Who is the Chief Strategy Officer of Cisco?

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Ammar Maraqa is the Chief Strategy Officer of Cisco, reporting to Chuck Robbins. Ammar reached the role after 5 tracked posts, most recently Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at Cisco Systems, Inc.. He came to Cisco through the 28 billion dollar acquisition of Splunk, where he had spent ten years as senior vice president and chief strategy officer and helped grow annual recurring revenue from 300 million to 5 billion dollars while the company moved to cloud delivered software. Senior vice president and chief strategy officer, after joining through the Splunk acquisition. Ammar is one of 12 tracked leaders at the company.

Ammar Maraqa profile

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Ammar Maraqa
Chief Strategy Officer, Cisco
Senior vice president and chief strategy officer, after joining through the Splunk acquisition

Ammar Maraqa is senior vice president and chief strategy officer of Cisco, owning corporate strategy, strategic alliances, mergers and acquisitions, venture investments, the incubation of emerging technologies, market access, corporate planning and business cadence. This is his second tenure at Cisco: he previously spent ten years there as vice president of corporate development and strategy, running the corporate strategy team and acquisition integration. He started his career as a senior associate at Bain and Company and spent five years at Dell in product, marketing and operational leadership. He holds dual bachelor's degrees in computer engineering and finance from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar.

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Chuck Robbins
Email
••••@cisco.com

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Ammar Maraqa career history

  • Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, Cisco Systems, Inc.current
  • Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, Splunkabout ten years until the Cisco acquisition
  • Vice President, Corporate Development and Strategy, Cisco Systems, Inc.about ten years, earlier tenure
  • Product, marketing and operational leadership, Dellfive years, earlier career
  • Senior Associate, Bain and Companyearlier career

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Other leaders at Cisco

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CRChuck RobbinsChuck RobbinsChair and Chief Executive Officer ••••@cisco.com
MPMark PattersonChief Financial Officer ••••@cisco.com
JPJeetu PatelPresident and Chief Product Officer ••••@cisco.com
LCLiz CentoniChief Customer Experience Officer ••••@cisco.com
FKFrancine KatsoudasChief People, Policy and Purpose Officer ••••@cisco.com
DSDev StahlkopfChief Legal Officer ••••@cisco.com
TSThimaya SubaiyaExecutive Vice President, Operations ••••@cisco.com
OTOliver TuszikExecutive Vice President, Global Sales and Chief Sales Officer ••••@cisco.com
CPCarrie PalinSenior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer ••••@cisco.com
EDEyal DaganExecutive Vice President, Strategic Projects ••••@cisco.com
SCSteve ClaytonChief Communications Officer ••••@cisco.com

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Who is Ammar Maraqa?

Ammar Maraqa is the Chief Strategy Officer of Cisco (as of 2026-10-09). Senior vice president and chief strategy officer, after joining through the Splunk acquisition. You can see their background and career history above.

What is Ammar Maraqa's background?

Ammar Maraqa is senior vice president and chief strategy officer of Cisco, owning corporate strategy, strategic alliances, mergers and acquisitions, venture investments, the incubation of emerging technologies, market access, corporate planning and business cadence. He came to Cisco through the 28 billion dollar acquisition of Splunk, where he had spent ten years as senior vice president and chief strategy officer and helped grow annual recurring revenue from 300 million to 5 billion dollars while the company moved to cloud delivered software. This is his second tenure at Cisco: he previously spent ten years there as vice president of corporate development and strategy, running the corporate strategy team and acquisition integration. He started his career as a senior associate at Bain and Company and spent five years at Dell in product, marketing and operational leadership. He holds dual bachelor's degrees in computer engineering and finance from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar.

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Who does Ammar Maraqa report to?

Ammar Maraqa reports to Chuck Robbins. See the full org chart on the Cisco executives page.