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Howard Charney
Senior Vice President, Office of the President, Cisco
CHARNEY, Howard
Senior Vice President, Office of the Chairman and CEO, Cisco
Howard Charney is a member of Cisco’s Office of the President and Executive Staff. He contributes to Cisco’s strategy and direction as well as advises businesses, governments and educators around the world on implementing critical internet technologies to improve productivity and competitiveness.
During more than 30 years in Silicon Valley, Charney has overseen the development and proliferation of key technologies that led directly to the global build-out of the internet. After joining Cisco with the acquisition of Grand Junction Networks, he helped Cisco grow its new two-tier distribution business to more than US$2.4 billion and, with Cisco’s brand and market momentum, helped turn Fast Ethernet and low-cost switching into fundamental, global internet technologies.
Previously, Charney founded Grand Junction Networks in 1992. Grand Junction invented Fast Ethernet and low-cost switching, which transformed the economics of switching. In 1980, Charney co-founded 3Com, the progenitor of Ethernet and local area networking. 3Com’s breakthrough technologies enabled Internet access to the desktop.
A licensed patent attorney, Charney belongs to the State Bar of California and the Federal Bar. He sits on the boards of several technology companies and on the advisory board for the Center for Science, Technology and Society at Santa Clara University. He holds a BA and MA in mechanical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an MBA and JD from Santa Clara University.
Senior Vice President, Office of the Chairman and CEO, Cisco
Howard Charney is a member of Cisco’s Office of the President and Executive Staff. He contributes to Cisco’s strategy and direction as well as advises businesses, governments and educators around the world on implementing critical internet technologies to improve productivity and competitiveness.
During more than 30 years in Silicon Valley, Charney has overseen the development and proliferation of key technologies that led directly to the global build-out of the internet. After joining Cisco with the acquisition of Grand Junction Networks, he helped Cisco grow its new two-tier distribution business to more than US$2.4 billion and, with Cisco’s brand and market momentum, helped turn Fast Ethernet and low-cost switching into fundamental, global internet technologies.
Previously, Charney founded Grand Junction Networks in 1992. Grand Junction invented Fast Ethernet and low-cost switching, which transformed the economics of switching. In 1980, Charney co-founded 3Com, the progenitor of Ethernet and local area networking. 3Com’s breakthrough technologies enabled Internet access to the desktop.
A licensed patent attorney, Charney belongs to the State Bar of California and the Federal Bar. He sits on the boards of several technology companies and on the advisory board for the Center for Science, Technology and Society at Santa Clara University. He holds a BA and MA in mechanical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an MBA and JD from Santa Clara University.
