The Millennium Alliance is excited to announce Carrie Palin, SVP, Chief Marketing Officer at Cisco will keynote our Transformational CMO Assembly October 22-23rd at The Whitley, Atlanta Buckhead.  

About Carrie Palin

As Senior Vice President and CMO at Cisco, Carrie leads their global marketing efforts to strengthen Cisco’s brand and drive demand for our technology solutions. Her role encompasses brand strategy, partner marketing, global field marketing, events, customer advocacy, digital customer experience, and marketing insights.  Carrie also oversees Cisco’s global small business segment and industry solutions group, integrating sales and marketing strategies worldwide.

Before joining Cisco in 2021,  Carrie gained extensive experience in enterprise marketing and brand building in the technology sector. Her career started at Dell, where she spent 16 years in global go-to-market strategy. She later served as VP of Marketing for IBM’s Cloud Data Services/Analytics Division, followed by CMO roles at Box, SendGrid, and Splunk, where she led major rebranding initiatives during periods of significant growth.

Carrie is passionate about Cisco’s mission of powering an inclusive future and advocate for women in technology and diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. She also serves on the Boards of NetApp and EDB and holds a Bachelor’s degree in communications from Texas Christian University.