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Oliver Tuszik

EVP and Chief Sales Officer

Global Sales

Oliver Tuszik is Executive Vice President of Global Sales and Chief Sales Officer and a member of Cisco’s Executive Leadership Team. He is responsible for leading the sales organisation at Cisco globally, focused on delivering our customers’ technology transformation requirements and helping to close the digital divide in the AI era. Tuszik works in partnership with Cisco’s Product, CX, Marketing and Operations organizations to ensure we are building and offering highly innovative solutions meeting our customers need to help them achieve their unique business outcomes. Tuszik was previously President of Cisco’s Europe, Middle East and Africa region (EMEA). Under his leadership, EMEA delivered more than $13bn annually and represented more than a quarter of Cisco’s revenue. He is a member of the Executive Council at the American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union, working with other senior business leaders, policy makers and international organisations to ensure the continuous improvement of European global competitiveness. He also successfully led Cisco's Global Partner & SMB function and was Germany Country Leader, where he drove five years of consecutive growth. Before joining Cisco in 2014, Tuszik was the CEO of Computacenter in Germany, one of Cisco’s largest Gold partners. Tuszik also spent many years in international leadership roles for GE Capital IT Solutions and Computacenter. Tuszik holds a Master of Science degree in Electronic Engineering, specialising in Telecommunications and Computer Networks, from RWTH Aachen University in Germany. He is a global citizen, living between Europe and the USA, driving the adoption of technology through all parts of industry and society for the benefit of people, companies and governments; and is a passionate advocate for people living with diabetes.

Articles

July 8, 2025

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Accelerating Cisco’s Growth Story with World-Class Internal Talent  

3 min read

I’m very happy to say the sales leaders I announced today bring all of it (and more!) to the table. I know I speak for our entire team when I say we cannot wait to show you how much more value we can help our customers around the world unlock and unleash through their trust and investment in Cisco.

July 1, 2025

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Empowering Europe’s digital future: Cisco’s commitment to customer choice, control, and data sovereignty

2 min read

Cisco is providing solutions that align with our European customers' values and requirements, and we’re dedicated to offering the security, resilience, and innovation they need to shape their digital futures with confidence.

July 10, 2023

PARTNER

CRN Recognizes Cisco Inclusive Channel Leaders in Inaugural Awards

2 min read

I’m incredibly proud of these leaders for being the first recognized for their accomplishments and contributions to creating, hiring, and retaining a more diverse workforce and talent pool.

May 11, 2023

PARTNER

Cisco Partner Engineers are “Owning It!” at Cisco Live 2023

3 min read

“Better Together” is how Cisco and Partner engineers accomplish great things. CLUS offers a platform to recognize this vital alliance and how it accelerates innovations that leverage our world-class portfolio—and in ways we didn’t know possible without this teamwork.

May 8, 2023

PARTNER

CRN Recognizes Cisco’s Trailblazing Women Leaders

4 min read

Cisco is well represented this year by leaders from across the partner organization, so let’s take a look at who’s on the list including our 4 leaders who made the Power 100 list.

May 1, 2023

PARTNER

The age of the partner: A new era of business, a new era of partnering

1 min read

Over the last six months, I’ve met with hundreds of Cisco Partners around the world and discussed the Age of the Partner.  Our partners are confirming they’re seeing and experiencing the same shifts that I lay out in the paper – and having these exact conversations with their customers every day.

December 8, 2022

PARTNER

Cisco Launches Industry-First Partnering for Purpose Initiative

3 min read

Today marks the release of the 2022 Cisco Purpose Report, and while we continue to make great strides in our ESG efforts, we know that we can't do it without our partners. Read more to learn about Cisco's industry-first Partnering for Purpose Initiative.

November 3, 2022

PARTNER

Cisco Partner Summit 2022 Ushers in the Age of the Partner

2 min read

As we wrap up Cisco Partner Summit 2022, I’m not only energized by the past few days but very confident of our opportunity as we move into The Age of the Partner.

November 2, 2022

PARTNER

Announcing Cisco’s Partner Summit 2022 Global Award Winners!

2 min read

At Cisco Partner Summit, we celebrate our incredible partners and the amazing things they make possible. I’m thrilled to recognize 21 of our top-performing global partners and their respective achievements in 2022.