Cisco Appoints Mark Garrett to Board of Directors
April 12 2018 - 4:30PM
SAN JOSE, Calif., April 12, 2018
(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cisco announced the appointment of Mark
Garrett, former Adobe Systems Incorporated EVP and CFO, to its
board of directors effective immediately.
"I'm delighted that Mark is joining Cisco's board
and will bring over 30 years of financial management experience in
technology," said Cisco Chairman and CEO Chuck Robbins. "Mark has
lived the critical transformation and transition to the cloud that
technology companies require to continue growing and evolving. I'm
looking forward to his many contributions as we continue to make
progress in our transition to drive more subscriptions and
recurring revenue."
Garrett, 60, has an extensive history of
leadership in finance and accounting in the technology industry. He
was appointed Executive Vice President and CFO of Adobe in February
2007 and retired from this position on April 9, 2018. He previously
served as SVP and CFO of the Software Group of EMC Corporation from
June 2004 until January 2007. In addition, Garrett served as EVP
and CFO of Documentum from 2002 until December 2003 before its
acquisition by EMC. Garrett currently serves on the board of
directors at GoDaddy Inc. and Pure Storage, Inc. He holds an MBA
from Marist College and a BS from Boston University.
The appointment of Garrett brings Cisco's board to
12 members, including: Carol A. Bartz, former CEO, Yahoo! Inc.; M.
Michele Burns, former chairman and CEO, Mercer LLC; Michael D.
Capellas, founder and CEO, Capellas Strategic Partners; Amy L.
Chang, founder and CEO, Accompany, Inc.; Dr. John L. Hennessy,
director of the Knight-Hennessy Scholars Program and former
president, Stanford University; Dr. Kristina M. Johnson,
Chancellor, State University of New York; Roderick C. McGeary,
former vice chairman, KPMG, LLP; Charles H. Robbins, Chairman and
CEO, Cisco; Arun Sarin, KBE, former CEO, Vodafone Group Plc;
Brenton L. Saunders, CEO and President, Allergan plc and Steven M.
West, founder and partner, Emerging Company Partners LLC.
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