Chuck robbins biography

American businessman

Charles H. Robbins (born 1965 or 1966) is an American businessman. He is the chairman and CEO of Cisco Systems.^[1]

Early life

Robbins was born in Grayson, Georgia, and educated at Rocky Mount High School in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.^[2] In 1987, he earned a Bachelor of Mathematics degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.^[1]

Career

Robbins began his career as an application developer for North Carolina National Bank (now part of Bank of America).

He joined Wellfleet Communications followed by a brief tenure at Ascend Communications before joining Cisco in 1997.^[2]

Robbins filled various posts at Cisco, including senior vice president of the Americas and senior vice president of Worldwide Field Operations, a role in which he led Cisco's Worldwide Sales and Partner Organizations and built out Cisco's partnership program.^[3][4]

In May 2015, Cis