Chrysantha Davis

In college, I studied a curriculum with a lot of touchpoints on sustainability. After graduating, I accepted an internship on Cisco’s Global Manufacturing Operations team at a time when internship opportunities in the sustainability field were still limited but growing. During that time, I entered a Cisco Supply Chain case study competition with a project on recycled tin, having no idea that one day I would segue into the minerals space. I have always had an interest in sustainability, and through working on my project, I gained a lot of exposure to sustainability at Cisco, and specifically to the work the Supply Chain Sustainability team does. Later on, I applied for a position as Project Specialist on the team, which I’ve been in for a little over two and a half years. In my current role, I manage the due diligence of our Responsible Minerals program, specifically for sourcing “3TG” — tantalum, tin, tungsten, and gold — found in Cisco’s hardware products. I engage with our suppliers