David Goeckeler is the Executive Vice President and General Manager of Cisco’s Networking and Security Business Group with responsibility for more than $32 billion of the company’s global technology business. He leads a global team of over 25,000 engineers and oversees Cisco’s networking and security strategy and market acceleration, including development operations for the company’s expansive technology portfolio and strategic acquisitions.

A 17-year Cisco veteran, Goeckeler is known as a transformational leader with proven business expertise and deep technical knowledge. With a vision to simplify how customers transform their business and capture new opportunities created by the rise of digitization, he is responsible for developing an integrated networking and security architecture at the foundation of Cisco’s technology franchises.

Prior to his current role, Goeckeler was the leader of Cisco’s Security Business and was instrumental in defining Cisco’s threat-centric security strategy and transitioning the business to a software and recurring revenue based model, and returning the business to share gaining growth. Under his leadership, the Security Group also acquired and successfully integrated multiple companies, solidifying Cisco’s place as the largest Security vendor in the industry.