In his first day as CEO of Cisco Systems, Chuck Robbins announced the appointments of two top execs -- Zorawar Biri Singh as senior vice president and chief technology officer, platforms and solutions; and Kevin Bandy as SVP and chief digital officer.

Robbins, named the successor of long-time  Cisco CEO John Chambers in May, made the announcement Monday in a blog post that touched on the company’s “next chapter” and how he expects the company to accelerate its “leadership in the digital age.”

“In the digital world, data – and the insights from that data – will be the most strategic asset,” Robbins wrote. “It will be distributed across every part of our customers’ organizations and ecosystems. The ability to secure, aggregate, automate, and draw insights from the data – with speed – will ultimately define success.”

Singh, who succeeds former CTO and chief strategy officer Padmasree Warrior, previously was a venture partner at Khosla Ventures and is late of Hewlett Packard, IBM and Nortel Networks.  He has also served as CEO of a number of startups, including Pivia, an app delivery company later acquired by F5 Networks, and Idapta, a B2B player, and RelevantKnowledgeMedia Matrix, an ad tech company that’s now part of comScore.

Bandy most recently was SVP, enterprise transformation at Salesforce.com, and, prior to that, was the principle of Rhea Springs LLC, a strategy consultancy firm, and was with Accenture and IBM. Bandy lives in Atlanta, and is relocating to San Jose.

Less than a month after Cisco Systems named Chuck Robbins as its next CEO, two company presidents are on their way out the door as the tech giant looks to simplify its operational structure.

Robbins announced on the company’s corporate blog Monday that Cisco’s presidents – Rob Lloyd and Gary Moore – will be leaving Cisco at the end of the company’s fiscal year, retaining their current rules until July 25.

And that's not all, apparently. Re/code reported Monday that Padmasree Warrior, Cisco's chief technology and strategy officer, will be leaving the company sometime this summer and has been weighing new job opportunities. Warrior joined Cisco in 2008, and previously served as EVP and CTO at Motorola. Update: “Per Chuck’s blog of earlier today, he plans to announce his full leadership team within two weeks. We won’t be commenting on rumors on who might be part of that team or not in the interim," Cisco spokeswoman Robyn Blum said in a statement. 

“Going forward, we will move to a flatter leadership team designed for the speed, innovation and execution that is required of us over the next decade,” Robbins wrote, thanking the execs for their “tremendous leadership.”

"Looking ahead, I will announce my next generation organizational structure and my leadership team within two weeks. This simplified structure will allow us to move with speed to accelerate our innovation and help our customers transform in the digital age," he added. 

A 21-year vet of Cisco, Lloyd has been serving as president of sales and development and leading Cisco’s Internet of Everything business. He was a keynoter at the SCTE Cable-Tec Expo last September, in Denver.

Moore was Cisco’s first president and COO, and joined the company in 2001. Cisco Services has seen annual revenues rise from $3 billion to $10 billion during his tenure, Robbins pointed out.

Lloyd and Moore bid their farewells in the form of complimentary blog posts on Monday.

Lloyd said he decided to leave Cisco “to begin the next chapter in my career,” recalling that he joined as president and general manager of Cisco Canada in 1994, inheriting a team of 40.  

“I feel that Cisco is very well positioned to lead yet again in the world of Software Defined Networking and Network Function Virtualization as we begin to monetize our vast software assets in new and exciting ways,” Lloyd wrote.

“Cisco’s future is very bright and with Chuck’s leadership, you will seize the opportunities ahead," Moore added in his post.

Cisco named company vet Robbins as the next CEO of Cisco on May 4. He’ll come into that role full-time on July 26, succeeding long-time company leader John Chambers, who will become Cisco’s executive chairman and remain chairman of Cisco’s board.

Cisco Systems announced Monday that its board has appointed Chuck Robbins as CEO, effective July 26, 2015, succeeding long-time company leader John Chambers, who will become Cisco’s executive chairman and remain chairman of Cisco’s board.

The appointment follows many months of speculation about who would eventually succeed Chambers in the top role at Cisco, one of cable’s key suppliers of access and core network gear, set-tops, video software and video security technologies.

Chambers, who joined Cisco in 1991 as head of sales, has served as its CEO since January 1995.

Robbins, most recently serving as Cisco’s senior vice president of worldwide field operations, was also elected to the Cisco board of directors, a slot that took effect on May 1.

Chambers said Robbins will be taking the helm as Cisco continues to evolve its business amid an ever-changing environment, calling the exec a “champion of the Cisco culture.”  Robbins is also taking the top role after Cisco executed a major reorganization last year that resulted in an 8% reduction in its workforce.

“This is the perfect time for Chuck Robbins to become Cisco's next Chief Executive Officer,” Chambers said, in a statement. “We've selected a very strong leader at a time when Cisco is in a very strong position. Today’s pace of change is exponential. Every company, city and country is becoming digital, navigating disruptive markets, and Cisco’s role in the digital transformation has never been more important. Our next CEO needs to thrive in a highly dynamic environment, to be capable of accelerating what is working very well for Cisco, and disrupting what needs to change.:

Robbins joined Cisco in 1997, and has been leading a global sales team that drives $47 billion in business for the company. Cisco said he was also a “key architect” for the company’s strategy for the commercial business sector, which now represents 25% of Cisco’s total business.

“I joined Cisco 17 years ago because I wanted to be a part of a company where I believed the possibilities were limitless. Today, I am even more convinced that Cisco is that company,”  Robbins. “Over the past 20 years, John Chambers’ vision and leadership have built Cisco into one of the most important companies in the world; a company fiercely committed to delivering for its customers, shareholders, partners, and employees. The opportunity that lies ahead for Cisco is enormous, and the ability to lead this next chapter is deeply humbling and incredibly exhilarating.”