As the world enters its third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, I want to take a moment and reflect on the lessons learned these past two years. Just like any life-changing event, the pandemic brought us loss and pain. It spotlighted the inequities—the imperfections—that exist in our society. But, at the same time, it pushed the human mind to adapt, adopt, and define the new normal. Necessity led to disruptive innovation, and it made us…

Communication Service Providers (CSPs) see the huge opportunity 5G offers, but they’re finding it difficult to harness because it doesn’t necessarily fit into the traditional way of thinking. Prices for premium phone plans aren’t increasing significantly because up to this point consumers haven’t been willing to pay much more for 5G than they’re already paying for 4G LTE services. We’re working with CSPs to think outside the box of traditional cellular phone services to effectively…

CRN just announced their 2022 Channel Chiefs, and with no surprise, we had many executives place on the list, with a record thirteen leaders for 2022. A big congratulations to Julia Chen, Jason Gallo, Nick Holden, Frank Lento, Mark Malasch, John Moses, Andrew Sage, Thimaya Subaiya, Marc Surplus, Luxy Thuraisingam, Jose van Dijk, and Alexandra Zagury. Cisco’s fearless leader of our Global Partner Organization, Oliver Tuszik, also made it to the “2022 Most Influential Channel Chiefs”…

  During my career, having a mentor has proven to be a fantastic experience, providing me with support, feedback, advice and inspiration. On different occasions I’ve had the opportunity to share my experiences with mentorship with colleagues and friends.  I’ve found mentorship as an opportunity to offer guidance on seeking a mentor and making the most out of this unique relationship. I share one of my conversations with you here. It’s a nice, sunny afternoon…