Cisco Systems Names New Chief Information Officer.Rebecca Jacoby to Continue Innovative Use of IT Within Cisco 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. -- Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. , Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ) today announced that Rebecca Jacoby has been promoted to Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer (CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. ), effective immediately. Jacoby was previously Vice President, Customer Service and Operational Systems, Cisco Systems. Jacoby will report to Randy Pond, Senior Vice President of Operations, Processes and Systems. As CIO, Jacoby will continue to drive the innovative use of information technology (IT) and Cisco technology throughout Cisco on a global basis, enabling productivity and operational excellence across all business functions. By deploying new Cisco technologies within the company, Cisco will continue to be its own best example of how technology can be implemented in an enterprise -- ensuring higher quality and integrity in our technology, and providing Cisco more credibility as a trusted business advisor. "As the network becomes the platform for life's experiences, our customers are looking to Cisco for the latest innovation in IT implementation to drive ever greater tangible business results in financial performance, customer satisfaction, and productivity," said Randy Pond. "Rebecca has the breadth and depth of understanding in Cisco's business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets , a strong commitment to operational excellence, and an architectural approach to alignment between IT and business processes. I am confident that under her leadership IT will continue to accelerate Cisco's growth strategy and expand our position as trusted business advisor to our customers." During her 11 year tenure at Cisco, Jacoby has built a strong reputation as a focused and innovative business leader. She has held a variety of leadership positions within Cisco including VP, Customer Service and Operational Systems, and VP, Manufacturing. She was also a charter member of Cisco's Business Process Operations Committee (BPOC BPOC Bar Code Point of Care BPOC Bedside Point of Care BPOC Barcode-enabled Point of Care (technology/device) BPOC Bell Point of Contact BPOC Beef Promotion Operating Committee BPOC Before Proceeding on Course ), where she played a vital role in re-engineering several Cisco processes to deliver efficiency and better service to our employees and customers. Prior to Cisco, Jacoby held positions at Ungermann Bass, Xidex and Amdahl Corporation (company) Amdahl Corporation - A US computer manufacturer. Amdahl is a major supplier of large mainframes, UNIX and Open Systems software and servers, data storage subsystems, data communications products, applications development software, and a variety of educational and . Jacoby will oversee a staff of 1,800 people worldwide while managing the IT strategy and operations for approximately 50,000 Cisco employees globally. About Cisco Systems Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Information on Cisco can be found at http://www.cisco.com. |
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