As we speak, I’m excited to share an replace about Cisco’s Government Management Group (ELT).
Cisco EVP, Strategic Tasks
Eyal Dagan, who has led our Widespread {Hardware} Group since 2020, is taking up an vital new function at Cisco. As our new Government Vice President, Strategic Tasks, Eyal will work with me and the ELT on essential tasks that require deep technical experience to make sure our innovation and management within the know-how trade stays sturdy.
Transitioning to a brand new function is one thing Eyal and I’ve been discussing for a while, and an vital issue was discovering the precise individual to guide our Widespread {Hardware} Group, the extremely modern workforce that delivers the silicon, {hardware} methods, and optics for Cisco’s switching, routing, optical, cable entry, and IoT portfolios in addition to parts and white containers on to prospects.
With that in thoughts, I’m more than happy to announce that Martin Lund, an trade veteran with many years of expertise driving innovation and enterprise progress within the networking and semiconductor industries, is becoming a member of Cisco as our new Government Vice President, Widespread {Hardware} Group. Martin will be a part of our ELT and report back to me, efficient as we speak.
A Longstanding Partnership for Success
Eyal and Martin have a friendship and partnership going again 20 years. In 2009, because the SVP and GM of Broadcom’s Community Switching enterprise, Martin helped purchase Dune Networks, an organization co-founded by Eyal. With this longstanding relationship and their mixed experience, I’m extremely enthusiastic about what we are able to obtain for Cisco’s future.
Cisco EVP, Widespread {Hardware} Group
Previous to becoming a member of Cisco, Martin was Company Vice President of Microsoft’s Azure for Operators, the place he was accountable for delivering Azure-based options for private and non-private 5G, packet core, voice, and AI operations. Earlier than being acquired by Microsoft, Martin was Chief Government Officer of Metaswitch Networks, a cloud native communications software program firm. Along with his 12 years at Broadcom, the place he was instrumental in constructing the Community Switching model and rising the enterprise to greater than $1 billion, Martin has additionally held management positions at corporations akin to Cadence Design Techniques and Intel.
Martin’s expertise defining technique, main international groups, and driving progress mixed along with his intensive background in networking and AI make him the precise chief to drive this essential a part of our enterprise ahead.
Accelerating Innovation and Driving Progress
Whereas we’re simply beginning to see the numerous methods AI will form our world, one factor is evident – the community is essential, and Cisco builds networks higher than anybody. With Splunk now officially on board, Cisco is uniquely positioned to energy and shield the AI revolution. A essential a part of that is our means to ship world-class infrastructure and options that may deal with large quantities of knowledge – now required and foundational for AI.
I’m assured that with the sturdy basis we have now, we’ll speed up the nice work the groups are doing and establish new alternatives to ship differentiated know-how and options that can gas the way forward for AI. With Eyal and Martin in these new roles, I do know we’ll proceed to construct on our momentum and ship unmatched innovation for our prospects.
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