Cisco is thought for a lot of issues. Main with innovation throughout an enormous portfolio for greater than 40 years. A portfolio that helps our prospects all over the world to attach in a safe method – and the portfolio is getting even higher! Being a partner-first firm. Our deep dedication to buyer worth. I may go on…
At the moment, I wish to concentrate on an space we don’t discuss 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 convey crucial world perspective, expertise throughout totally different buyer segments and excellent technical experience to their work. It’s moments like immediately 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 throughout the search course of I noticed there’s much more expertise beneath the hood, which fills my optimism for the long run.
Right here’s a abstract of what I introduced immediately. Let’s begin with the function 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, persistently driving progress and delivering next-gen networking and cloud options with an intense concentrate on 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 function.
At the moment 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 crucial progress alternatives in Networking, Safety, Cloud and AI, and Collaboration. As Government 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 function marks a homecoming for Patrick.
With Patrick taking up the Americas, we additionally introduced immediately that Dave West will transition from his function main our Asia Pacific, Japan, and Higher China (APJC) crew to taking the helm of our International Specialists. A 25-year Cisco veteran who brings nice technical and enterprise acumen to the function, Dave has been instrumental in driving Cisco’s progress and innovation throughout APJC, specializing in delivering superior options that allow digital transformation for patrons and companions. His experience on our portfolio, mixed together with his world view and discipline gross sales expertise make him the right chief for driving the way forward for our gross sales Specialists.
As Dave transitions to steer Cisco’s International 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 Greatest Place to Work for 5 consecutive years. His expertise additionally contains six years in Silicon Valley, the place he led Cisco’s webscale enterprise and constructed robust relationships with high net and cloud firms. Ben’s concentrate on 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’ve world-class expertise in all places at Cisco. I’m so impressed by all of the expertise! Regardless of how far again in our 4 many years you go, Cisco’s Gross sales Management embodies a robust mixture of worldwide perspective, buyer focus and deep technical experience, enabling the corporate to persistently ship distinctive worth to our prospects. With leaders who carry many years of expertise in driving innovation, navigating various markets with a nuanced understanding of regional dynamics, and addressing advanced challenges with rigorous technical acumen, we’ve fought exhausting to earn our distinctive place to satisfy the evolving wants of companies worldwide, anticipate business tendencies, and develop cutting-edge options.
I’m very pleased to say the gross sales leaders I introduced immediately carry all of it (and extra!) to the desk. I do know I converse for our total crew after I say we can not wait to indicate you the way way more worth we may also help our prospects all over the world unlock and unleash by way of their belief and funding in Cisco. So let’s get began!
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