- John Chambers (CEO)
John T. Chambers is Chairman of the Board and
CEO ofCisco Systems, Inc. Chambers joined Cisco in 1991 as senior vice president, Worldwide Sales and Operations [http://resources.cisco.com/app/tree.taf?asset_id=451409&public_view=true&Template_Name=PDF&sid=etl_200_CEO_bio] . Since January 1995, when he assumed the role of CEO, Chambers has grown the company from $1.2 billion in annual revenues to its current run-rate of approximately $40 billion. [http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,28804,1733748_1733758_1736338,00.html] In November 2006, he was named Chairman of the Board, in addition to his CEO role. Prior to joining Cisco, he spent eight years atWang Laboratories (1982-1990) and six years withIBM (1976-1982). Chambers served on the Board of Directors ofmyCFO .Chambers holds
Juris Doctor (1974) andBachelor of Science /Bachelor of Arts in business (1971) degrees fromWest Virginia University [http://resources.cisco.com/app/tree.taf?asset_id=451409&public_view=true&Template_Name=PDF&sid=etl_200_CEO_bio] . He later received aMasters of Business Administration degree in finance and management (1975) fromIndiana University . He also attended the School of Engineering atDuke University from 1967 to 1968. [ [http://www.pratt.duke.edu/news/?id=343 News Releases, Feature Stories and Profiles about Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering ] ] . He was born on August 23, 1949 in Cleveland, Ohio. [ [http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/biography/A-E/Chambers-John-T-1949.html] ]Chambers is married and has two grown children.
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