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John Brookbank

Vice President, Americas Distribution Sales

WW Partner Sales

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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June 2, 2021

PARTNER

Accelerate and Fuel Partner Success Through Distribution

2 min read

This past quarter was just as much of a challenge as the two before, but we have seen outstanding results from our collective hard work, and I thank you for it. There is no way that we could have made this kind of progress alone.

May 19, 2021

PARTNER

Fueling Profitable Growth with Lifecycle Management

3 min read

John Brookbank and Ryan Kingston share how Cisco Distributors can help their partners fuel success through Cisco's Lifecycle Management.

March 18, 2021

PARTNER

Bridges Fueling Customer Success

2 min read

Any storms that could roll in, you hold strong and help customers arrive at the best solution for their needs all while providing key service, specialized IT knowledge, and vast insights to Cisco’s product portfolio.

February 19, 2021

PARTNER

Americas Distribution Outlook

1 min read

Despite harsh realities and difficult circumstances that we've all faced these past few months, the incredible efforts of Cisco's employees along with our partners, has led to a strong quarter of growth.

January 27, 2021

PARTNER

Fueling IoT Partner Success at Cisco IoT Connect

1 min read

Cisco’s first ever global, digital partner conference for IoT on February 25, 2021 will be a unique digital conference to educate, enable, energize, and empower the IoT eco-system.

December 22, 2020

PARTNER

Embarking on Future Resiliency

1 min read

Another a year has come and gone, and wow, what a year it has been! The vast majority had never experienced a global pandemic before now, and it’s without a doubt something we won’t forget.

September 15, 2020

PARTNER

Americas Distribution: Resilient. Together.

1 min read

Business Continuity. Future Planning. Solution Strategizing. All terms we use in business to forecast what will come. We know everyone is interested in business resiliency – taking the planning, strategizing, and continuity ideas to develop your plan to stay afloat.

August 31, 2020

PARTNER

Cliffsnotes and FY21 Outline

1 min read

As we transition into the new fiscal year, there are many things we hope will help increase our consolidated impact and set you up for the best performance. Not only are we going to continue fueling partner success through a greater lockstep alignment, but we also want to enable small and midsize business, simplify processes where possible, and accelerate Cisco software and services.

August 11, 2020

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PARTNER

Recharging my Commitment – Fueling our Partnership

2 min read

One way that I’m hoping to bring you the latest updates is through the Distribution News Hub. It is a one-stop shop for the most up-to-date content, it also has a few key features I want to share with you: