---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000858877-25-000021"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CSCO"
cik: "0000858877"
company_name: "CISCO SYSTEMS, INC."
filed_at: "2025-05-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-21T11:48:53.128745+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cisco CFO Scott Herren to retire July 26; Mark Patterson named successor; Jeetu Patel becomes President and CPO

## Summary
- CFO Scott Herren retiring effective July 26, 2025; remains Executive Advisor through May 1, 2026.
- Mark Patterson (EVP & Chief Strategy Officer) appointed EVP & CFO effective July 27, 2025.
- Jeetu Patel appointed President and Chief Product Officer effective May 14, 2025; was EVP & CPO.
- Related-person disclosure: Patterson's daughter, an account manager, received ~$286K total comp in FY2024.
- Standard indemnity agreements entered or expected for Patterson and Patel.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000858877-25-000021
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CSCO
- cik: 0000858877
- company_name: CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.
- filed_at: 2025-05-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/858877/000085887725000021/0000858877-25-000021-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/858877/000085887725000021/csco-20250509.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000858877-25-000021
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000858877-25-000021.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000858877-25-000021.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Scott Herren retired as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at CISCO SYSTEMS, INC..
  - Action: retired
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: Scott Herren notified Cisco Systems, Inc. (“Cisco”) of his decision to retire as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Cisco effective July 26, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/858877/000085887725000021/0000858877-25-000021-index.htm
- Executive change
  Mark Patterson was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at CISCO SYSTEMS, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On May 10, 2025, Cisco appointed Mark Patterson to succeed Mr. Herren as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Cisco effective July 27, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/858877/000085887725000021/0000858877-25-000021-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jeetu Patel was appointed as President and Chief Product Officer at CISCO SYSTEMS, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President and Chief Product Officer
  source text: On May 10, 2025, Cisco also appointed Jeetu Patel as President and Chief Product Officer effective May 14, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/858877/000085887725000021/0000858877-25-000021-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.