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Cisco’s Warrior Adds Strategy-Chief Role as Hooper Leaves
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Cisco Systems Inc., the largest maker of computer-networking gear, said Padmasree Warrior is taking on an expanded role to oversee strategy, underscoring the company’s move away from the consumer-focused acquisitions favored by her departing predecessor, Ned Hooper.
Pankaj Patel, 58, will lead Cisco’s engineering organization, a job he shared with Warrior, 51, the San Jose, California-based company said yesterday in a blog posting. Hooper, 45, is forming an independent investment partnership company that will have Cisco as a partner.