Today, Keith Goodwin, SVP of Cisco’s Worldwide Partner Organization, is announcing his retirement after 13 years with Cisco and 38 years in the IT industry. Keith has been a strong leader, colleague, and friend to so many partners during his time at Cisco.
Starting on August 1, SVP Bruce Klein will become the new leader of Cisco’s Worldwide Partner Organization.
Read more details as EVP Rob Lloyd blogs about Keith’s career, Bruce’s leadership style, and our commitment to our partner-centric strategy. Read More »
Last week, when we announced senior leadership changes within Cisco Services and APJC, we referenced additional planned changes that would demonstrate the incredible depth and breadth of Cisco’s leadership talent. Today, it is with mixed emotions that I announce Keith Goodwin, SVP Worldwide Partner Organization (WWPO), has decided to retire after 13 successful years with Cisco and 38 years in the IT industry. While Keith’s departure is a loss for all of us, I am excited to share that another outstanding leader, SVP Bruce Klein, will become the new leader of Cisco’s Worldwide Partner Organization. On another positive note, I am delighted to announce that Patrick Finn, SVP, Federal will lead the U.S. Public Sector theater.
Keith has been a tremendous colleague and a great friend to me and many of you. During his impactful career at Cisco, Keith has led WW Sales Operations, the Americas International Theater and for the last seven years WWPO. Keith has built the industry’s strongest partner leadership team including Edison Peres, Wendy Bahr and Andrew Sage.
As 2011 comes to a close, what do you think 2012 will bring? We predict it will be the Year of the Cloud!
In this last episode of Partner Update for 2011, Andrew attempts to communicate with the entire CloudVerse, until he learns what it actually is (a set of cloud capabilities that helps our partners build public, private, and hybrid clouds for customers).
What else made the news over the past couple of weeks? We crowned two partners winners of the 25 Words contest for their witty entries, look closely at how Cisco partners are helping to build a fast and secure network to help customer Doss Aviation power fighter jets, learn best practices around Smart Care Services and building better customer relationships, find out how OnPlus can help partners diagnose and fix network issues from virtually anywhere on any device, a services cheat sheet to help build relationships and increase profits, and more.
Tune in and watch our latest newscast covering the top Cisco partner headlines, as always, in under 5 minutes.
Keep reading for links to the top headlines, time stamps so you can find each news item within the video, and more details on each of the stories we covered.
So says Alex Dunsdson who leads M&C Saatchi Strategy Group on development of portable content initiatives for business.
The self-professed “mobile realist” led a session for partners at Partner Velocity last December called Mobile is the “Next Frontier of Marketing — How Can You Get Started without Falling Off the Edge?” (Full session replay available on the Partner Velocity site.)
There are more smart phones sold now than PCs, he says. What’s more, a staggering 90% of people have their mobile phones within one meter of themselves at all times.
So how do you leverage that opportunity to use mobile to market to your customers? We chatted with Alex to find out his thoughts and learn some mobile do’s and don’ts.
What else did he say? Here are 3 mobile marketing tips he shared. Read More »
As we enter Q2 FY11, I’d like to take a moment to speak to you, our partners, about our plans for the year ahead.
On November 10, Cisco released Q1 earnings and as CEO John Chambers said, “Cisco delivered solid financial results, during a challenging economic environment. While we have seen capital spending moderate in some areas of our business, our execution in the areas we can control and influence speak to the success and relevance of the company’s strategy.”
Adding to those comments, I would like to reiterate that our overall vision for the Worldwide Partner Organization has not changed—we are still focused on building the world’s best partnerships.
In support of this objective, we recently launched Partner Horizon, our three-to-five year initiative for taking us to the next level.
Today, Keith Goodwin, SVP of Cisco’s Worldwide Partner Organization, is announcing his retirement after 13 years with Cisco and 38 years in the IT industry. Keith has been a strong leader, colleague, and friend to so many partners during his time at Cisco.
