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.

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Oliver Tuszik

Let’s Own It at Cisco Partner Summit 2022

2 min read

There’s simply nothing better than gathering together with a group of people to engage in conversation, share perspectives, and celebrate. This year Partner Summit will take place November 1-3 and I cannot wait for you to see what we have planned for you.

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Oliver Tuszik

Buy, Validate, Check: Steps & Tools to Help Partners Protect Against Counterfeit Cisco Gear

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There is strength in numbers. Cisco is an active member of the Alliance for Gray Market and Counterfeit Abatement and the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition, non-profit organizations devoted to global Intellectual Property protection and combating product counterfeiting and piracy.

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Oliver Tuszik

Celebrating Our Cisco Partners Who Advance Environmental Sustainability

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Today we are thrilled to announce the Cisco 2022 sustainability partner challenge winners for Asia Pacific, Japan, China (APJC), Europe, the Middle East, Africa (EMEA), Canada and Latin America (AMER Int’l).

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Oliver Tuszik

Create the Talent of the Future

3 min read

Cisco believes equally in sustained support over time to help other people beyond moments of crisis. The Talent Bridge program addresses the tech skills gap, connecting Cisco and partner employers to qualified candidates.

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Oliver Tuszik

Record 38 Cisco Leaders Make CRN’s 2022 Women of the Channel List

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Every year in May, CRN releases their highly-anticipated Women of the Channel List. This year’s list is not only the largest yet, but the number of Cisco leaders who were named to CRN’s 2022 Women of the Channel list is the most ever at 38!

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Oliver Tuszik

The Much-Overlooked Barrier of Growth

3 min read

What will make this industry thrive, grow, evolve and stay relevant is our ability to attract and nurture a community that is truly as diverse as the markets, customers and technologies we represent. I’m referring to our collective diversity.

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Oliver Tuszik

Envisioning more Partner Value with ThousandEyes, Now All In with the Channel

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We’re helping our partners further deliver on their commitment to customers by announcing that Cisco ThousandEyes is moving to a full channel sales model. I’m thrilled about this and the work our teams are doing to support partners' needs in adding this capability to their Cisco portfolio.

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Oliver Tuszik

Look Closely Before Hitting “Buy”

2 min read

I was about to hit “Buy” for a name brand microphone when I noticed something was a bit off. Looking more closely, I realized this was not the true brand I thought it was and that it was being sold by a suspicious third party. My experience was trivial compared to what can happen to Cisco’s partners with gray market and counterfeit products which account for over $1 Billion in displaced sales annually.

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Oliver Tuszik

Sneak Peek at Exclusive Cisco Live Content

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At the end of the month, we’ll TURN IT UP at Cisco Live! Cisco partners and distributors will be able to enjoy exclusive content as part of our Early Access Experience starting on March 22.