Aaron Chiles

About Aaron Chiles

As a seasoned product and organizational leader at Cisco, I specialize in building high-performing teams and delivering transformative digital experiences that empower the workforce. My multi-year journey has focused on strategic product management, agile best practices, and fostering a culture of innovation and excellence within the organization.

Experience

1. Director

   Cisco

   Nov 2025 — Present

   As a Director within Cisco’s Employee Experience organization, I lead the vision and strategy to build a world-renowned, engaging workplace experience that empowers employees to do their best work. I oversee cross-functional teams responsible for the design, development, and evolution of critical internal platforms—including the AI-Ready Intranet and employee applications—across all business functions and global regions.Strategic Vision & Innovation Leadership: Spearheaded the vision and execution of Cisco’s AI-Ready Intranet, transforming the internal digital workplace into a scalable, intelligent platform powered by AI. Drove the integration of AI solutions across employee experience initiatives to enhance productivity, personalization, and engagement.End-to-End Product Leadership: Owned the product strategy and roadmap for the “Intranet of the Future,” evolving it from foundational platforms to data-driven, microapp-powered ecosystems. Championed human-centered design and seamless user journeys across all employee touchpoints.Team Building & Talent Development: Built and scaled high-performing product, engineering, and operations teams, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. Mentored emerging leaders and accelerated talent growth across the organization.Operational Excellence & Agile Scaling: Championed agile practices, product portfolio management, and operational rigor across multiple teams. Drove strategic planning and cross-functional alignment to ensure reliability, scalability, and measurable impact.Global Scalability & Transformation: Led the transformation of core employee experience platforms—including the re-launched Directory—delivering measurable improvements in usability, adoption, and engagement at scale.

Education

• RMIT University

  BSBA, Business

  2008 — 2008

• North Carolina State University

  BSBA, Business

  2006 — 2010

• Lake Norman High School

  High School

  2002 — 2006

• North Carolina State University - College of Management

  BSBA, Business

  2006 — 2010

Skills

• Adobe Creative Suite
• Mysql
• Strategy
• Business Intelligence
• Responsive Design
• Javascript
• Sales & Marketing Functions
• Enterprise Social Networks
• Analytics
• Advertising
• Rhel
• User Experience
• Content Strategy
• Marketing Strategy
• Google Analytics
• Content Marketing
• Sem
• Social Media
• Business Architecture
• Web Design
• Virtualization
• Business Process Design
• Mobile Devices
• Community Management
• Social Enterprise
• Graphic Design
• Lamp
• Web Analytics
• Sales Funnels
• Metrics
• Wordpress
• Enterprise 2.0
• SEO
• Business Analysis
• Social Networking
• User-Centered Design
• Xenserver
• Php
• Web 2.0
• Html