James Richardson (Cisco)

James Richardson is a Canadian businessman. He is currently the Chief Marketing Officer[?] of Cisco Systems, were has worked there for 11 years.

Education

Richardson has a degree in marketing and finance from Queen's University.

Prior to working at Cisco, Richardson held a number of positions at Unisys Canada[?].

May 1990 -- begins career at Cisco
1992 - 1994 -- serves as the Vice-President of Intercontinental Opreations[?], focusing on expansion into Asia, the Pacific, and South America
1995 - 1996 -- serves as Vice-President of North American Operations[?]. During this period regional revenues increased by 300%.
1996-1999 -- serves as president of the Europe, Middle East, and Africa Region[?]. During this period regional revenues increased by 400%.
February of 2000 -- becomes the senior vice-president of the Enterprise Line of Business[?] where he was involved with Cisco AVVID[?].

James Richardson Biography (http://newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/tln/exec_team/richardson/richardson.html) (Offical)