Keith Goodwin
Senior Vice President, Worldwide Channels
Cisco
Keith Goodwin leads a worldwide organization responsible for the strategy supporting Cisco’s business with more than 40,000 channel partners, representing Cisco’s primary route to market. This global partner community, which includes systems integrators, value-added resellers, distributors, and others, accounts for over 80 percent of Cisco’s revenue. These partners significantly expand Cisco’s customer reach around the world with innovative solutions and services based on Cisco technology.
John Chambers
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Cisco
John Chambers is Chairman and CEO of Cisco Systems. Since January 1995, when he assumed the role of CEO, Chambers has grown the company from US$1.2 billion in annual revenues to its current run-rate of approximately US$35 billion. In November 2006, he was named Chairman of the Board, in addition to his CEO role.
Chambers has been lauded by government leaders and countless publications worldwide for his visionary strategy, his ability to drive an entrepreneurial culture, and his warm-hearted, straight-talking approach.
Donald R. Proctor
Senior Vice President, Software Group
Cisco
As Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Software Group,, Don Proctor is responsible for Cisco’s software business including the Network Systems Software Group which develops IOS, the network operating system; the Network Management Group, which develops management products and service across Cisco’s portfolio; the Voice Technology Group, which develops Cisco’s Unified Communications products; the Collaboration Software Group, which develops Cisco’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) products and services; the Global Government Solutions Group, which develops solutions to meet the needs of government organizations; and the Research and Advanced Technologies Group.
Proctor joined Cisco in 1995 and has held a variety of leadership positions in the company’s enterprise, service provider, and commercial businesses. He was previously responsible for leading Cisco’s Voice Technology Group, which developed Cisco’s IP telephony systems, IP phones, customer contact solutions, and unified communications solutions. Under his leadership, Cisco grew from an early innovator in the VoIP market to become the leading global supplier of business voice solutions.
Richard Justice
Executive Vice President, Worldwide Operations and Business Development
Cisco
Rick Justice is executive vice president of Worldwide Operations and Business Development for Cisco Systems®. He is also a member of the Cisco Operating Committee, which develops and directs the company’s overall business strategy, and has responsibility for reporting the company’s operational results to Cisco’s Board of Directors.
Justice oversees the company’s worldwide Sales organization, a team of more than 15,000 sales, systems engineering and operations employees. In addition, he is responsible for Business Development, which includes the company’s acquisitions strategy and investment portfolio, and Cisco’s Strategic Alliances program. The Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG), a strategic consulting arm of Cisco, also falls under Justice’s purview.
Tony Bates
Senior Vice President and General Manager, Service Provider Group
Cisco
Tony Bates is the Senior Vice President /General Manager of Cisco’s Service Provider Group (SPG). He is a member of Chairman and CEO John Chambers’ senior staff, and contributes to Cisco’s overall strategy and direction.
Bates is responsible for the overall strategy and engineering direction of SPG. He leads a team of approximately 8,000+ employees and a group that generates over $10B in annual revenues.
Jayshree Ullal
Senior Vice President, Data Center, Switching and Services Group
Cisco
Jayshree Ullal, Senior Vice President of Cisco’s Data Center, Switching and Services Group, is a networking executive veteran with experience in engineering, marketing, and business positions. She has spent more than 15 years with Cisco and is currently responsible for driving the direction and execution of modular Cisco Catalyst 4000/6000 Series switching for campus, the new Nexus Data Center switching series, and the expansion into application networking, virtualization, and integrated security services. She is responsible for about $10 billion in direct and $15 billion of indirect revenue.
Barry O’Sullivan
Senior Vice President, Voice Technology Group
Cisco
As senior vice president of Cisco’s Voice Technology Group (VTG), Barry O’Sullivan leads a team of voice industry executives who are responsible for Cisco’s Voice and Unified Communications Business Units. VTG is responsible for developing the company’s IP telephony systems, IP phones, customer contact solutions, and unified communications applications including messaging, video and audio conferencing, and enterprise collaboration.
Marthin De Beer
Senior Vice President, Emerging Technologies Group
Cisco
Marthin De Beer is the Senior Vice President of Cisco’s Emerging Technologies Group (ETG). Under his leadership, ETG is responsible for cultivating a steady stream of new businesses that can drive 1 billion dollars worth of revenue in 5-7 years and take Cisco into new adjacent markets. De Beer most recently led the development of Cisco TelePresence, Digital Media Systems, Linksys One, IP Video Surveillance and Cisco’s IP Interoperability and Communications Systems (IPICS).
Karl Meulema
Vice President, Global Strategy and Operations
Cisco Services
Karl Meulema is Vice President, Global Strategy and Operations for Cisco Services. In his role, Meulema is responsible for managing the strategy and planning, operations, marketing and channels strategy that accelerate time to profitability and differentiation for Cisco Services, its partners, and end-customers.
Best known for his brilliant humor and classic TV and film performances, John Cleese is also an extraordinarily popular lecturer who enthralls packed audiences worldwide—whether he’s coaching novice comedians, discussing his liberal politics, or imparting his formulas for success in education, business and life.
“The world’s funniest man” first made his mark as a member of the legendary Monty Python troupe in the 1960s, and has gone on to write, produce, direct and star in some of the greatest comedic hits of the last forty years: The Life of Brian, The Meaning of Life, Fawlty Towers, and A Fish called Wanda (for which he received an Oscar nomination for best screenplay). But John is far from your garden variety entertainer. From the beginning of his career he has continually parlayed his enormous talents into advancing the political causes he believes in (he is a vocal supporter of the UK’s Labour Party); promoting education (a former Rector of the University of St. Andrews, he is presently professor-at-large at Cornell University); and teaching business skills (the training videos created by his Video Arts production company are viewed by millions of people in the UK and abroad).
A born speaker among his other many gifts, John always leaves audiences clamoring for more.
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