CEO Today Business Women of the Year Awards

www.ceotodaymagazine.com 68 CEO Today Business Women of the Year Awards 2019 USA KELLY A. KRAMER CFO at Cisco ABOUT KELLY A. KRAMER Kelly Kramer is Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Cisco, managing the financial strategy, and mergers and acquisitions for the company with total revenue for fiscal year 2018 of $49.3 billion and more than 75,000 employees. In addition, she oversees Cisco’s Corporate Development and Integration organization. Kramer is committed to maximizing long-term shareholder value, ensuring a balanced portfolio of growth initiatives, and maintaining the high level of integrity and transparency for which Cisco is known. Before being named CFO in 2015, Kramer was Senior Vice President of Business Technology and Operations Finance, partnering with the Development organization across business groups, segments, and operations on strategic long-range planning, budgeting, and forecasting new-offer development, as well as the analysis and strategy of product pricing. Kramer joined Cisco in 2012 as Senior Vice President of Corporate Finance. Prior to Cisco, she was Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of GE Healthcare’s Healthcare Systems business. During her 20 years with General Electric, she held other CFO roles including CFO of GE Healthcare Biosciences, a division in Life Sciences and Molecular Diagnostics. She also worked in GE’s corporate headquarters, and Transportation Systems and Aerospace divisions. FIRM PROFILE Cisco helps seize the opportunities of tomorrow by proving that amazing things can happen when you connect the unconnected. An integral part of our DNA is creating long-lasting customer partnerships, working together to identify our customers’ needs and provide solutions that fuel their success. We have preserved this keen focus on solving business challenges since our founding in 1984. Len Bosack and wife Sandy Lerner, both working for Stanford University, wanted to email each other from their respective offices, but technological shortcomings did not allow such communication. A technology had to be invented to deal with disparate local area protocols, and as a result of solving their challenge, the multiprotocol router was born. Cisco’s approach to quality can be condensed down to one phrase: “ensuring our customer success”. The information contained in this section will help you to gain a better understanding of Cisco’s Business Management System, which allows us to accomplish that success. Cisco’s Business Management System is made up of two parts; the Quality Management System and the Environmental Management System. In the Internet of Everything era, there has never been a more important time for private and public sector organizations to take a transformative approach. Critical insights are the key to understanding the right moves for your business, whether you want to: Build new markets and develop new business models Gain competitive advantage Increase productivity Create exceptional customer experiences Accelerate innovation Reduce risk Our thought leadership explores all facets of the marketplace with extensive global research and in-depth analysis. From evolving technology shifts to industries in disruption. Workplace trends to global cloud patterns. Mobile consumption habits to emerging security threats www.cisco.com