Networking at Work: Creating Opportunity and Getting Things Done

1. NETWORKING AT WORK:
CREATING OPPORTUNITY
AND GETTING THINGS DONE
Interview with Shawn Carrigan, Cisco, Business
Development Manager

2. Network Community Snapshot
Yesterday: 2001 Today: 2009
 ~25 colleagues  LinkedIn: 429
 Lay-off in 2001  Twitter: 50
 No network, tech crash  Facebook: 102
 200+ resumes sent blind  CWWK: 100
 Jabber position  who I knew  Quarterly Outreach: 10+
 Lost touch with old friends  Reconnect with old friends
 Lost work life balance  Work life balance
Philosophy: Never be in 2001 position again!
If someone is not interested in speaking with me is that a
group or individual I would want to associate with?

3. Networking Through Transition
Jabber – Acquired by Cisco 11/08 Cisco
 Founded: 2000  Founded: 1984
 Employee Base: 55  Employee Base: 66,558
 Offices: Denver, DC  Offices: Global
 Annual Revenue: $15M  Annual Revenue: $39.5B
 Software, Services  Hardware, Software, Services
 IM / Presence Platform  Network Solutions
 Position: Sales - Teleco  Position: Biz Dev - WebEx
Cisco networking: Outreach to organizations of interest
Mentor - career path, introductions, corporate landscape

4. Questions?
Shawn Carrigan
Phone: 303-308-3723
Email: scarriga@cisco.com
Twitter: @scarrigan
Facebook: Shawn Carrigan
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/shawncarrigan