Marthin De Beer
Senior Vice President Emerging
Technologies Group
Marthin De Beer is Senior Vice President of the Emerging Technologies Group at Cisco. De Beer formed this group over 2 years ago and is responsible for cultivating a steady stream of new businesses that can create $1 billion worth of revenue and take Cisco into new adjacent markets. Within this team and under his leadership, he has led the development of Cisco TelePresence, Digital Media Systems, Linksys One, IP Video Surveillance, and Cisco IPICs.
Previously, De Beer was responsible for Cisco’s Global Enterprise IP Communications solutions and led the introduction of Cisco’s Architecture for Voice, Video and Integrated Data solution (now Cisco Unified Communications). He played a key role in taking Cisco’s IP communications business from inception to a large profitable business.
De Beer has more than 20 years of experience in the communications and software industry. He has been at Cisco for 13 years directing key platforms such as the Cisco Catalyst switching platforms and Cisco IP telephony and VoIP systems. De Beer was also a founder of two start-up companies and previously held senior marketing and engineering positions at Hughes LAN Systems, Persetel Computer Systems, and Atlas Aircraft.
De Beer holds a bachelor’s degree in engineering from the University of Pretoria, South Africa.
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