Carrie Palin — CMO at Cisco

Executive Bio

Carrie Palin is the Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer (CMO) at Cisco. Palin and her team are responsible for strengthening Cisco’s brand and increasing demand for Cisco’s solutions. Her responsibilities include regional field, segment, industries, digital, and partner marketing, brand strategy, events, customer advocacy, and marketing insights and analytics. Additionally, Carrie is responsible for Cisco’s global segments and industries team, where she is accountable for delivering an integrated sales and marketing strategy globally.

CMO Impact on Marketing Department's Culture

Carrie Palin holds the highest position within the Marketing department at Cisco — CMO, and therefore has influence on the culture of the Marketing department. The average employee described daily life within the Marketing department as a Extremely fast paced and challenging 8 hour day, stating that they are happy with their work life balance. Employees within Cisco's Marketing department are invested in Cisco's goals, and feel as though there is not space for career growth.

Answer	Percent
Yes	78%
No	22%

Are you challenged at work?

Answer	Percent
Yes	80%
No	20%

Are your company's goals clear, and are you invested in them?

Answer	Percent
Yes	83%
No	17%

Are you satisfied with your work/life balance?

Answer	Percent
Positive	86%
Negative	14%

Is your work environment positive or negative?

Answer	Percent
Great	0%
Good	25%
Average	25%
Poor	50%
Horrible	0%

How would you rate the value & quality of meetings at your company?

Answer	Percent
Yes	25%
No	75%

Does your current company provide you meaningful opportunities for career advancement?

Executive Team Culture Ratings from Cisco Employees

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10%

Cisco's Executive Team scores in the Top 10%
of similar sized companies on Comparably

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Do you approve of the job your executive team is doing at your company?

73% Yes

Who ranks the Executive Team the highest?

Ethnicity - Native American 93/100

Ethnicity - African American/Black 89/100

Department - Finance 83/100

Who ranks the Executive Team the lowest?

Gender - Non-Binary 55/100

Department - Product 67/100

Tenure - Over 10 Years 68/100

Cisco's Executive Team at a Glance

Based on 756 ratings, Cisco's employees are very satisfied with their Executive Team and give them an “A” or 77/100. On average, Men provided higher ratings for their Executive Team compared to Women. Also, the Finance department thinks more highly of the Executive Team relative to the Product department.

Cisco's Executive Team ranks in the Top 30% of other companies in San Francisco and Top 10% of other companies on Comparably that also have 10,000+ Employees.

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