Luxy Thuraisingam

For this year’s International Women’s Day theme, #BreakTheBias, I wanted to take that conversation a step further. Sharing our stories about the biases we’ve faced is only the first part. In order to truly #BreakTheBias and pave a clearer path for others, women—and men—must also reach out to other women and make sure all of our voices are heard.

I reached out to several of my female channel colleagues within Cisco and at our partner organizations and asked them a few questions about biases, advice they might have for other women, and what it means to them to #BreakTheBias. 

Looking back and reflecting on Cisco Partner Summit 2021 , I’m still so energized by all the announcements, launches, and sessions that took place. Before we close out this calendar year and everyone takes a little time to rest, reflect and re-energize, let’s take one last look back at Partner Summit 2021.

“When our partners win, Cisco wins.” During the past 18 months, that is a constant that hasn’t wavered.

Join Luxy Thuraisingam in congratulating the two newest directors on the Global Partner Marketing team, Christine Otts and Mark Murphy. They will play an instrumental role in supporting our partners and helping them to fulfill their future-ready promise.

After the introduction from Michelle last week, I am excited to share my thoughts on Marketing Velocity Digital 2021. The last few weeks have been a whirlwind, as I transitioned to lead Cisco’s Global Partner Marketing team. Marketing Velocity gave me the opportunity to take a breath, and to help our partner marketers become future ready.

Empowering our partners to become future ready is fundamental to their success. As a Marketing organization, we strive to support, enable, and lead our partners to growth.