Padmasree Warrior declares her aspiration to become Cisco CEO
Padmasree Warrior was courted for a year while she was at Motorola by Cisco CEO John Chambers before she reluctantly agreed to leave Motorola to join Cisco.
Video time marks of the statements made by Cisco CEO aspirant, Padmasree Warrior:
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Statements made by the Cisco CEO aspirant
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Padmasree Warrior was courted for a year while she was at Motorola by Cisco CEO John Chambers before she reluctantly agreed to leave Motorola to join Cisco.
00:15
Warrior's appointment as Cisco's Chief Strategy Officer reflects the "evolution" of the Chief Technology Officer position at Cisco.
01:25
Women are still expected to prove themselves more than men.
02:55
The favorite topic of Padmasree Warrior is the lack of women on corporate boards of directors.
Interestingly, Warrior conveniently failed to mention that she left the board of directors of Corning only 6-months after she joined Cisco.
Here's Cisco's official response to my inquiry:
"Hi Brad,
"In response to your question about Padmasree Warrior, she served her full term on Corning's board and due to her new role at Cisco and new location, decided not to stand for re-election."
03:35
Warrior declares her aspiration to become Cisco CEO.
