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March/April 2009

America's First CTO?

Cisco's Padmasree Warrior tells us what role a U.S CTO should play.

By David Talbot

National CTO?: Padmasree Warrior, CTO of Cisco Systems.
Credit: Howard Cao

President Obama pledged during his campaign to appoint the nation's first-ever chief technology officer. As CTO of Cisco Systems--a leading maker of the Internet's routing and switching equipment--Padmasree Warrior is a leading candidate for the job.

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