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Karen Ashley is the Vice President of Corporate Development Integration at Cisco, where she has spent over 22 years, with six leading the M&A integration team. Karen orchestrates strategic programs across acquisitions, joint ventures, and divestitures to enhance Cisco's technical capabilities and business models. She is committed to diversity and inclusion, acting as a sponsor for the Women of Corporate Strategy and founder of iWise. Karen’s background in industrial engineering underpins her expertise in driving operational efficiency and effective integration processes.
Revenue synergies are one of the hardest things to achieve during integration. In this interview, Karen Ashley, Vice President, Corporate Development Integration at Cisco, discusses their best practices to realize go-to-market synergies.
Fully committing to integration starts with a deep partnership between corp dev and integration. Learn all about it featuring Karen Ashley, Vice President of Corporate Development Integration at Cisco.