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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-22-023458"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CSCO"
cik: "0000858877"
company_name: "CISCO SYSTEMS, INC."
filed_at: "2022-01-31T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T13:52:50.598532+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cisco EVP Gerri Elliott to retire by May 1, 2022; Jeff Sharritts named successor

## Summary
- Gerri Elliott, EVP and Chief Customer and Partner Officer, notified Cisco of her retirement on Jan 26, 2022.
- She will continue in her current role until May 1, 2022.
- Jeff Sharritts, currently SVP of Americas, will succeed Elliott upon her retirement.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-22-023458
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CSCO
- cik: 0000858877
- company_name: CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.
- filed_at: 2022-01-31T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/858877/000119312522023458/0001193125-22-023458-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/858877/000119312522023458/d195504d8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-023458
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-22-023458.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Gerri Elliott departed as Executive Vice President and Chief Customer and Partner Officer at CISCO SYSTEMS, INC..
  - Action: retire
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Customer and Partner Officer
  source text: Gerri Elliott, Executive Vice President and Chief Customer and Partner Officer of Cisco Systems, Inc. (“Cisco”), notified Cisco of her intention to retire from Cisco.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/858877/000119312522023458/0001193125-22-023458-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jeff Sharritts was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Customer and Partner Officer at CISCO SYSTEMS, INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Customer and Partner Officer
  source text: Jeff Sharritts, currently Senior Vice President of the Americas organization, will succeed Ms. Elliott upon her retirement from her current role.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/858877/000119312522023458/0001193125-22-023458-index.htm

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