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Vish Iyer

President

Service Provider APJ

Vish’s passion is engaging closely with customers, partners, and sales & services teams, and demonstrating how technology can solve all the new challenges and opportuities ahead. A leader in the ICT space, Vish leads Cisco’s APJ Service Provider (SP) business and their 360-relationship in the region.

Vish has deep experience in building carrier class infrastructure with top service providers in the region, coupled with his deep expertise in the enterprise space, puts him in the unique position to partner with SPs in monetizing their B2B space with profitable managed services offerings.

In Vish’s previous role, as the APJC leader for Architectures, he built a high-performance team that helped accelerate the software pivot in line with Cisco’s transformation from hardware to software to subscription across the portfolio.

He has scaled many teams and paved the way for sustainable multi-year growth in Cisco’s architectural business which has translated in driving sustainable recurring software business growth momentum for the region. They have also empowered clients to adopt next-gen infrastructure solutions and strengthened their relationship with Cisco.

In this age of partners, Vish actively collaborates with Tier 1 service providers, and distributors to create compelling joint offerings. These partnerships have significantly bolstered Cisco's market presence. Teams led by Vish have executed on transformation programs leveraging cloud, networking, infrastructure, and security in the largest and most demanding industries such as public services, manufacturing, construction, service provider, retail, banking & finance, food & beverages, and so on – all while delivering with quantifiable business outcomes. In line with Cisco’s overarching purpose, the team is driving an ‘inclusive future for all’ in Asia Pacific by being a partner of choice in the region’s digitization.

Vish aims to build a closer connect between university and industry to foster an innovation mindset among the student community in the region. He works with bodies such as ITU and institutions such as NUS and INSEAD School of Business in Singapore to help nurture young minds, inspire them to innovate, and to succeed as entrepreneurs or intrapreneurs.

He is directly involved in building Cisco India CSR programs including the ThingQubator platform, which is now India’s leading innovation program for universities and the Cisco Launchpad program. The latter started in India and has now been scaled globally to accelerate startups with disruptive technology ideas.

Vish is passionate about Cisco’s Networking Academy program, including GirlsInSTEM, which aims to equip the next generation and disadvantaged groups with job-worthy networking and cybersecurity skills; and also provides guidance for the programs at the Indian InsƟtute of Technology – Banaras Hindu University, Centre for Networked Intelligence at the Indian InsƟtute of Science (IISc), and NaƟonal University of Singapore, among others.

Vish holds a Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University.

Articles

June 1, 2021

CLOUD

If you rely on the cloud, focus on converging your SASE investments

4 min read

The cloud is driving an inherent architectural shift in the way networking and security services are being consumed by our customers. In today’s hybrid environment, with remote work being the norm and customers demanding application-based services, cloud services are critical. This is driving…

May 28, 2021

INNOVATION

Stevie Award shows innovation and customer excellence are in our DNA

4 min read

Innovation and customer excellence go hand in hand; you can’t pursue one without the other. While innovation typically involves cutting edge technology and out of the box thinking, it starts with seeing a customer problem and finding a way to support them in a way that is simple yet efficient. A focus…

May 25, 2021

CLOUD

Moving to hybrid workspaces? It’s time to give smart buildings a thought

3 min read

Companies are beginning to realize that in this digital age their physical spaces generate an enormous amount of data. They also understand that harnessing this data can not only bring their workspaces to life but also enable them to leverage technology to make administration simpler, reduce operating…

May 18, 2021

CLOUD

The platform era: How an Asian OTT player built ‘everything’ on the cloud

4 min read

We live in a digital world where anything can be built, deployed, and run on the cloud, instantly. The pandemic has made us all realize the importance of this capability and underscored the importance of building infrastructure to support it. Think of all of the largest players in the world. They’re…

May 11, 2021

CLOUD

What cloud success looks like for one of Asia’s largest banks

4 min read

Financial service institutions, especially banks, are bound by regulations and responsibilities and mired in legacy infrastructure, both of which make it difficult for them to adopt new technology. Over the past couple of years, with fintech companies and neobanks competing for a share of the market,…

May 4, 2021

CLOUD

Observability is the key to unlocking value in your cloud journey

4 min read

On the face of it, the cloud isn’t new. The technology has been around for nearly a decade and companies have had plenty of opportunity to understand and leverage it. However, it is also true that the cloud has evolved since it first became available; the pace of change has been more significant in the past…

April 13, 2021

THOUGHT LEADERSHIP

Need a secure agile infrastructure to support your hybrid workforce? Think SASE.

4 min read

Business leaders are building resilient enterprises to keep their operations running smoothly and their staff engaged, whether in the office, on the field, or at home. The key to their success lies in keeping their infrastructure fluid, agile, and secure. From an operations perspective, think of…

March 16, 2021

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Technology helps Thai banks trailblaze their way to a new digital era

2 min read

When it comes to adopting technology and leveraging it to boost innovation, Thailand’s banking sector may not be the center of attention yet, but it surely is taking giant steps towards becoming one. From selling blockchain-based government savings bonds worth billions, to radically transforming…

March 2, 2021

MANUFACTURING

One distillery’s journey to digital resiliency in the age of the cloud

4 min read

Producers of beer and spirits have a complicated operational layer, with several breweries and distilleries, multiple consumer brands, and a myriad suppliers and distributors. To connect everything, they need a solid IT fabric built with cloud-based applications. For our client, one of the world’s…