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Boon Lai

Vice President

Global Partner Marketing

Boon Lai is Vice President of Global Partner Marketing for Cisco. His goal is to collaborate with our partners to drive their business growth. With his marketing and general management background, Boon is passionate about working across our partners’ ecosystem to elevate marketing into an engine that drives demand generation and fills the pipeline. Boon specializes in leading insights-driven, innovative omnichannel marketing that contributes to revenue and profitability.

Boon brings with him more than 20 years of global B2B and B2C experience. He is bilingual in English and Mandarin, and has held executive roles in New York, London, Amsterdam, Shanghai, and Singapore. He’s well-established in the technology sector, having held roles including CMO for Philips China, GM for Philips Digital Health, CMO for Nokia Technologies and VP Marketing for Cisco Collaboration.

Articles

December 1, 2020

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Leaders as Teachers: Agile Marketing with Jim Kruger, CMO of Veeam

1 min read

Welcome back to our Marketers as Leaders series with our second guest, Jim Kruger, CMO of Veeam. A veteran technology marketing leader with over 20 years of B2B and B2C marketing experience, Jim has a big heart and a passion for connecting with people. 

November 18, 2020

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Leaders as Teachers: Agile Marketing with Ruth Rowan, CMO of NTT Limited

3 min read

What does it mean to be a marketing leader in today’s world? That’s the question Boon Lai asked himself—and several other marketing leaders—over the past few months.

September 23, 2020

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Marketing’s Role to Empower an Inclusive Future for All

2 min read

When our executive leadership team outlined Cisco’s purpose to “Empower An Inclusive Future For All” a year ago, I don’t think anyone of us could have predicted how relevant that purpose would be today. 

August 25, 2020

PARTNER

Finding the Right Balance

2 min read

Boon Lai explains how he has balanced being a dad and a team leader in a new working environment. See how he works with his team to find the right balance!

June 12, 2020

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Drive demand with new Bridge to Possible Webex campaign

2 min read

Boon Lai walks you through all the Webex marketing you've seen recently, and why there has been a big push. You said you wanted to see Webex out in front of customers, leading the way. We took it to heart and made it happen!

May 28, 2020

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The next phase of partner marketing

2 min read

Even though many of us have taken crisis management courses at some point in our careers, or learned those skills by trial and error, these past few months have challenged even the most senior marketing professionals. I want to share some personal thoughts about how we’re looking at the next phases of marketing:

April 24, 2020

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New Opportunities with Marketing Velocity Virtual Events

2 min read

No two Marketing Velocity events are ever the same, but this year’s Americas and APJC sessions brought changes that none of us expected just a few months ago.

March 25, 2020

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Embrace a New Way for Partners to Stay Up to Date

2 min read

Cisco Global Partner Marketing (GPM) has accelerated our Partner News Hubs transformation. In addition to delivering partner news, updates, and business-as-usual information, we are also using the hubs to ensure you have access to the single source of truth for critical news around business continuity concerns and important COVID-19 updates.

February 11, 2020

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Back on the IT list!

1 min read

Celebrating our leaders on the 2020 CRN Channel Chiefs List Great news—CRN just announced this year’s picks for their 2020 Channel Chiefs List. And we’re delighted to share that nine Cisco leaders made the list this year. As I’m sure you know, CRN is a go-to spot for news about IT channel partners and service […]