Cisco Appoints Cognite CEO Girish Rishi to Board of Directors

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Cisco has appointed Girish Rishi to its board of directors, effective October 9, 2026. Rishi is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cognite, an industrial AI company, and a Senior Advisor to Blackstone. He brings three decades of technology leadership across hardware, software and systems, including prior roles as CEO of Blue Yonder and executive positions at Tyco International, Zebra Technologies, Motorola Solutions and Symbol Technologies. Cisco Chair and CEO Chuck Robbins said Rishi's expertise in data and AI will be invaluable as Cisco provides the critical infrastructure organizations need to lead in the AI era. Rishi also serves on the board of Insight Enterprises and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and an executive board member of the Arizona Commerce Authority.

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Cisco appoints Cognite CEO Girish Rishi to its board; a governance/board change with no clear product, financial, or competitive driver.

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