Summary: (http://kamlashow.com/podcast/wp-content/uploads/Padmashree-Photocredit-cisco-150x150.jpg)Padmasree Warrior is Cisco's Chief Technology and Strategy Officer. She joined Cisco in 2007 after having spent many years working at Motorola in Chicago. At Motorola she was an Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer (CTO). In this wide ranging interview we talk about role of CTO to Cisco's strategy in an economic downturn to growing up in a small town in India, and the role her parents played in inspiring and shaping her world view. And of course, we get to ask her about Twitter, where she currently has almost 1.5 million followers. You can follow Padmasree on Twitter (http://twitter.com/Padmasree). Interestingly, Cisco Systems Inc (CSCO (http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=CSCO)) was founded in the 1980s during an economic downturn and in a short span of less than 25 years has grown to become one of the largest networking companies in the world. We recorded this interview in 2009 when Padmasree (http://www.cnbc.com/id/100631540) was CTO of Cisco. Since then her role at Cisco has expanded. This interview originally ran on LiveMint Radio. Photo credit: Cisco
