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Mike Yin

Field CTO & Global SE Leader - SMB & Midsize

Mike Yin is a transformational technical sales leader with 20 years of industry experience, spanning early-stage startup agility and multi-billion-dollar enterprise scale. As Global Field CTO and Senior Director of Solution Engineering for Cisco’s SMB & Midmarket segment, Mike leads technical strategy and sales execution for the industry’s fastest-growing segment. After starting his career at Cisco, Mike joined Meraki as an early-stage startup, spending over a decade driving its hyper-growth trajectory and integration back into Cisco. He oversaw a 60X revenue expansion into a multi-billion-dollar business, helping establish Meraki as a core platform for Cisco Networking and transforming traditional hardware sales into an API-driven SaaS portfolio. Mike is passionate about cultivating inclusive, high-performing cultures centered on demo mastery, developer ecosystems, and value selling. Based in the Philadelphia area, Mike holds an M.S. in Computer Science & AI from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and CCIE #18319.

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August 21, 2026

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Five Midsize CIO Blueprints Built for Lean IT Teams

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Cisco’s Midsize CIO Blueprint series offers lean IT teams phased, practical plans for security, AI, and operations. Designed for your existing environment, these guides help you address critical priorities without requiring a full transformation.