# Joe Burton

> Joe Burton is the Chief Executive Officer of Reputation, the San Ramon-based reputation experience management platform. A career technologist who started as a software engineer and was acquired into Cisco in 2001, he went on to lead Plantronics (later Poly) as CEO, then Telesign, before taking the helm at Reputation in October 2023. His operating range spans big data, machine learning, SaaS, unified communications, and IoT.

- **Role:** Chief Executive Officer at Reputation
- **Organizations:** Reputation, Telesign, Poly, Plantronics, Cisco, McKinsey & Company, ACCO Brands
- **From:** Southern Ohio, United States
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** B.S., Computer Information Systems, Excelsior University, Stanford Executive Program; Directors' Consortium, Stanford University Graduate School of Business
- **Known for:** Led the Plantronics and Polycom merger that formed Poly in 2019., Served as CTO of Unified Communications at Cisco., Has led three CEO mandates at billion-dollar-class technology organizations.

## Career timeline

- **1990** — Began career as a software engineer.
- **2001** — Joined Cisco via acquisition; later served as CTO of Unified Communications.
- **2011** — Joined Plantronics as Chief Technical Officer.
- **2016** — Appointed President and CEO of Plantronics.
- **2019** — Continued as CEO when Plantronics and Polycom merged to form Poly.
- **2020** — Stepped down from Poly; later served as a Senior Advisor to McKinsey & Company.
- **2021** — Appointed CEO of Telesign.
- **2023** — Appointed Chief Executive Officer of Reputation, effective October 5, 2023.

## Achievements

- Led the Plantronics and Polycom merger that formed Poly in 2019.
- Served as CTO of Unified Communications at Cisco.
- Has led three CEO mandates at billion-dollar-class technology organizations.
- Appointed to the board of ACCO Brands.

## Latest updates

- **2023-10** — Named Chief Executive Officer of Reputation.
- **2024-10** — Interviewed by Authority Magazine on building lasting customer relationships.

## Links

- Website: https://reputation.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-burton

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Last updated: 2026-05-30