps join Cisco as interns and employees.

Because Conexión has such a widely dispersed board and membership, Cisco technology facilitates quarterly board meetings and helps the group sponsor and hold successful events. Such events include Program Escuela and Jóvenes en Acción. Conexión uses the following Cisco technologies:

• Cisco WebEx experiences
• Cisco TelePresence solutions
• Cisco Integrated Workforce Experience (IWE)

What Makes Conexión Most Proud

Conexión hosted 25 Mexican CEOs as part of the group's innovation and technology trip. This event:

• Connected these executives with the Cisco Latin American sales team
• Provided an Employee Briefing Center (EBC) tour
• Included a Cisco TelePresence demo
• Facilitated various relationship-building opportunities

Comments from the CEOs after the event were uniformly positive. The CEOs thanked Conexión for hosting them and affirmed a desire to work closely with the Latin American team for Cisco Services. This meeting provided a unique, productive way to engage companies in the Latin American market.

Conexión Gives Back to the Community

Conexión members have a passion for education and leadership. Recently, they have collaborated with Jóvenes en Acción, a leadership training and exchange program for students in Mexican public high school. By working with Cisco, along with the governments of the United States and Mexico, the two organizations are actively striving to improve education in Mexico.