SINGAPORE - November 17, 2006 - John Chambers, the chairman and CEO of Cisco®, will visit Singapore on Dec. 8. Lauded by government leaders and industry observers worldwide for his visionary strategy, his ability to drive an entrepreneurial culture, and his warm-hearted, straight-talking approach, Chambers is a great admirer of Singapore and the country's strategic use of information and communications technologies.
Chambers will be meeting with senior government leaders and sharing his insights at the IDA Distinguished Infocomm Speaker Series public forum. In this special presentation, Chambers will talk about how the network is becoming the platform for all forms of communications and ICT and how it is enabling people around the world to create communities that span geographic, ethnic and national borders.
What: IDA Distinguished Infocomm Speaker Series
When: 1 to 3.30 pm, Friday, Dec. 8, 2006
Where: Raffles City Convention Center
To register, please go to: www.cisco.com/go/sg/events
About John Chambers
John Chambers is the chairman and CEO of Cisco. Since January 1995, when he assumed the CEO position, Chambers has grown the company from US$1.2 billion in annual revenues to US$28 billion in fiscal year 2006.
In January 2006, Chambers was named the best CEO in America in the Telecommunications, Data Networking category by Institutional Investor magazine, and in February he was awarded the prestigious Excellence in Corporate Philanthropy Award from the Committee to Encourage Corporate Philanthropy (CECP), an international forum of more than 120 CEOs and board chairpersons focused on corporate philanthropy.
In November 2005, Chambers accepted the prestigious Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE) from Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for Cisco's co-sponsorship of the Jordan Education Initiative, on which Cisco has worked in partnership with his Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan and the World Economic Forum.
He has spearheaded several other key educational efforts, most recently the 21st Century Schools (21S) initiative, to improve education and opportunity for children in the Gulf Coast region affected by Hurricane Katrina.
He is a two-time winner of the "Best Investor Relations by a CEO" award by Barrons and IR magazines, and he received the prestigious Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship from the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars of the Smithsonian Institution. He has received numerous other awards, including the 2005 International Partner award from the California Israel Chamber of Commerce, theSmithsonian Lifetime Achievement award, and the Presidential Award: Ron Brown Award for Corporate Leadership from the Business Council. Chambers was also named the Most Influential CEO in telecommunications by Institutional Investor magazine and the Most Influential Person in Communications by Telecommunications Magazine. San Jose Magazine voted him Man of the Year in 2005.
Chambers has served two American presidents, most currently as vice chairman of President George Bush's National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC). On this committee, he provides industry experience and leadership to help protect the critical infrastructure of the United States. He served on President Bush's Transition Team and Education Committee and previously served on President Bill Clinton's Trade Policy Committee.
Chambers joined Cisco in 1991 as senior vice president, Worldwide Sales and Operations. Prior to joining Cisco, he spent eight years at Wang Laboratories and six years with IBM. He holds a law degree and a bachelor of science/bachelor of arts degree in business from West Virginia University. He later received a master's of business administration in finance and management from Indiana University. He ismarried and has two adult children.
