Cisco is understood for a lot of issues. Main with innovation throughout an enormous portfolio for greater than 40 years. A portfolio that helps our prospects world wide to attach in a safe manner – and the portfolio is getting even higher! Being a partner-first firm. Our deep dedication to buyer worth. I may go on…
At present, I wish to give attention to an space we don’t speak about too typically: Cisco’s world-class expertise. The breadth and depth of our world expertise made it extremely straightforward for me to reshape my Gross sales Management crew with superb leaders who’ve been with Cisco a very long time and produce vital world perspective, expertise throughout totally different buyer segments and excellent technical experience to their work. It’s moments like right this moment the place our long-term dedication and funding in our individuals – and their dedication to Cisco and our prospects – is paying off. What makes me really feel much more assured is that through the search course of I noticed there’s much more expertise below the hood, which fills my optimism for the long run.
Right here’s a abstract of what I introduced right this moment. Let’s begin with the position I most lately had the privilege of holding at Cisco: main our enterprise in EMEA.


The distinctive market and variety of buyer wants throughout EMEA are extremely vital to Cisco, together with, for instance, our dedication to empowering Europe’s digital future. And we’re honored by the belief and partnership of so many organizations throughout EMEA, which is why I’m excited to announce Gordon Thomson as the brand new chief of this vital area. Since becoming a member of Cisco in 1997, Gordon has held quite a few EMEA and world management roles, constantly driving development and delivering next-gen networking and cloud options with an intense give attention to our prospects. I belief his business experience, strategic imaginative and prescient, and collaborative management to proceed advancing success for our prospects, companions, and stakeholders in his expanded position.


At present we additionally introduced that Patrick Morrissey will develop into the following chief of our Americas Gross sales crew. Patrick has reworked Cisco’s Specialists group – driving rigorous execution and alignment round vital development alternatives in Networking, Safety, Cloud and AI, and Collaboration. As Govt Sponsor of our NVIDIA partnership, Patrick’s management has strengthened our world Go-to-Market technique in Safety and AI. With a majority of his 25-year Cisco profession spent supporting key Enterprise, Webscale, and Service Supplier relationships within the Americas, this position marks a homecoming for Patrick.


With Patrick taking up the Americas, we additionally introduced right this moment that Dave West will transition from his position main our Asia Pacific, Japan, and Better China (APJC) crew to taking the helm of our World Specialists. A 25-year Cisco veteran who brings nice technical and enterprise acumen to the position, Dave has been instrumental in driving Cisco’s development and innovation throughout APJC, specializing in delivering superior options that allow digital transformation for purchasers and companions. His experience on our portfolio, mixed along with his world view and subject gross sales expertise make him the proper chief for driving the way forward for our gross sales Specialists.


As Dave transitions to steer Cisco’s World Specialists crew, Ben Dawson will succeed him in main our APJC enterprise. Beforehand main our ANZ enterprise, Ben has demonstrated transformative management, together with guiding Cisco Australia to be acknowledged because the #1 Finest Place to Work for 5 consecutive years. His expertise additionally consists of six years in Silicon Valley, the place he led Cisco’s webscale enterprise and constructed sturdy relationships with prime net and cloud corporations. Ben’s give attention to partnerships, buyer worth, and innovation has strengthened belief in Cisco and helped organizations thrive in a quickly evolving digital world.
The search course of for these leaders has confirmed to me but once more that we have now world-class expertise in all places at Cisco. I’m so impressed by all of the expertise! Irrespective of how far again in our 4 a long time you go, Cisco’s Gross sales Management embodies a strong mixture of worldwide perspective, buyer focus and deep technical experience, enabling the corporate to constantly ship distinctive worth to our prospects. With leaders who convey a long time of expertise in driving innovation, navigating various markets with a nuanced understanding of regional dynamics, and addressing complicated challenges with rigorous technical acumen, we have now fought onerous to earn our distinctive place to fulfill the evolving wants of companies worldwide, anticipate business tendencies, and develop cutting-edge options.
I’m very blissful to say the gross sales leaders I introduced right this moment convey all of it (and extra!) to the desk. I do know I converse for our whole crew after I say we can not wait to indicate you ways rather more worth we might help our prospects world wide unlock and unleash by way of their belief and funding in Cisco. So let’s get began!
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