Mr. John T. Chambers serves as the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of JC2 Ventures. In his role, Chambers focuses on helping disruptive startups from around the world build and scale, while also promoting the broader development of startup nations and a startup world. He has been Chairman Emeritus of Cisco Systems, Inc. since December 11, 2017. Mr. Chambers served as Executive Chairman at Cisco Systems, Inc. from July 26, 2015 to December 11, 2017 and as its Executive Director from November 1993 to December 11, 2017.