CTO, Cisco & SVP Engineering, GM Enterprise Segment
As Chief Technology Officer, Padmasree Warrior helps define Cisco’s technology strategy and works closely with the senior executive team and Board of Directors to drive innovation across the company. As an evangelist for what’s possible, she pushes Cisco to stretch beyond its current capabilities, not just in technology, but also in its strategic partnerships and new business models.
In her role as the as the Senior Vice President, Engineering, Warrior co-leads Cisco’s Engineering organization alongside Senior Vice President, Engineering, Pankaj Patel. Together, they set the vision and strategy for the organization, as well as lead a team of 22,000 engineers to execute on the group’s strategic priorities. Warrior focuses on core switching, collaboration, data center/virtualization and cloud computing, as well as architectures or business transformation.