Cisco Executive Leaves:

Cisco Systems Inc. said Robba Benjamin, head of the company’s fledgling consumer line of products, left the company to pursue other interests. Benjamin, 51, declined to comment on where she’s headed and said she hasn’t yet determined a departure date. She said she finished “what I came to do, which is start the consumer line of business.” Cisco Executive Vice President Don Listwin will take charge of the consumer line, she said. Benjamin joined Cisco in August 1998 as general manager of the consumer business. Shares of San Jose-based Cisco rose 63 cents to close at $73.50 on Nasdaq.