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Jason Teller

Worldwide Vice President

Internet and Mass-Scale Infrastructure Sales

Jason Teller is the Worldwide Vice President of Cisco’s Internet and Mass-Scale Infrastructure Sales, leading a global team of sales specialists to advance technology transitions and accelerate customers’ digitization through industry-leading routing, optical, automation, assurance, and mobility solutions. Jason has 25+ years of experience in the technology industry. Prior to his current role, he led Cisco’s 360-degree relationship with Microsoft, advising the customer on how to reduce network complexity and support the company’s global sustainability goals, while boosting bandwidth and performance. As a leader, Jason fosters a high-performance organizational culture where a one-team mindset leads to extraordinary customer success. He is passionate about reshaping the customer experience, partnering with leaders and colleagues across Cisco to enable communications service providers, webscalers, and large organizations to innovate and grow while reducing costs, mitigating risks, and creating new revenue streams. Jason first joined Cisco in 2000, and over the course of 12 years, held sales, product development, and strategy roles at Cisco Capital, supporting customers and partners through flexible payment and lifecycle management solutions. Following senior leadership roles in private equity and energy and utilities sectors, he returned to Cisco in 2016 as Partner Executive in the company’s Global and Strategic Partner Organization. In his spare time, Jason harnesses his passion for organizational culture and leadership to support the next generation of leaders: he has acted as a judge to evaluate stockholder presentations in a Washington Business Week trade show led by students, supported junior colleagues’ career growth through an executive shadowing program, and helped aspiring talent fulfill their potential through mentorship. He also co-leads an organization called Karma that has raised over $1M for charity using rare American whiskies. Jason holds two MBAs: one in Finance and Leadership from Columbia Business School and another one in Strategy from the University of California, Berkeley. He lives in the Seattle, WA, area with his wife and children. He loves to travel and is a car enthusiast.

Articles

October 18, 2024

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Bell Canada’s Transformation Journey with Routed Optical Networking

4 min read

Jason Teller sat down with Marc-André Gilbert, Senior Manager of Transport Planning at Bell Canada, to hear about the company’s network transformation journey using Routed Optical Networking and how it will enable Bell Canada to fulfill its strategic imperative to be the best network in the country while significantly reducing costs.