Some high-ranking Cisco executives have recently left thecompany amid the restructuring. One of the latest was Ned Hooper, who organized some of its biggest acquisitions. On June26 Cisco announced that he was leaving to form an investmentfirm. Another recent departure was Paul Mountford, who ran
Date: Oct 05, 2012
Category: Business
Source: Google
Cisco bids adieu to strategy chief in exec shuffle
Ned Hooper is leaving Cisco to form an independent investment partnership company, according to a blog post from CEO John Chambers and COO Gary Moore. Hooper had been at Cisco for 13 years and was instrumental in many acquisitions, both good and bad: Tandberg, WebEx, Airespace, Starent and NDS; but
That's partly because consumers were out to buy cheaper products last quarter -- and Cisco had just finished excising cheaper products from its offerings, said Ned Hooper, chief strategy officer, on Wednesday's earnings call.