Cisco Systems Names New Board Member.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 4, 2002 Cisco Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ) today announced the appointment of Stanford University president, John L. Hennessy
John LeRoy Hennessy, the founder of MIPS Computer Systems Inc., is currently serving as the 10th President of Stanford University. , 49, to its board of directors. Hennessy was elected to Cisco's board effective Jan. 28, 2002. The election brings the number of Cisco board members to 12. Hennessy began his career at Stanford in 1977 as assistant professor of Electrical Engineering and became a full professor in 1986. He was named the Willard and Inez Kerr Bell Endowed Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in 1987. Prior to becoming president in September 2000, Hennessy was dean of the Engineering School and provost -- the university's chief academic and budget officer. During a sabbatical leave from Stanford in 1984-85, Hennessy co-founded MIPS Computer Systems (now MIPS Technologies), which specializes in the production of microprocessors based on the RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. architecture. "John is regarded as a true pioneer for his work in computer architecture and design," said John Morgridge, Chairman of the Board, Cisco Systems. "John's distinguished background in academia, coupled with his experience in transferring technology research to real-world industry innovation, will be a tremendous asset to Cisco's board." Hennessy has lectured widely and published scholarly papers on a range of topics. In addition, he is the co-author of two seminal textbooks: "Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface" and "Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach." "Stanford and Cisco share a pioneering spirit that has in many ways defined the history and phenomenal success of Silicon Valley," Hennessy said. "I am indeed pleased about my appointment and look forward to working with a remarkably talented group of colleagues on the board." In addition to Morgridge, current Cisco board members include: Carol Bartz, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Autodesk, Inc.; Larry Carter, CFO See Chief Financial Officer. , Cisco Systems; John Chambers, president and CEO, Cisco; Carly Fiorina, chairman and CEO, Hewlett-Packard Company; James F. Gibbons Famous people named Gibbons include:
KKR Kohlberg, Kravis & Roberts & Co. KKR Kalkara (postal locality, Malta) KKR Kramers-Kronig Relations KKR Komarappa Gounder Ramalingam (hospital in India) Telecom; Donald Valentine, general partner, Sequoia Capital; Steven M. West, COO, nCube Corp.; and Jerry Yang, co-founder and chief Yahoo!, Yahoo, Inc. Cisco Systems Cisco Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CSCO) is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. News and information are available at http://www.cisco.com. Note to Editors: Cisco, Cisco Systems and the Cisco Systems logo are registered trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. in the US and certain other countries. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners. |
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