Jeremy Foster

Senior Vice President & General Manager

Cisco Compute

Jeremy Foster is Senior Vice President and General Manager of Cisco Compute. As a member of Cisco’s senior leadership team, he is responsible for defining and growing the company’s multi-billion-dollar compute and SaaS infrastructure operations portfolio, driving innovation and entry into new markets, and incubating and scaling new businesses to profitable, sustainable growth. As a visionary leader and transformation expert, Jeremy is laser-focused on helping organizations unify and simplify the infrastructure operations experience everywhere, at scale. His team, made up of the best and brightest talent in the technology industry, builds world-class platforms that help customers harness the full potential of their compute and converged infrastructure investments while optimizing for cost, performance, security and sustainability. Jeremy has two decades of technology and sales leadership in the data center solutions space, most recently owning Cisco’s Cloud Infrastructure and Software Group, where he led the go-to-market strategy for a $9B+ business spanning across cloud, compute and networking software and hardware. He’s known for developing high-performance teams, driving business turnaround, and meeting aggressive growth targets. Jeremy holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Missouri and a Master of Business Administration from Washington University.

Articles

INDUSTRIES

Jeremy Foster

The Next Generation of Manufacturing Is Measured in Thousands of Decisions

2 min read

Industrial AI isn't about one breakthrough—it's about thousands of better daily decisions. Discover how Cisco Compatible Solutions for AI helps scale efficiency from the factory floor to the data center.

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Jeremy Foster

Will Eatherton

More Than Rack-Scale Compute: Operationalizing AI at Scale

4 min read

See how Cisco is simplifying rack-scale AI infrastructure with a pre-validated approach designed to help organizations move from deployment to production faster.

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Jeremy Foster

Your AI strategy needs a trusted ecosystem: Enter Cisco Compatible Solutions for AI

2 min read

AI success depends on more than models; it requires a trusted AI ecosystem. Learn how Cisco Compatible Solutions for AI accelerates enterprise AI.

DATA CENTER

Jeremy Foster

AI infrastructure has entered its operational era

4 min read

Buying GPUs is the easy part; operationalizing them is the real challenge. Discover how secure, automated infrastructure helps bridge the gap between deployment and business value—taking you from rack to production in hours, not weeks.

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Jeremy Foster

Future of Sports Analytics: Building Trust and Intelligence with SūmerSports and Cisco

4 min read

Cisco and SūmerSports demonstrate how on-premise AI infrastructure gives sports organizations the security and trust they need to turn proprietary data into a real competitive edge.

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Jeremy Foster

Johan Gustawsson

Edge opportunity for service providers: Turn infrastructure into new services

3 min read

The edge is becoming a platform for distributed applications and enterprise services. That shift is opening a new opportunity for service providers: delivering compute and intelligence alongside their connectivity offerings.

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Jeremy Foster

From Automation to Autonomy: Cisco and Rockwell Power a New Era for Manufacturing

2 min read

Cisco and Rockwell Automation are helping manufacturers move from isolated AI pilot to industrial autonomy by transforming fragmented systems into unified, adaptive environments that scale across the factory edge.

DATA CENTER

Jeremy Foster

The next chapter of Cisco and Nutanix: Building flexible infrastructure for the modern era

5 min read

Cisco and Nutanix are partnering to deliver a flexible, hyperconverged platform from data center to edge, simplifying operations and accelerating AI adoption to meet evolving enterprise infrastructure demands.

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Jeremy Foster

When Buying Models Become Architecture Decisions

3 min read

The Cisco Enterprise Agreement simplifies the adoption of Nutanix by delivering operational simplicity, predictable pricing, and flexible expansion for modern infrastructure environments.