Who We Are: Kathy Hill

Senior Vice President, Access Networking and Services Group,
Cisco Systems, Inc.

Kathy Hill Kathy Hill brings more than 25 years of network engineering and management experience to her position as Senior Vice President for Cisco’s Access Networking and Services Group. In this capacity she oversees the Access Routing, Ethernet Switching, Security, and Wireless technology groups that deliver over $12 billion of Cisco’s annual revenues. Her group’s focus is on profitable growth and the integration of networking services onto Cisco’s full range of products. She is also a member of the newly formed Development Council, which provides collaborative leadership to drive the delivery of integrated products and solutions to customers. In addition to her primary responsibilities, Hill co-leads Cisco’s Commercial Business Council, a cross-functional team responsible for mid-market segment strategy as well as coordinated investment and execution in the commercial segment.

Previously, Hill was Vice President and General Manager of Cisco’s Desktop Switching Business Unit. Under her leadership, Cisco’s stackable Ethernet switch revenues grew to a multibillion-dollar business and also achieved record market share. Prior to joining Cisco, Hill was Vice President at Ascend. She also held senior management positions at Newbridge Networks and Hughes Network Systems.

Hill is a Board of Trustees Member of the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology and holds a bachelor’s of science degree in mathematics from the Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY.

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  • Allison Spinner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

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Board of Trustees

  • William Wulf, Ph.D., Former President, National Academy of Engineering, Board Chair
  • Bill Unger, Partner Emeritus, Mayfield Fund - Vice-Chair
  • Robin Abrams, Investor
  • Margaret Ashida, Director, Diversity and Workforce Programs - IBM Software Group
  • Prith Banerjee, Senior Vice President, Research, and Director, HP Labs, HP
  • James Beck, CPA & CMA, Managing Director & CFO, Mayfield Fund - Treasurer & Vice President
  • Francine Berman, Professor, Dept of Computer Science and Engineering, UC San Diego and Fellow, ACM
  • Debi Coleman, Managing Partner, SmartForest Ventures
  • Nora Denzel, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Payroll, Intuit
  • Alan Eustace, Senior Vice President, Research and Systems Engineering, Google
  • Penny Herscher, President & CEO, firstRain
  • Kathy Hill, Senior VP Ethernet and Wireless Systems Technology Group, Cisco Systems Inc.
  • Leah Jamieson, John A. Edwardson Dean of Engineering, and Ramsburg Distinguished Professor, Purdue University
  • Wayne Johnson, Vice President, University Relations, Hewlett-Packard
  • Maria Klawe, President, Harvey Mudd College
  • Ike Nassi, Executive Vice President, and Head of Research, Americas and China, and Head of Global Business Incubation, SAP
  • Brian Pawlowski, CTO, and Senior Vice President, NetApp
  • Richard Rashid, Senior VP and VP Research, Microsoft
  • Justin Rattner, Senior Fellow & CTO, Intel
  • Cheryl Shavers, Former Undersecretary of Technology, Clinton Administration, & CEO of Global Smarts, Inc.
  • Telle Whitney, President & CEO, Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology
  • Linda Bernardi, Emeritus (Term: 1996 -2006)
  • Greg Papadopoulos, Emeritus (Term: 1996 -2006)

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