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Michael Smith

DIRECTOR.MARKET MANAGEMENT

Collaboration Applications

Michael Smith

Director / Market Management

Collaboration Applications

Cisco Systems

msmith4@cisco.com

408 902 3335

Michael Smith brings over 15 years of enterprise software and telecommunications industry experience to Cisco Systems, where he is the Director of Marketing for Collaboration Applications, including Webex, Jabber and Quad. The Collaboration Applications team is bringing to market software applications for personal computers, tablets, and mobile phones that enable business users to collaborate and communicate with instant messaging, voice, video, conferencing, voicemail and social capabilities. In this role Michael is responsible for Collaboration Applications product marketing activities, channel marketing programs, and ISV and developer marketing.

Prior to joining Cisco Systems, Michael worked for Microsoft Corporation as Director of Marketing for Microsoft Lync and for Office PerformancePoint Server. Michael also previously worked in the telecom industry as a Managing Consultant for Deloitte Consulting’s Telecom practice and as a Director of Product Management for Pacific Bell Wireless. He holds an M.B.A from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon and a B.S. in Information Systems also from Carnegie Mellon.

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Michael Smith brings over 15 years of enterprise software and telecommunications industry experience to Cisco Systems, where he is the Director of Marketing for Collaboration Applications. Michael is responsible for Collaboration Applications product marketing activities, channel marketing programs, and ISV and developer marketing.

Previously, Michael worked for Microsoft as Director of Marketing for Office Communications Server and Office PerformancePoint Server. He also worked in Deloitte Consulting’s Telecom practice and as Director of Product Management for Pacific Bell Wireless. He holds an M.B.A from the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon and a B.S. in Information Systems from Carnegie Mellon.