Isabella Yani | Lessons in Leadership & The Case for the Chief of Staff Role in Technology

This episode features Isabella Yani, Cisco’s Chief of Staff to Jeff Sharritts, Executive Vice President and Chief Customer and Partner Officer. With over 18 years of experience at Cisco, Isabella brings extensive leadership expertise in customer-facing, partner-facing sales, and strategic planning across all customer segments, industries, and partnership types. She is a multi-year CRN Women of the Channel honoree, a 2021 CRN Women of the Channel Power 100 recipient, a featured Cisco blogger, and a sought-after conference speaker.   In this episode, Isabella shares with our audience the importance and rise of the Chief of Staff role in technology companies and her lessons learned in leadership during her career at Cisco.