- A day after officially becoming CEO, Chuck Robbins has named Zorawar Biri Singh, once the head of HP's cloud ops and then a partner at VC firm Khosla Ventures, Cisco's (CSCO -0.1%) CTO of Platforms and Solutions. His role will be to "further [Cisco's] success at anticipating customer and industry transitions, and define the [company's] technology strategy to stay ahead of the market."
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In June, Cisco named M&A chief Hilton Romanski its chief technology and strategy officer, as part of a broader announcement regarding Robbins' leadership team. However, Romanski's bio page only refers to him as chief strategy officer. Robbins states Singh will work with Romanski and Cisco's strategy team "to align our technology strategy with our business strategy and corporate development priorities."
- Also: Kevin Bandy, once an exec at Salesforce.com and Accenture (and after than an industry consultant), has been named Cisco's chief digital officer. His (vague) job description is to "design a comprehensive vision for [Cisco], and our customers, to capture the true value of digitization by leveraging Cisco’s broad portfolio of solutions and services." Bandy will work with recently-appointed operations SVP Rebecca Jacoby.