Right now, we introduced an thrilling replace to Cisco’s Govt Management Group. Steve Clayton might be becoming a member of Cisco as our new Chief Communications Officer, efficient January 5, 2026.
Steve involves us from Microsoft, the place he has spent over 28 years in numerous communications and storytelling roles. Most lately, he served as Vice President of Communications Technique and Chief Storyteller, working intently with senior management to form communications and enjoying a pivotal function in altering firm tradition. He and his crew have been answerable for Microsoft’s owned storytelling in addition to main the work to reinvent how the worldwide communications crew utilized AI to the enterprise. Beforehand, Steve additionally led Microsoft’s World Public Affairs crew.
We’re at a pivotal second in our firm’s historical past, as we glance to assist clients, companions, and governments all over the world unlock the facility of AI. Steve’s deep experience and imaginative and prescient will assist us additional elevate Cisco’s story and cement our function as suppliers of the important infrastructure for the AI period.
I’m extremely enthusiastic about what’s forward, and I sit up for welcoming Steve to Cisco within the new yr and seeing all that he and our World Communications crew will accomplish collectively.