Currently, Richard Scott Herren holds the position of Chief Financial Officer & Executive VP for Cisco Systems, Inc. He previously occupied the position of Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President at Autodesk, Inc. and CFO at The Spark Investment (a subsidiary of Autodesk, Inc.), Vice President-Financial Planning at FedEx Corp. and Senior Vice President-Finance of Citrix Systems, Inc. He received an MBA from Columbia University and an undergraduate degree from Georgia Institute of Technology.