Kristen Nichols
Chief Operating Officer | Executive Leader in Growth, Operations & Strategy | Driving Scale, Efficiency & Transformation
- Role
- Senior Vice President Global Business & Product Operations and COO, Cisco Product Organization at Cisco
- Location
- Bozeman, MT, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Kristen Nichols
As an operations executive, I’ve spent my career translating vision into execution — ensuring that strategy, people, and process align to deliver measurable business growth.With deep experience in operational leadership, I’ve-Led multi-unit operations with full P&L accountability-Partnered with CEOs and boards to define and execute long-term growth strategies-Built and scaled high-performing teams-Drove transformation initiatives that improved efficiency, reduced costs, and fueled revenue growth.My leadership style combines strategic foresight with disciplined execution — ensuring organizations are not only prepared for change, but positioned to thrive in it.I’m passionate about building resilient, high-impact organizations, and open to COO, GM, or senior operational leadership opportunities where I can deliver scale and sustainable results.
Experience
Senior Vice President Global Business & Product Operations and COO, Cisco Product Organization
Nov 2022 — Present
Manage a Global Team of resources that include: Product Operations, Technical Program Managers, Financial Operations, Business Operations, Business Intelligence and Analytics and Technical Documentation -Serve as Chief of Staff to EVP Cisco Networking Engineering (~$38B business and 22K employees)
Education
W. P. Carey School of Business – Arizona State University
BS, Management
1998 — 2001
Thunderbird School of Global Management
MBA, Finance, Business
2003 — 2004
Skills
- Erp
- Integration
- Project Portfolio Management
- Data Center
- Business Intelligence
- Pmo
- Pmp
- Leadership
- Management Consulting
- Software Project Management
- Crm
- Agile Methodologies
- Management
- Business Analysis
- Program Management
- Strategy
- Project Management Office (Pmo)
- Sharepoint
- Enterprise Software
- Business Process Improvement
- Product Management
- Project Management
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Saas
- Oracle
- Software as a Service (Saas)
- Cloud Computing
- Telecommunications
- IT Service Management
- Consulting
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