Ex-Apple Exec Papermaster Surfaces at Cisco

Mark Papermaster, the exec who joined Apple’s iPhone team from IBM in 2009 after a non-compete controversy and left Apple in August after the “antennagate” controversy, has signed on with Cisco. As of this week, Papermaster is serving as the VP of Cisco’s Silicon Switching Technology Group, responsible for the chips in its Nexus 7000 and Catalyst switching lines.