Welcome
A message from Rodney Hamill, Managing Director, Partner Organisation, Cisco Australia and New Zealand.
I’m excited to welcome you, our valued Partners to a tailored Partner Insights session during Cisco Live 2022.
Join us and be inspired with actionable insights into market opportunities, top tips for success, technology predictions for the future, some exciting new announcements, and a celebration of achievements. During this one day event, you can expect relatable market insights, and tangible actions bringing global and regional Cisco strategy to a local level.
Partner Insights at Cisco Live 2022 Melbourne is an invitation only event, exclusive to select Partners.
Partner Insights returns to Cisco Live Melbourne on Tuesday 6 December 2022.
Join us and be inspired with actionable insights into market opportunities, top tips for success, technology predictions for the future, some exciting new announcements, and a celebration of achievements. During this one day event, you can expect relatable market insights, and tangible actions bringing global and regional Cisco strategy to a local level.
Event Details
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
Goldfields Theatre
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC)
1 Convention Centre Place, South Wharf, Victoria 3006
Registration
Your express check-in QR code is available in the Cisco Events mobile app and will also be sent via email prior to the event. Please ensure you can access your QR code on your mobile device or print prior to coming onsite to ensure that you can register via our express check-in system.
Registration is located on the ground floor concourse of the Exhibition Centre. Please register on arrival at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, as you will need your event badge to access Partner Insights.
Get the most out of your Cisco Live onsite experience
As you prepare to join us in Melbourne, review the Know Before You Go to get the most out of your onsite experience. It includes all the important event details you'll want to know before your arrival and can be a point of reference during the week.
Agenda
Tuesday, December 6, 2022
As a Partner, you will have access to:
| Time | Topic |
|---|---|
1:00pm - 2:00pm |
Lunch |
2:00pm – 2:05pm |
Welcome Ben Dawson, Vice President, Cisco Australia and New Zealand |
2:05pm – 2:40pm |
Opening Keynote: Global, Regional, Local Strategy Dave West, President, Asia Pacific, Japan and Greater China, Cisco |
2:40pm – 3:00pm |
Top of Mind Carl Solder, Chief Technology Officer, Cisco Australia and New Zealand |
3:00pm – 3:50pm |
Partner Insights Tech Talks
|
3:50pm – 4:10pm |
Afternoon Tea |
4:10pm – 4:30pm |
ADAPT Speaker Matt Boon, Senior Director, Strategic Research, ADAPT |
4:30pm – 5:00pm |
Closing Remarks Rodney Hamill, Managing Director, Partner Organisation, Australia and New Zealand, Cisco |
* Agenda subject to change
Speakers
Ben Dawson
Vice President, Australia and New Zealand, Cisco
Ben Dawson is Vice President of Cisco Australia & New Zealand for which he is responsible for delivering market leadership through the innovative utilisation and application of Cisco technologies and services, that help customers and partners to accelerate their digital agility and grow. He leads a talented and diverse team across sales and marketing, customer experience, engineering, and operations, including strategic country growth and investment initiatives. Ben is committed to driving the most trusted customer experience in the industry through Cisco’s innovation, choice, and amazing people.
Carl Solder
Chief Technology Officer, Australia and New Zealand, Cisco
Carl is privileged to lead the strategy, innovation and technology direction in Australia and New Zealand for a world–class business. With the team, Carl shapes Cisco's strategy to enable its customers to create value based on the digital platforms they build and the transformations they undertake. Prior to this role, Carl was Cisco’s Vice President of Engineering for the Enterprise Networking and Cloud Engineering organisation at Cisco HQ in San Jose, California. In this role he was responsible for Technical Strategy for the Enterprise Network and Cloud portfolio.
Dave West
President, Asia-Pacific, Japan and Greater China, Cisco
Dave West is President for Cisco Asia Pacific, Japan,and Greater China (APJC). This group comprises sevenorganizations operating across a diverse set of markets: Australia and New Zealand, ASEAN, India and SAARC, Korea, Japan, Greater China, and Service Provider. In this role, he is responsible for developing Cisco’s strategy, accelerating business growth, and ensuring Cisco APJC is the most trusted and relevant IT solutions partner and provider in the industry.
Ken Boal
Vice President, Software and Services Sales, Asia-Pacific, Japan and Greater China, Cisco
Ken Boal is Vice President of Software and Services Sales for the Asia-Pacific, Japan and Greater China region at Cisco. He has a twenty-five year plus track record in the IT and Communications industry, supporting organisations in the public and private sector to drive transformation, productivity and sustainable growth through technology innovation.
Mohit Lad
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Networking Assurance, Cisco | Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, ThousandEyes
Mohit Lad is General Manager and co-founder of ThousandEyes. ThousandEyes’ Internet and cloud intelligence delivers deep visibility and insights into the digital delivery of applications and services over the Internet. Acquired by Cisco in 2020, ThousandEyes was found-ed ten years prior by Mohit Lad and Ricardo Oliveira with the vision to empower customers to see the Internet and cloud as if it was their own environment. As businesses pursue digitization—adopting cloud services, SaaS applications and software-defined networks—enterprises are faced with managing a complex ecosystem of services, networks, and providers that sit beyond their corporate perimeters. The combination of Cisco’s expertise in network and application performance with ThousandEyes’ visibility into the Internet provides customers with unmatched, end-to-end visibility from campus networks to the Internet, SaaS, and cloud-based services that are so critical to business, but lie outside of enterprises’ direct control.
Oliver Tuszik
Senior Vice President, Partner Sales and General Manager Routes to Market, Cisco
Oliver Tuszik is the Senior Vice President of Cisco's Global Partner Organisation. He has responsibility for managing and supporting 60,000+ global partners who represent the company's primary route to market. Cisco’s Global Partner Organisation encompasses value-added resellers, distributors, system integrators, independent software vendors and technology partners. This globally connected ecosystem accounts for more than 80 percent of Cisco's revenue and is a unique differentiator in helping deliver business outcomes for customers.
Rodney Hamill
Managing Director, Partner Organisation, Australia and New Zealand, Cisco
Rodney is responsible for the overall strategic direction and leadership of the Cisco Australia and New Zealand Partner Organisation. Rodney’s charter includes overseeing all Partner functions such as Tier 1 and Tier 2 Partner account management, distributor management, ecosystem partners, SP as Channel (SPaaCH) and Managed Service Provider (MSP) programs. In this role, Rodney leads dedicated team of Regional Managers, Partner Managers, BDMs and specialists whom manage relationships and drive Cisco strategy and growth initiatives through local, regional and global programmes.
Rob Behennah
Vice President, Customer Experience, Cisco Australia and New Zealand
Rob is the Vice President of Cisco’s Customer Experience team for Australia and New Zealand, for which he manages a 500M business focused on driving customer outcomes and solutions through our extensive portfolio of hardware, software and services scaling and differentiating through partners. Joining Cisco in 2021, Rob brings a wealth of experience from his global, 25-year professional career with IBM, SAP, Salesforce, Microsoft and Splunk in services and customer success roles, and now leads a talented team spanning business development, technical and professional services and customer success.
Contact Us
If you have any questions at all regarding Partner Insights, please don’t hesitate to contact our Event Manager, Louisa Woods, at CiscoLiveAPJC_AOP@veritas.com.au or on +61 2 8908 5644.
We look forward to seeing you in Melbourne!
Kind regards,
Partner Insights Event Team
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