John P. Morgridge
Chairman Emeritus
Cisco Systems, Inc.
John Morgridge joined Cisco Systems, the leading supplier of high-performance
internetworking products, in 1988 as president and CEO. In 1995 he was appointed
chairman and in November 2006 he became chairman emeritus. He spent two years
as president and chief operating officer of GRID Systems, a private company building
laptop computers that was sold to Tandy Corporation in 1988.
From 1980 to 1986, Mr. Morgridge was vice president of marketing, sales, and service for
Stratus Computer Inc., a manufacturer of fault-tolerant computer systems. He previously
spent 20 years with Honeywell Information Systems. His last position was vice president
of marketing and planning for the U.S. operation.
Mr. Morgridge holds a BBA from the University of Wisconsin and an MBA from the
Stanford Graduate School of Business. He teaches part time at the Stanford Graduate
School of Business and speaks regularly on entrepreneurism and management strategies
at corporations and universities around the world. In 1996, the Stanford Graduate School
of Business honored Mr. Morgridge with the Arbuckle Award.
He and his wife, Tashia, actively support a range of education, conservation, and human
services initiatives. Mr. Morgridge serves on the boards of Business Executives for National
Security, CARE, the Cisco Foundation, the Cisco Learning Institute, the Morgridge Institute
for Research, Stanford Hospitals and Clinics, TOSA Foundation, Wisconsin Alumni
Research Foundation (WARF), and the Fund for Wisconsin Scholars.
Mr. Morgridge and Tashia live in Portola Valley, California. They have three children and
six grandchildren. Mr. Morgridge enjoys amateur status as a biker, hiker, hunter, skier,
and grandpops.