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Eric Ehlers

Marketing Manager

Manufacturing and Energy

Eric joined Cisco in 2016, taking responsibility for marketing in the manufacturing vertical. Ehlers works across all Cisco lines of business including IoT, Networking, Security and Collaboration solutions. In his role, he works with the various business units to provide vertical strategy, marketing, and communications with a keen focus on analytics to support partners and gain insight into customers.

Ehlers has worked in a series of industrial technology sectors, including manufacturing, utilities/smart grid, transportation, and oil and gas, where he cultivated commercial plans to support global marketing and sales operations and establish long-term growth business development. He was previously Director of Marketing at Belden, where he worked with the Industrial Networking and Connectivity, Enterprise Connectivity and Cybersecurity business units.

Ehlers holds a B.S. in Communication from Appalachian State University and Masters in Communication Management from the University of Southern California.

Articles

November 5, 2018

MANUFACTURING

Join Cisco at Automation Fair 2018

3 min read

The city of brotherly love will become the center of manufacturing this fall as Automation Fair comes into town, November 14-15 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. Just like...

October 19, 2018

MANUFACTURING

Manufacturing Technical Workshops Return

2 min read

Earlier this year, we introduced a series of technical workshops for manufacturing in a few cities. The free workshops focus on real-world applications and best practices for manufacturing with an...

September 18, 2018

MANUFACTURING

Manufacturing CIO’s – Build your blueprint for transformation at the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo Orlando 2018

1 min read

From IoT to security to modernizing the plant floor and increasing support for business applications, manufacturing CIO’s have a lot coming at them. The enterprise is extending, and barriers that...

July 26, 2018

MANUFACTURING

Data Management Fuels Machine Learning and A.I. in IIOT

3 min read

Go to any conference, webinar, or talk to analysts in the manufacturing space and two of the biggest buzzwords you’ll hear are "machine learning" and "artificial intelligence” (AI). Here at Cisco,...

June 21, 2018

MANUFACTURING

Manufacturing In the Middle: Growth, Opportunity and New Challenges

3 min read

There is no one size fits all view when it comes to manufacturing. Large, advanced plants are using a plethora of advanced manufacturing processes, robots and data as a core...

June 15, 2018

MANUFACTURING

How to Evolve your Manufacturing Environment to an Ultimate State

2 min read

At Cisco Live, we discussed how to improve customers' factory networks and reduce downtime. We put all those discussions in one place, which we call the Ultimate Guide to Manufacturing.

May 21, 2018

MANUFACTURING

Industrial Security and the Art of Defense

3 min read

Sun Tzu's the Art of War is a famous book known for insights from the Chinese philosopher with a guided focus on leadership, strategy and military theories. While the book...

April 16, 2018

MANUFACTURING

Industrial System Integrators converge at CSIA

2 min read

The month of April is a busy month for manufacturing. In Europe, the annual Hannover Messe event kicks off in a few weeks and is one of the largest international...

March 8, 2018

MANUFACTURING

Coming Soon to a City Near You – Manufacturing Technical Workshops

2 min read

The month of March ushers in warmer temperature as Spring weather begins to emerge. College basketball season kicks into high gear with March Madness and St. Patrick's day turns everyone...