Michael Hakkert Director Corporate Communications Cisco

“Karla is a consummate IT and Network professional who prides herself on pushing her own personal boundaries in training and development to ensure that she can master the task at hand. Karla is a team player with an exemplary attitude and ethic. Any team would be lucky to have her.”

Alan Marcus Sr Director Marketing Cisco Systems

“At the time Karla worked in my organisation, I was managing a group of over 75 TMEs focusing on a variety of programmes at Cisco. Although Karla did not work for me directly, she stood out. The role required the ability to quickly understand very technical data, translate data to business applications, build relationships with and support, marketing, sales, and development engineering to shape and position product solutions. In all these areas Karla was well recognised. She is sharp and quick to pick up the most technical detail whilst simultaneously maintain the bigger picture of use. She built and maintained relationships necessary to get the job done. She became a go-to person for the sales engineers on the products and technologies she focused. She was always pleasant to work with and always putting in the effort necessary to go above and beyond expectations.”

Rommel Bajamundi - Technical Marketing Engineer

“Ive worked with Karla in the past for many years. She always knew the importance of understanding the business drivers for creating the technical solution and was able to leverage that understanding to its fullest. She is a great person to work with and always has a positive "go for it!" attitude.”

Joel McKelvey -Manager of Technical Marketing Cisco Systems

“Over our many years as colleagues I've always been impressed by Karla's combination of enthusiasm, work ethic, marketing skills, and technical savvy. Together Karla and I have presented technical topics all over the world to customers, conferences, and trade shows. She has always been someone I've valued as an advisor, co-worker, and friend. I recommend her unequivocably and sincerely hope we'll get to work together again in the future.”