Story audio is generated using AI Francine Katsoudas, executive vice-president and chief people, policy and purpose officer at Cisco, joins Business Day Spotlight host Mudiwa Gavaza. Katsoudas describes the mood at Cisco as upbeat, optimistic, and impatient to drive technological implementation after the group reported record revenue of $15.8bn for the third quarter to April 2026, up 12% year on year and better than analysts’ estimates.