Strategy & Business Acceleration NExT Program is an 18-month career development program that offers leadership development alongside projects in strategy and analytics.

1. Strategy & Business Acceleration NExT Program
Cisco’s Strategy & Business Acceleration (SBA) Analyst Program is an 18-month career development program that
offers leadership development alongside projects in strategy, analytics – reaching various parts of Cisco’s Operations.
SBA Analyst Program Timeline
SBA Business Analyst Intern
12-week internship program with SBA intern cohort
SBA Business Analyst interns complete a 12-week intensive career incubator with cross-functional projects
matched to each candidate according to experience and interest. If intern is a match with their team and meets
qualifications, they will receive an offer to join the full-time program the following year.
SBA Business Analyst
1st
Year
2 Weeks: Onboarding and General Training*
• Analysts are matched to SBA functions according to skillset, qualifications, and interest.
• Opportunities to learn from SBA leaders and executives on essential business skills
needed to succeed regardless of role.
3 Months: Business Analyst Skill Development*
• Skill development workshops ranging from Data Analytics, Data Visualization, UX/UI
Strategy, to Storytelling and Communication Strategy.
• Analysts will apply skills as they learn in order to support high-priority initiatives for key
stakeholders across different Cisco functions.
• Analysts will engage in various team-building activities with their SBA cohort and mentors.
3 Months: Mentorship*
• Analysts are paired with interns and will have the opportunity to mentor and coach.
6 Months: Skill Application*
• Analysts will solve Cisco’s most critical challenges relating to Sales, Customer Experience
(CX), and other strategy-driven groups.
• Analysts will be involved in the recruitment process and program management of the next
cohort of Interns and full-time Analysts.
2nd
Year
6 Months: Leadership and Ownership
• Analysts will be expected demonstrate leadership as they own a project or product that
they have been working on with their team.
1 Week: Cross-Functional Shadowing*
• Analysts will have the opportunity to observe and have hands-on experience with another
SBA team of their choice
*alongside daily projects and meetings
Join as Senior Business Analyst
End of 2rd
Year
Upon successful completion of the SBA Business Analyst Program, high-performing Analysts have the
opportunity to join their team as a Senior Business Analyst.
Strategy & Business Acceleration

2. Our Community
We live by the true meaning of a team. We carefully select our interns and analysts not only on skill and experience, but
also Cisco culture and team fit.
Mentorship
Cisco’s Strategy & Business Acceleration (SBA) Business Analyst Program provides professional development mentors
along with peer mentors to ensure that every Analyst has a smooth transition every step of the way.

3. SBA NExT Network
Meet our Strategy & Business Acceleration Business Analyst and Intern Network
Gabriella Naggar
Intern Class ‘19
Cornell
Shivali Minocha
Intern Class ‘19
Yale
Jameson Hsu
Intern Class ‘19
USC Marshall
Sabrina Sukumar
Intern Class ’18 | Analyst Class ‘19
UC Irvine
Miranda Chen
Intern Class ’18 | Analyst Class ‘19
UC Berkeley Haas
Diana Toma
MBA Intern Class ‘19
Yale SOM
Christina Huang
MBA Intern Class ‘19
UPenn Wharton
Skyler Kolli
Intern Class ‘18
IU Bloomington
Christina Hendricks
Intern Class ‘18
UC Berkeley Haas

4. Alan Luong
Intern Class ‘17
UCLA
Jenny Kenyon
Intern Class ‘17
St. Andrews
Nikhil Gola
MBA Intern Class ‘18
Duke Fuqua
Daniel Klein
MBA Intern Class ‘18
Chicago Booth
Jose Navas
MBA Intern Class ‘18
Carnegie Mellon Tepper
Daniel Uhm
MBA Intern Class ‘18
UMichigan Ross
Dan Stavins
MBA Intern Class ‘18
MIT Sloan
Yansong Pang
MBA Intern Class ‘18
UPenn Wharton
Paul Nguyen
Intern Class ‘17
UC Berkeley Haas

5. Application Process
Application for Cisco’s SBA Business Analyst Internship and SBA Business Analyst Program will be available in the Fall.
Anh Dang
MBA Intern Class ‘17
UChicago
Ian McLaughlin
MBA Intern Class ‘17
USC Marshall
Lucia Zhang
Intern Class ‘17
UC Berkeley Haas
Charlotte Zukauckas
Intern Class ‘17
UMichigan Ross
Rahul Rachamalla
MBA Intern Class ‘18
UNotre Dame Mendoza
Strategy & Business Acceleration Business Analyst Internship
12-week intensive career incubator with cross-functional projects matched to each candidate according to experience
and interest. SBA Interns will be set up for success for the SBA Analyst Program.
Strategy & Business Acceleration Business Analyst Program
18-month career development program that offers leadership development alongside projects in strategy,
analytics – reaching various parts of Cisco’s Operations.
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