Celine Schmidek

Celine Schmidek has a wealth of experience in marketing and communications roles. Celine is currently serving as the VP of Advancement at Cristo Rey San José Jesuit High School & Corporate Work Study Program. Prior to this, they worked at Santa Clara University as the Associate Vice President of Marketing and Communications from 2018 to 2021.

Celine's career in marketing began at Oracle, where they worked as the Director of Marketing for the Applications and Consulting Division from 1993 to 1996. Celine then held the position of VP Marketing at Connect Inc. from 1996 to 1998, leading the marketing team and overseeing various marketing functions.

From 1999 to 2002, Celine worked at CrossWorlds Software / IBM Software (WebSphere) as the Sr. Director of Marketing and Product Marketing Manager. During this time, they led the marketing team in supporting the company's IPO and sales goals in the emerging software category of enterprise application integration.

Finally, Celine spent over a decade at Cisco Systems from 2005 to 2017, holding various roles in Marketing, including Industry Marketing Manager, Strategic Partners, Commercial Marketing, and Field Marketing. Celine was responsible for content development, execution, and operational management of critical marketing functions and programs. Celine'sspecific expertise was in content creation and translating messaging into actionable and measurable programs.

Celine Schmidek holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing from Santa Clara University. Additionally, they have pursued further education at the Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, where they earned their Masters in Business Administration with Honors.