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Kristine A. Snow
President, Cisco Capital

Kristine (Kris) A. Snow is President of Cisco Capital and leads the company's global captive finance company, which includes lease and loan products, Channel Financing, and Remarketing. Snow balances sales enablement for Cisco with overall lease and loan portfolio risk to drive profitability for Cisco Capital.

Snow joined Cisco from CIT as President of Global Vendor Finance, where she led operations in over 30 countries throughout North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Latin America. In this capacity, Snow oversaw office products, technology, and diversified vendor financing with over $15 billion in managed assets.

Prior to CIT, Snow spent over 17 years at Sun Microsystems, Inc. in roles of increasing responsibilities. She was the General Manager and Senior Vice President for Sun's captive finance arm, Sun Microsystems Global Financial Services. In this role, she provided worldwide leadership to its three operating units: Structured Financing, Utility and Variable Computing Infrastructure, and Asset Management/Remarketed Products.

Before her work at Sun Microsystems, Snow held various technical positions with Cray Research Inc., Digital Equipment Corporation, and GE's Calma Division.

Snow is a Board Director of the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association (ELFA) and also a member of the Board's Executive Committee. She is a past Chair of the Vendor and Captive Business Council of the ELFA.

Snow holds a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Gonzaga University and a master's of business administration degree from St. Mary's College of California.