Cisco appoints Marianna Tessel to its board of directors
Marianna Tessel of Cisco
Cisco announced the appointment of Marianna Tessel to its board of directors. “We are excited to welcome Marianna to the Cisco board,” says Chuck Robbins, chairman and CEO, Cisco.
“Marianna is known for creating a strong, transformational culture that accelerates innovation. Her successful track record delivering software solutions that solve challenges for businesses of all sizes will help shape Cisco’s strategy for supporting our customers as they leverage digital capabilities to drive recovery and growth.”
Tessel has been executive vice president and chief technology officer of financial software company Intuit since January 2019 and previously served as chief product development officer of Intuit’s Small Business & Self-Employed Group.
Prior to joining Intuit, Tessel served as senior vice president of engineering and executive vice president of strategic Development for Docker Inc., a software containerisation platform. She also previously served as vice president of Engineering with VMware.
Tessel holds a Bachelor of Science in Computing from Technion Israel Institute of Technology. At the beginning of her career, she served as Captain for Computer Centre R&D in the Israeli Army.
In addition to Tessel, Cisco board members include, M. Michele Burns, Wesley G. Bush, Michael D. Capellas, Mark Garrett, John D. Harris II, Dr. Kristina M. Johnson, Roderick C. McGeary, Chuck Robbins, Brenton L. Saunders and Dr. Lisa Su. For more information about Cisco’s board of directors visit here.
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