Yvette Kanouff

Yvette Kanouff is a Partner at JC2 Ventures, a venture firm founded by Cisco Chairman Emeritus, John Chambers. Kanouff is responsible for technology strategy and engineering relationships within JC2 Ventures investment companies, partners, and customers.

Prior to that, Ms. Kanouff served as a senior vice president and general manager for Cisco’s Service Provider Business where she was responsible for more than $7 billion in direct revenue and more than 6,000 employees globally.

She has held CTO and President roles at various companies and has focused on leading the industry towards SaaS, cloud-centric, open, and automated solutions.

Yvette began her career in digital signal processing and has a Bachelor's and Master's degree in Mathematics from the University of Central Florida. Yvette holds several patents, is on various companies and industry boards, and she is an active participant in industry organizations.