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Jason W. Gallo

Vice President

Global Partner Value Acceleration

Jason is Vice President of Cisco’s Global Partner Value Acceleration organization, where he leads a team that drives comprehensive global channel strategies with tens of thousands of Cisco Partners. The partner value acceleration organization is dedicated to unifying partner strategies, elevating partner capabilities, and incubating partner ecosystems to fuel innovation and growth. This includes leading teams across Networking, Data Center Networking, Compute, Observability, IoT, Internet Infrastructure, and Ecosystem Co-Innovation. Jason’s adept ability to fuse business vision, financial expertise, and advanced technologies is a trademark of his initiatives. His outcome-based leadership and focus on profitable business growth have led to his success at Fortune 50 companies. Jason has been recognized as Channel Chief by CRN beginning 2022 through 2025. Previously, he was named one of the Top 100 under 50 Executive Leaders by Diversity MBA magazine. He has been a prominent and frequent speaker for Cisco global partner events, analyst conferences, industry activities, and a contributor to thought leadership publications and social media. Jason is the co-founder of the Alpha Phi Alpha Endowed Scholarship at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He has traveled the globe visiting partners in over 21 countries, and successfully harnessing best practices from various businesses and cultures. Jason received his MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, a Master of Engineering Management from the Washington State University, and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the Rochester Institute of Technology. Jason enjoys spending time with his wife and two children. Additionally, he loves tinkering with his golf swing and a thoughtful game of chess.

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February 13, 2025

PARTNER

Maximizing Impact with the Cisco 360 Partner Program Value Index

4 min read

By leveraging the Cisco Partner Value Index, partners gain exclusive benefits, enhancing their ability to deliver innovative solutions in security and networking, driving long-term success and impactful customer results.

May 30, 2024

PARTNER

Inspiring Innovation at Cisco Live Las Vegas 2024

3 min read

To assist you in this journey at Cisco Live, and beyond, is the Partner Launch Experience. This curated launch experience takes you through all the exciting announcements.

February 29, 2024

PARTNER

Cisco Accelerates Convergence of IT and Operations Technologies

4 min read

The convergence of IT and OT is an opportunity for Cisco partners to capture new budgets and build relationships with new buyers. Cisco's IoT portfolio uniquely positions our partners to capture this IT/OT convergence.

December 8, 2023

PARTNER

Cisco Partners and Purpose are Greater Together

2 min read

Last year, Cisco introduced Partnering for Purpose, where innovation and business goals with environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives were highlighted to benefit partners and their customers. Cisco added a Partnering for Purpose Category in the sixth Annual Partner Innovation Challenge, and 88% of all partner entries for the Innovation Challenge were submitted in this Partnering for Purpose Category. It is inspiring to see this response from our global partner community.

November 8, 2023

PARTNER

Key Announcements from Cisco Partner Summit 2023

4 min read

We have an exciting summary of announcements for our partners this year at Cisco Partner Summit 2023. The exciting aspect of these announcements is the broad portfolio they represent with products, programs, platforms, and tools to assist with partner productivity and profitability.

July 17, 2023

PARTNER

Great Wins for Cisco in CRN’s Tech Innovator Awards 2023

3 min read

Cisco is well-represented in this years's CRN Tech Innovation Awards with next-generation solution leadership and I wanted to review some of the winning innovations. Take a look here.

November 1, 2022

PARTNER

Cisco Partner Summit 2022 Day One Highlights

3 min read

On Day one of our Partner Summit 2022, we discussed Cisco products and solutions that are designed for Security Resilience. We also announced six new lightweight and customer-relevant Solution Specializations.

June 29, 2022

PARTNER

Reflections on Cisco Live 2022

3 min read

Hybrid Work is a reality of our time. I want to share with you today some other highlighted themes that you may not have had the chance to explore fully at Cisco Live.

February 25, 2022

PARTNER

Diversifying our Partner Ecosystem – Building an Inclusive Partner Organization

3 min read

As a leader in Cisco, my focus is on building and growing the business through our global ecosystem of partners. We evaluate how we impact environmental and critical social factors that drive business outcomes. We then drive change and bridge inequity gaps by using our technology, extended ecosystem, and our expertise to create more opportunities for more people.