Right this moment I shared with our workforce that after two years main our Widespread {Hardware} Group, Martin Lund has determined to depart Cisco and return to the CEO function at an early-stage AI begin up. With this, the Widespread {Hardware} Group will be a part of the Product Group led by Jeetu Patel. This variation will assist drive additional alignment throughout our portfolio and speed up supply of the differentiated options our clients should be profitable within the AI period.
Our skill to drive full-stack innovation and buyer outcomes from silicon all the way in which to the appliance stays a key differentiator for Cisco – it’s foundational to each our future and our buyer’s success. Jeetu’s ardour for know-how, artistic imaginative and prescient, and dedication to hurry and execution make him the proper particular person to steer this essential work and the expanded Product workforce ahead.
Martin joined Cisco two years in the past, and he and his workforce have made an unbelievable impression for the corporate, establishing our management in AI and throughout silicon, methods, and optics. In simply two years, he and the workforce launched new Silicon One chips, whereas additionally driving triple-digit AI progress, ramping our enterprise in shopper optics and with new {hardware} methods, and cementing our place in AI networking. We’re grateful for Martin’s management and for the whole lot he has performed for Cisco and our clients.
I’m optimistic about what’s forward, and I stay up for seeing how Jeetu and the Product workforce will work collectively to amplify the ability of our portfolio, ship extra worth for our clients, and gasoline our future progress throughout this once-in-a-lifetime know-how revolution.
