Right now, I’m excited to share that Rodney Clark might be becoming a member of Cisco as our new Senior Vice President, Partnerships and Small & Medium Enterprise. On this position, Rodney will empower and allow Cisco’s international ecosystem of companions, strengthen our place in routes to market like Managed Companies and Cloud Marketplaces, and assist Cisco and our companions maximize the huge alternatives within the Small and Medium Enterprise phase.

Roughly 90% of our annual bookings runs by means of our companions, and Rodney is the proper chief to drive our subsequent section of development. Our ecosystem of companions isn’t solely our single largest benefit out there, nevertheless it’s additionally elementary to our transformation technique. I’m assured that Rodney will thrive on this job for 3 distinct causes:

First, he’s a confirmed international gross sales and enterprise chief who has deep channel expertise. Throughout a virtually 25-year profession at Microsoft, Rodney held varied senior gross sales management positions, together with serving because the Company VP, International Channel Gross sales and Channel Chief. Previous to Microsoft, he spent 9 years with IBM in gross sales, advertising, and administration capacities. Most lately, Rodney was the Chief Business Officer at Johnson Controls. By means of every cease, Rodney has pushed transformation at scale, been a passionate advocate for the channel, and a robust, empathetic chief who invests deeply in his groups.

Second, Rodney has a substantial amount of data and respect for the whole lot that Cisco and its ecosystem of companions have achieved collectively in 25+ years…however he has a daring imaginative and prescient for our future. To reach this position, you must perceive our legacy, however you possibly can’t be beholden to it. Rodney will convey that perspective.

And eventually, with all of the accomplishments listed above, he’s an excellent higher human being. He’s genuine, extremely humble, and somebody that won’t solely match however embody Cisco’s values.

A father of two, Rodney is a passionate supporter of training, neighborhood, and creating an inclusive future for all. He has served on the Board of Trustees for Middlesex College and as an advisor to The Craig College of Enterprise, California State College, Fresno. He at present sits on the Board of Administrators for each Entegris, Inc. and Groopit. He’s additionally an avid hockey fan, having performed professionally whereas in school and early in profession.

Earlier this morning, we kicked off Accomplice Summit 2023, our annual occasion the place we get our most influential companions collectively to share our newest innovation, focus on our collective alternatives out there, and decide to the street forward. The theme this yr is Higher Collectively, which speaks to our previous, it shines a lightweight on our alternative, however greater than something, it’s a name to motion for the longer term. Cisco and our companions are Higher Collectively. That story simply received lots higher with Rodney on board.

I’m extremely pleased with the work we’ve carried out with our ecosystem of companions during the last 25 years, and the enterprise worth that we’ve helped create for our mutual prospects. Rodney is the appropriate chief on the proper time as we construct on that legacy and push our partnerships into a brand new period.

Welcome to Cisco, Rodney. I can’t wait to do nice issues collectively.

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