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Gary Parmelee

Vice President, US Commercial Solutions Engineering

US Commercial Sales

Gary is the Vice President, US Commercial Solutions Engineering. In this role, he is responsible for aligning 800 engineers and technology sales specialists across the US who support an $8 Billion US Commercial business. This team includes both the Systems Architects/Engineers, who are the solution experts across Cisco’s broad portfolio, and the Architecture teams, comprised of Sales and Engineering experts in the areas of Enterprise Networking, Collaboration, Data Center, Security, Analytics, and IOT. This team together with the Cisco sales team and the Cisco partner community work to map technology solutions that solve our customer’s business needs as they look to digitize their environment. Gary brings to bear the collective knowledge of a team that serves thousands of customers to build new and innovative go-to-market approaches. As a Systems Engineer by trade, Gary tackles the big questions in a systematic and collaborative way, and he is motivated by his ability to use technology to solve business problems for today and into the future. Gary has more than 35 years’ experience in the telecommunications industry and has been at Cisco since 1996 where he has held various leadership positions in Sales and Engineering. Previous to Cisco, Gary held positions at 3Com, NASA and the partner community. Gary holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer and Information Science with a minor in Finance from Cleveland State University in Cleveland Ohio. He lives in Austin, Texas with his wife and has two children and enjoys sports, golf, and playing music.

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January 16, 2025

RETAIL & HOSPITALITY

First-Time Insights: NRF 2025 Experience

3 min read

Innovation, sustainability, seamless customer experiences, and advanced technologies were key themes at NRF 2025. Here's how Cisco is empowering the retail industry to excel with AI integration, data insights, and cutting-edge connectivity solutions.