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MY NAME IS SHRADDHA CHAPLOT I AM A HARDWARE TEST ENGINEER
IN CORPORATE COMPLIANCE'S ENERGY EFFICIENCY TEAM BUT I JUST GO BY "GREENGINEER."
"GREENGINEER" IS A TERM THAT I USE JUST TO DESCRIBE THE CREATIVE ASPECT OF BEING AN ENGINEER.
IN OUR BUILDING, WE HAVE STATE-OF-THE ART CHAMBERS AND LABORATORIES.
AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY IS SOMETHING THAT IS STILL FAIRLY NEW
WHEN COMPARED TO THOSE OTHER LABS
SO THIS IS THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY DEMO AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND GET IT STARTED.
WHAT WE HAVE IS WE'RE DISPLAYING THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY OF CISCO PRODUCTS.
WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT PRODUCTS HERE
OF THE SAME PRODUCT, BUT DIFFERENT GENERATIONS.
THIS IS THE OLD SWITCH AND THIS IS THE NEW SWITCH.
AND THIS IS MY FAVORITE PART. THIS IS ACTUALLY THE INTERACTIVE PORTION.
AND THIS SCREEN IS GOING TO BE DISPLAYING THE POWER AND THE NETWORK TRAFFIC
OF THE TWO SWITCHES.
YOU CAN CONTINUOUSLY INNOVATE WHETHER IT'S SMALL, WHETHER IT'S BIG
AND THIS DEMO IS A REPRESENTATION OF JUST THAT.
YOU KNOW? IT'S A VERY SIMPLE TASK: SHOW ENERGY EFFICIENCY
IN A WAY THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE TO PEOPLE AND THIS IS THE PRODUCT THAT YOU SEE.
IT'S INTERACTIVE.
IT'S VISUALLY STIMULATING. IT WAS FUN TO BUILD. IT WAS FUN TO DESIGN.
I'VE MENTORED A LOT OF PEOPLE AND A LOT OF INTERNS
AND SO LAST YEAR, I HAD TWO INTERNS WHO WERE DEAF
AND IT WAS REALLY ABOUT MAKING EVERYBODY AWARE AND HOW TO WORK WITH SOMEBODY WHO IS DEAF
AND HOW TO CREATE PRODUCTS THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE
TO PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO USE IT IN THE CONVENTIONAL WAYS
YOU KNOW, INNOVATION IS NOT JUST SOMETHING THAT IS FOR A PARTICULAR AGE GROUP
OR A PARTICULAR EXPERTISE LEVEL THIS IS FOR EVERYBODY.
ANY OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU SEE THAT NEEDS--
THAT CAN BE IMPROVED
OR A NEW AREA THAT YOU FIND,
CISCO PROVIDES A SPACE. IT PROVIDES A TIME FOR YOU TO GO WITH THAT.
I LOVE THE FACT THAT I'M NOT DOING THE SAME THING EVERY SINGLE DAY.
I REALLY WANT TO TRY TO INFLUENCE AS MUCH AS I CAN AND LEARN AS MUCH AS I CAN
BECAUSE THAT'S HOW I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.