John Thomas Chambers is the former executive chairman and CEO of Cisco Systems.
John T. Chambers
President Aníbal Cavaco Silva of Portugal (left), Chambers (center), and Helder Antunes (right); 2011.
Chambers at the World Economic Forum (2007).
Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational digital communications technology conglomerate corporation headquartered in San Jose, California. Cisco develops, manufactures, and sells networking hardware, software, telecommunications equipment and other high-technology services and products. Cisco specializes in specific tech markets, such as the Internet of things (IoT), domain security, videoconferencing, and energy management with leading products including Webex, OpenDNS, Jabber, Duo Security, Silicon One, and Jasper.
Building 10 of the Cisco San Jose Main Campus
Cisco's first router, the Advanced Gateway Server (AGS) router (1986)
John T. Chambers led Cisco as its CEO between 1995 and 2015. (Pictured at 2010 World Economic Forum, in Davos, Switzerland).
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger at Cisco, 2010