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Alex Pujols

VP of Global Partner Engineering

Global Partner Sales

Alex Pujols is Cisco's VP of Global Partner Engineering for Global Partner Sales. He is responsible for driving Cisco's technology strategy across global partnerships, facilitating partner technology innovation and co-development, and enabling Cisco's global partner engineering community. Alex's deep technical knowledge and common-sense approach provide a unique perspective on technology innovation, linking industry trends to the partner and customer needs that matter most. He prioritizes listening, learning, and collaboration to engage with innovators, partners, customers, and industry influencers worldwide to showcase how Cisco innovation can unlock what is possible. A millennial and futurist, Alex's passions are centered firmly on guiding others to navigate the ever-changing digital landscape successfully. He is a senior member of the IEEE and ACM and is a passionate open-source software developer and advocate. In addition to his professional work, Alex is a regular speaker at industry and academic events and is pursuing his Ph.D. in computer science.

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June 3, 2022

PARTNER

Enabling Partners with Listening and New Learning Opportunities

2 min read

With a focus on learning, I’m super excited about the new Cisco Black Belt training track for partner managed services.

April 19, 2022

PARTNER

Cisco Global Partner Engineering Launches 5th Annual Partner Innovation Challenge

2 min read

Each year, Cisco's Partner Innovation Challenge connects us with a shared mission to solve challenges, build software innovation, and optimize business solutions on the Cisco Platform. This year, we are expanding the challenge to include Partner Bold Bets—ideas that go beyond Cisco Platform APIs.

November 10, 2021

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Insight on Partner News from Partner Summit 2021

3 min read

We rely on partners in many areas of the business, throughout a customer project lifecycle. That’s why “Everything Possible” is more than a theme – it’s a rallying cry! These two words together reflect the innovation, hard work, and transformation that we are creating for customers.

May 6, 2021

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Accelerating Digital Agility with Cisco Plus

2 min read

Cisco Plus represents how Cisco is investing to offer technology that is in alignment with modern customer consumption and buying preferences, and our partner technical community.

March 31, 2021

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Cross Architecture Partner Inspirations from Cisco Live!

2 min read

At Cisco Live, there are many discussions about the customer journey and how we can help them navigate strategic decisions. Here are three key takeaways for our partners and distributors, which speak to the heart of the journey that many of our shared customers are on.

January 8, 2021

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A Shared Global Passion for Innovation

1 min read

Check out some of the key entries from around the world that showcased how technology can not only bring people together, but also keep business moving in unprecedented times and make a positive impact on the world, and in individual lives.

November 5, 2020

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2020 Cisco Partner Innovation Challenge Winners!

3 min read

If there is one word that summarizes Cisco’s 2020 Partner Innovation Challenge that word would be "diverse," and this year’s challenge winners exemplified partner diversity across several dimensions.

July 8, 2020

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Galvanizing Your Innovation Magnetism

1 min read

Creative solutions are needed more than ever for your customers to succeed in today’s evolving business landscape. That means enhancing your partner profile to attract more customers.

March 31, 2020

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2020 Cisco Partner Innovation Challenge is Open (and there’s really never been a better time)

1 min read

With more exciting prizes and recognition opportunities at Partner Summit and other Cisco events, I’m really looking forward to seeing how all of you in our partner community will continue to address to the changing needs of business with a mindset of innovation.

January 27, 2020

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The Not-So-New Role of the Engineer in Complex Change: Master of Transitions

3 min read

There has never been a better time to be a systems engineer (SE).  With continuous change, it’s a good thing engineers thrive on complexity,

December 19, 2019

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2019 Cisco Partner Innovation Challenge: Partners Sharpen their Edge

2 min read

Cisco is committed to innovation at every level of our business. That feeds into our Partner Innovation Challenge as well. Take a look back at our winners announced at this year's Partner Summit.