John Rauser

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John Rauser

Senior Director of Software Development · Cisco · verified 2026-08-31

John Rauser is Director of Software Engineering at Cisco Cloud Security. He works on distributed networking and security systems, connecting and protecting the world’s largest companies with cloud-delivered solutions. John has spent his career working in various roles across the spectrum of IT, from sysadmin to technology manager, network engineer to infosec lead, developer to engineering leader. John is passionate about organizational leadership, new ways of working, and bridging theory with practice. He speaks regularly at local and international conferences and writes for online publications and on his blog.

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2026

TalkOur Journey to Agentification

AI Summit Spring 2026 · 26 min

2025

TalkLessons Learned Creating an AI Platform for The Cisco Security Product Suite

Connect Feb 2025 · 19 min

2025

RoleSenior Director of Software Development

Cisco · 2025

2024

Guidance paperWiring for Flow

with Steve Pereira

2024

Guidance paperEnterprise GenAI Delivery Patterns

with Damon Edwards, John Willis & Patrick Debois

2024

Guidance paperAutonomous AI In The Enterprise

with John Willis, Dr. Tapabrata "Topo" Pal & 3 others

2024

TalkSpoke twice at Las Vegas 2024

2 talks

2023

TalkSpoke at GeneCon 2023 and Las Vegas 2023

2 talks

2021

RoleDirector of Software Engineering

Cisco · 2021 – 2025

2020

RoleSenior Software Engineering Manager

Cisco · 2020 – 2021

2018

RoleSoftware Engineering Manager

Cisco · 2018 – 2020

2017

RoleHead of Development and Security

7Geese · 2017 – 2018