Chuck Graham

Chief Supply Chain Officer at Cisco

Speaking at TFEST26: Monday, December 1 2026 at 09:10–09:30 on the Main Stage — “How Cisco Built One of the World's Most Resilient Supply Chains”.

About Chuck

Chuck Graham serves as Cisco's Chief Supply Chain Officer, overseeing a global supply chain ecosystem that enables profitable growth and delivers an unrivaled customer experience. His organization directs new product introduction, product lifecycle management, sourcing, manufacturing, quality, logistics, and services. With a focus on driving operational excellence and fostering resilience, Chuck ensures that supply chain plays a pivotal role in delivering value to customers. Prior to Cisco, Chuck served for seven years as Microsoft's Corporate Vice President for Cloud Sourcing and Supply Chain, delivering infrastructure to datacenters globally. He also served in multiple leadership roles at Dell including Supply Chain Planning and Procurement. Chuck holds a reputation as a collaborative and visionary leader, dedicated to supporting teams, inspiring innovation, and tackling complex challenges with agility.

Session Overview

Maria Villablanca sits down with Cisco's Chief Supply Chain Officer to explore how the company rewired its global supply network to withstand geopolitical disruption, trade volatility, and demand uncertainty. The conversation covers the specific decisions Cisco made to build a dual-hemisphere network, the cost and service tradeoffs they accepted, and the circular design principles now embedded across their product portfolio.

About TFEST26

TFEST26 is Europe's most senior supply chain conference, taking place December 1–2 2026 at Colosseum Berlin. It brings together 400+ Director-level and above leaders — Chief Supply Chain Officers, VPs, and senior directors from Cisco, Henkel, Estée Lauder, Diageo, Schneider Electric, Novartis, Mars, and others — for two days of peer benchmarking, candid practitioner firesides, themed roundtables, and pre-scheduled 1:1 meetings.