Cisco CTO Padmasree Warrior Joins CTO Forum Executive Board

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(EON:Enhanced Online News)--The CTO Forum is pleased to announce that Padmasree Warrior, Cisco’s Chief Technology Officer, has joined the executive board of the CTO Forum. The CTO Forum brings together the best minds in the technology industry to define opportunities and to collaborate in harnessing the extraordinary potential of technology.

“She brings a world of experience, vision and energy which will help transform this institution into a global innovation platform. I truly appreciate Cisco’s commitment and support for the CTO Forum and look forward to working with Padmasree.”

“It is a tremendous honor to have Padmasree serve on the CTO Forum Executive Board,” said Basheer Janjua, founder and chairman of the CTO Forum and CEO of Integnology Corporation. “She brings a world of experience, vision and energy which will help transform this institution into a global innovation platform. I truly appreciate Cisco’s commitment and support for the CTO Forum and look forward to working with Padmasree.”

Warrior joined Cisco in December 2007 as chief technology officer (CTO). Warrior comes to Cisco from Motorola, where she was Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer. As a CTO, Warrior plays a key leadership role in the continued development and communication of Cisco’s technology strategy and vision.

Warrior, 47, was named Motorola’s CTO in 2003 and held numerous positions at the company over her 23-year career, including corporate Vice President and General Manager of Motorola’s energy systems group and corporate Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Motorola’s Semiconductor Product Sector. Warrior holds an M.S. degree in chemical engineering from Cornell University and a B.S. degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in New Delhi, India. In 2007 she was awarded a doctorate of Engineering, honoris causa from New York’s Polytechnic University. Warrior is an external director on the board of Corning Corporation.

About the CTO Forum

The CTO Forum brings together the best minds in the technology industry to define opportunities, and to collaborate in harnessing, the extraordinary potential of technology. The CTO Forum’s mission is to deliver a Global Innovation Platform, where technology leaders collaborate and co-create the technology and solutions that will be critical to meeting tomorrow’s global opportunities and challenges. See http://www.thectoforum.net.

About Integnology

Integnology is a leading IT Consulting and Systems Integration firm specializing in Business Intelligence (BI), Enterprise Web 2.0, Executive Consulting and Virtualization. These practices are led by highly capable leaders and teams with extensive industry experience. In addition, Integnology is the founder and organizer for two exceptional communities; the CTO Forum and the CIO Council. See http://integnology.com