Cisco Appoints Mark Garrett to Board of Directors
April 12 2018 - 4:30PM
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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