John Brookbank

Vice President, Americas Distribution Sales

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John Brookbank is the Vice President for Americas Distribution Sales at Cisco and is responsible for all aspects of sales, marketing, operations, and logistics for the multi-billion-dollar Americas Distribution Channel. John brings a long history with resellers, a deep understanding of the reseller business and more than 34 years of sales leadership experience, both direct and within the channel. Prior to Cisco, he held a wide range of sales leadership positions, including Vice President and General Manager at Expanets, Regional Channel Director for Avaya, and Mid-Atlantic Sales Director for Lucent Technologies. As a 19+ year Cisco veteran, John began as the leader for the East Channel Collaboration organization, followed by successful roles as Regional Manager of the D.C. Metro Commercial Region, Manager of Partner Operations for the Mid-Atlantic, and Senior Director for the East Field Partner Organization. John has led numerous cross-functional efforts to transform internal processes and developed several initiatives to integrate channel and field sales strategies where he spearheaded strong segment alignment while fostering profitability, loyalty and growth in the partner base. John currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, National Capital Area Chapter. In 2016, he was named Man of the Year, National Capital Area Chapter. His passions for giving something of yourself and taking a bold step, while always giving your best, are the principles he uses to guide his decisions and lead his team. No matter the job, John has always been committed to mentoring and cultivating strong collaborative teams. He firmly believes that it is only through diverse perspectives that we can achieve success and continually improve upon our own leadership. John holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business from the University of Maryland, College Park. John and his wife, Renee, live in Leesburg, Virginia. He has three children, Sydney, Spencer, and Lindsey.

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John Brookbank

One Seamless, United Platform

2 min read

Cisco has brought all the multi-product suites into a single Webex platform that is focused on driving customer outcomes and increasing advocacy by proactively solving their toughest challenges.

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Andrew Sage

The Vast Hybrid Work Opportunity

4 min read

Cisco has the solutions, technology, and resources to help customers focus on getting work done instead of worrying about where and when that work gets done. Cisco Distributors and Partners turns these solutions into outcomes for our customers.

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John Brookbank

Time for Together

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Our Americas Distributors had an excellent year, full of dedication and hard work to provide their partners with the right tools, solutions, and offers to escalate customer satisfaction and success. The level of resilience, determination, and persistence was what enabled us together to Fuel Partner Success.

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John Brookbank

Owning the Experience

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Our theme in Americas Distribution, Fueling Partner Success, hasn’t changed. It hasn’t and won’t change because that’s why we are here. But in order to truly fuel partner success, we must be customer experience focused. Everything that was so flawlessly shared at Partner Summit pivots around this central message.

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John Brookbank

Historic Distribution Reconstruction

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I have seen our program and operations teams make significant strides to help you and your partners work toward simplification. This would allow us to take our hands off the business and let you do what you do best, sell Cisco!

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John Brookbank

Extraordinary Neighbors

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There is no end to the ways our Distributors and Partners take the tools and resources given by Cisco and change the lives of millions of people around the globe. We are all ordinary people until we come together to create truly extraordinary solutions.

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John Brookbank

FY23 the Year of Distribution Enlightenment

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Like the Ancient Greeks whose pillars emitted a sense of order, strength, balance, and support, our FY23 strategy to align, enable, accelerate, and even simplify almost perfectly aligns.

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John Brookbank

Align, Enable, Accelerate Americas Distribution

2 min read

Our distributors are the key to empowering partners to go beyond the norm and lead them to winning more deals, identifying growth opportunities, and exploring new or expanding upon their technology skillsets.

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John Brookbank

The Rungis of a Partner Business Practice

3 min read

Lke the world’s largest fresh produce market in Rungis, France, Americas Distributors can fuel their partner success through a solid business practice plan. John Brookbank and Andrico Spates share how you can help partners stay on target in today’s competitive and crowded technology market.