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Liz Centoni has held many leadership roles at Cisco including Senior Vice President and General Manager of Cisco’s Cloud, Compute, and IoT business, where she drove the business and engineering strategy for this global portfolio. She was instrumental in developing, executing, and evangelizing Cisco’s IoT portfolio strategy in Industrial IoT, Edge Intelligence and SaaS-based cellular connectivity platform for devices ranging from Connected Cars to Smart meters, driving it to profitable growth and leading Digital Transformation initiatives. In Cloud and Computing Systems, Liz led the team to define and execute the strategy enabling our customers’ operating model needs in Hybrid Cloud. She has also held multiple engineering roles, leading global teams, building software and central engineering services, executing engineering plans with feature velocity, quality and focus on getting it right for the customer.
As Cisco’s Chief Strategy Officer, Liz helped to drive the multi-national digital technology corporation’s overall strategic direction. As General Manager of Applications, she was responsible for the business strategy and development efforts for the SaaS portfolio that powers optimized experiences for customers’ applications, which are increasingly central to their businesses in today’s digital, cloud-first world. Liz Centoni also led Outshift by Cisco, a team incubating emerging technologies to create new markets and businesses for Cisco. She is a voting member of Cisco‘s Investment review board which directs the company‘s efforts with startups and the global venture community.
Liz Centoni is Executive Vice President and Chief Customer Experience Officer at Cisco. In this role, she leads a 20,000 strong team helping customers transform, differentiate, and accelerate their business value through a broad portfolio of software, subscription, and lifecycle services. She has a passion for applying technology to facilitate and support customer success and adoption across the entire portfolio, and ultimately deliver unparalleled experiences in new and innovative ways.
Liz Centoni is an active mentor and sponsor of underrepresented groups, including serving as Cisco’s Global Executive Sponsor for the Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) program.
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Title: Ms
Surname: Centoni
DoB: 01/01/1964
Age: 62 years
M/F: Female
Nationality: American
Country of Birth: United States of America
Language: English
Qualification: BSc, MBA
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| Company | Committee | Role | Appointment Date | Resignation Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workday, Inc | Board | Member | 03/12/2024 | |
| Mercedes-Benz | Supervisory Board | Member | 01/01/2021 | |
| Mercedes-Benz | Nominations & Governance | Member | 01/01/2021 |
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