Ryan Franks is a Senior Director at Cisco leading the Global Security and Networking Partner Sales organization. Ryan has 20+ years of experience building and scaling partner organizations. He joined Cisco in 2018 through the Duo acquisition, where he built and led the global partner sales organization from Series D through exit. After the acquisition, he led the integration of Duo's partner strategy, organization, and functions into Cisco. Most recently, Ryan served as Senior Director of Americas Partner Sales for Cisco Security, while running global functions for Managed Service Providers, System Integrators, and Cloud Marketplaces. Prior to Duo and Cisco, Ryan worked in various sales, technical sales, product marketing and product management roles at Symantec, Dell, and other startup companies. He holds a Master’s in Business Administration and a Bachelor in Business Administration from The University of Texas at Austin. Outside of work, Ryan lives in Austin and enjoys spending time with his wife and two daughters. You will find him with his family coaching on a field, cheering in the stands, fly fishing in Colorado, and walking their dog.