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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.

Articles

February 3, 2022

PARTNER

The Partner Launch Experience: Leading with Hybrid Work

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We’re giving you exclusive partner-only content with the Cisco Partner Launch Experience – your primary place to get easy-to-consume information on what’s being launched and announced.

June 3, 2021

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Creating Your Cloud Future!

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Cisco's strategy has evolved for many years and this week we have solidified our Hybrid, Multicloud, and App-centric cloud strategies with our Future Cloud launch. The span of opportunities has never been greater.

February 18, 2021

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IoT – Connect Now, Innovate the Future

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Cisco globally has approximately 21% of the rapidly growing IoT market and will continue to invest and innovate to lead the market and provide an opportunity for partners to drive incremental revenue.

April 20, 2020

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The Best Digital Platform for Your Customers Physical Spaces – which they may already own!

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In this blog, I talked with Leel Peesapati, who leads the Cisco DNA Spaces GTM strategy, about the top things Partners should consider when building out a location analytics practice.

April 7, 2020

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Wi-Fi 6 is a Sure Bet in Any Infrastructure Upgrade

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The need for Wi-Fi 6 comes down to its superior handling of traffic from high-density situations with customers, employees, guests, and devices. Undoubtedly your customers will be asking about Wi-Fi 6, and as their technology advisor, you want to be in a position to address their needs.

January 31, 2020

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Ignite the Mid-Market

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I am excited to kick off this blog series where you’ll hear from key Cisco Sales Business Development experts who we collaborate with to bring to market the best programs, promotions and initiatives that enable partners' success. The topic in our series brings us to a focus on the Small & Mid Market customer segments.

May 30, 2019

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Crossing the Threshold of Wireless Expectation

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Wireless in the form of a smartphone is an important item you always have. But how does everything come together to make it such an important addition for your life?

January 15, 2019

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The New Year, the Value of You!

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The New Year always brings a time of reflection and a focus on what the next year will bring. This year, it is all about value beyond connectivity.

December 11, 2018

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Your chance to refresh 25% of the world’s ports, and make them Intent-based ready

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The new Cisco Catalyst 9200 Series is ideally positioned to address an extensive set of applications for your customers.