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 all over the world to attach in a safe means – and the portfolio is getting even higher! Being a partner-first firm. Our deep dedication to buyer worth. I may go on…
Immediately, I need to deal with an space we don’t discuss too usually: 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 important world perspective, expertise throughout completely 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 folks – 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 spotted there’s much more expertise underneath 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 function I most just 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 necessary 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 necessary 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 deal with 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.
Immediately we additionally introduced that Patrick Morrissey will develop into the subsequent chief of our Americas Gross sales crew. Patrick has remodeled Cisco’s Specialists group – driving rigorous execution and alignment round important progress 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 function marks a homecoming for Patrick.
With Patrick taking over the Americas, we additionally introduced right this moment that Dave West will transition from his function main our Asia Pacific, Japan, and Larger 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 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 along with his world view and area 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 robust relationships with high internet and cloud firms. Ben’s deal with 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 every single place 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 world perspective, buyer focus and deep technical experience, enabling the corporate to persistently ship distinctive worth to our prospects. With leaders who convey a long time of expertise in driving innovation, navigating numerous markets with a nuanced understanding of regional dynamics, and addressing complicated challenges with rigorous technical acumen, we’ve fought arduous to earn our distinctive place to fulfill the evolving wants of companies worldwide, anticipate business tendencies, and develop cutting-edge options.
I’m very completely happy 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 complete crew after I say we can’t wait to point out you ways way more worth we may also help our prospects all over the world unlock and unleash by their belief and funding in Cisco. So let’s get began!
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