Farewell Ben Goldman, Cisco Engineer Shot Dead in Detroit

A Cisco exec who was shot to death in Detroit last week is being mourned this week as a gentle family man, a "gifted techie" and a voice of reason.

Ben Goldman, 42, was a director of product marketing for Cisco, where he had worked for the past 16 years. He was found shot in a notoriously dangerous and seedy part of town known as "8 Mile Road" on Aug. 19. His wallet apparently was stolen, which delayed Goldman being identified, Detroit police reported. Goldman was attending a conference at the MGM Grand Detroit, police determined.
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The San Jose Mercury News reported that more than 400 people attended Goldman's service on Tuesday. The report said: "Goldman was many things: a husband, a father, an engineer, a mountain biker, a supporter of Israel, a windsurfer. But in many of their memories, Benjamin Goldman was singing at the top of his lungs. He could sing every word from the songbooks of Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen — and would. On one of his last days at home, he barreled over his favorite mountain bike trail, singing songs from 'Man of La Mancha.'" Networkworld