Jeetu Patel is EVP and General Manager of Security and Collaboration at Cisco Systems, where he leads the strategy and development for these businesses and owns P&L responsibility for this multibillion-dollar portfolio.

As a member of the Cisco Executive Leadership Team, Jeetu is helping to redefine Cisco's SaaS business and strategy to further accelerate the company's transformation and growth. His mission is to build world-class products that solve Cisco customers’ biggest problems. His team is creating and designing meaningfully differentiated products that diverge in the way they’re conceived, built, priced, packaged, and sold.

Prior to joining Cisco, Jeetu was Chief Product Officer (CPO) and Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) at Box. He also served in executive management roles at EMC and Doculabs.