Steve is a sales and technology leader with 30+ years' experience building businesses, leading teams, and driving growth across EMEA and global technology markets. He currently leads Cisco's EMEA specialist sales organisation across Routing, Optical, Automation & Assurance, bringing these technologies together to address the infrastructure demands of AI, cloud, and increasingly autonomous networks. His career spans technical, commercial, and executive leadership roles across networking, software, and telecommunications — from disruptive technology companies through acquisition and into large-scale global organisations.