Akbar Hasan

Akbar Hasan leads a team within the Global Strategic Partner Organization that works closely with a wide variety of partner roles and Cisco sales to monetize access to new customer buyers through a multi-partner co-selling motion. Akbar’s team is responsible for driving demand and digitizing Cisco’s Partner to Partner (P2P) co-selling model and for scaling this sales motion globally together with our strategic partners, ecosystem partners, and Cisco sales. Prior to working in the Global Partner and Routes to Market Sales (GPRS) team, Akbar spent 12 years in the US and Canada Partner Sales Organization in field sales roles building and leading partner GTM strategy focused on defining new routes-to-market with new partner roles across industries. Akbar is CCIE#6491 certified and received his master’s degree in computer engineering at California State University, Northridge, CA. He lives in the Los Angeles area with his wife, daughter, and son and enjoys international cooking.