international patents and has received the John Fritz Medal, widely considered the highest award given in the engineering profession. Dr. Johnson was inducted into the National Inventors
Hall of Fame in 2015 and she is also a member of the National Academy of Engineering. She previously served as a director of Boston Scientific Corporation, ending in 2017 and The AES Corporation, ending in 2019.
Dr. Johnson brings to the Board of Directors an engineering background as well as expertise in science, technology,
business, education and government. In addition, she has leadership and management experience, both in an academic context as chancellor, provost and dean of nationally recognized academic institutions and in a corporate context as a board member of
public technology companies.
Mr. McGeary, 69, has been a member of the
Board of Directors since July 2003. He served as Chairman of Tegile Systems, Inc. from June 2010 to June 2012. From November 2004 to December 2009, he served as Chairman of the Board of BearingPoint, Inc. and also was interim Chief Executive
Officer of BearingPoint from November 2004 to March 2005. Mr. McGeary served as Chief Executive Officer of Brience, Inc. from July 2000 to July 2002. From April 2000 to June 2000, he served as a Managing Director of KPMG Consulting LLC, a
wholly owned subsidiary of BearingPoint, Inc. (formerly KPMG Consulting, Inc.). From August 1999 to April 2000, he served as Co-President and Co-Chief Executive
Officer of BearingPoint, Inc. From January 1997 to August 1999, he was employed by KPMG LLP as its Co-Vice Chairman of Consulting. Prior to 1997, he served in several capacities with KPMG LLP, including audit
partner for technology clients. Mr. McGeary is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a B.S. degree in Accounting from Lehigh University. Mr. McGeary also currently serves on the boards of directors of PACCAR Inc. and Raymond James
Financial, Inc.
Mr. McGeary brings to the Board of Directors a combination of executive experience in management and
technology consulting. He also has expertise in leading talented teams as well as skills in finance, accounting and auditing with technology industry experience.
Mr. Robbins, 53, has served as Chief Executive Officer since July 2015, as a
member of the Board of Directors since May 2015 and as Chairman of the Board since December 2017. He joined Cisco in December 1997, from which time until March 2002 he held a number of managerial positions within Ciscos sales organization.
Mr. Robbins was promoted to Vice President in March 2002, assuming leadership of Ciscos U.S. channel sales organization. Additionally, in July 2005 he assumed leadership of Ciscos Canada channel sales organization. In December 2007,
Mr. Robbins was promoted to Senior Vice President, U.S. Commercial, and in August 2009 he was appointed Senior Vice President, U.S. Enterprise, Commercial and Canada. In July 2011, Mr. Robbins was named Senior Vice President, Americas. In
October 2012, Mr. Robbins was promoted to Senior Vice President, Worldwide Field Operations, in which position he served until assuming the role of CEO. Mr. Robbins also currently serves on the board of directors of BlackRock, Inc.
Mr. Robbins brings to the Board of Directors extensive industry, company and operational experience acquired from having
served as Ciscos CEO since 2015, and prior to that from having led Ciscos global sales and partner teams. He has a thorough knowledge of Ciscos segments, technology areas, geographies and competition. He has a proven track
record of driving results and played a key role in leading and executing many of Ciscos investments and strategy shifts to meet its growth initiatives.
Mr. Sarin, 64, has been a member of the Board of Directors since September 2009
and previously served on the Board of Directors from September 1998 to July 2003. In April 2003, he became CEO designate of Vodafone Group Plc and served as its Chief Executive Officer from July 2003 to July 2008. He also served as a member of the
board of directors of that company from 1999 to 2008. From July 2001 to January 2003, he was Chief Executive Officer of Accel-KKR Telecom. He was the Chief Executive Officer of InfoSpace, Inc., and a member of
its board of directors from April 2000 to January 2001. He was the Chief Executive Officer of the USA/Asia Pacific Region for Vodafone AirTouch Plc from July 1999 to April 2000. From February 1997 to July 1999, he was the President of AirTouch
Communications, Inc. Prior to that, from April 1994 to February 1997, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of AirTouch International. Mr. Sarin joined AirTouch Communications, Inc. in 1994 as Senior Vice President Corporate
Strategy and Development upon its demerger from Pacific Telesis Group, which he joined in 1984. Mr. Sarin also currently serves on the boards of directors of Accenture plc, Cerence Inc. and The Charles Schwab Corporation. Mr. Sarin served
as a Senior Advisor at Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. from October 2009 to October 2014. He previously served as a director of Safeway, Inc., ending in 2015 and Blackhawk Network Holdings, Inc., ending in 2018. In 2010, Mr. Sarin was
named an Honorary Knight of the British Empire for services to the communications industry.
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