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Angelo Fienga

Technical Architect

Collaboration Solutions

Angelo Fienga joined Cisco in 2011 as architect for mobile strategy in the Worldwide Collaboration Sales and Strategy team, looking after the design and evolution of complex solutions for enterprises and service providers based on Cisco Mobile Collaboration solutions. In his current role, Angelo is also responsible for strengthening strategic partnerships with key players in the mobile industry. In last few years Angelo has been spearheading the strategy for highly disruptive technologies such as drones, or unmanned autonomous vehicles (UAVs). He is a founding member of the Cisco Drone Team, a group of professionals looking at the application of Cisco technologies to the rising market of UAVs. Angelo owns a permit to fly commercial drones in Italy and has extensive experience building complete solutions based on drones.In his 20+ year career Angelo has developed extensive technical and pre-sales technical marketing leadership skills in both Fortune 500 companies (Ericsson, Cisco, Qualcomm) and start-ups (Elsacom - a Finmeccanica company). He has a strong track record of sales and business development achievements.Angelo earned a M.Sc. in Electronic Engineering from the University in Rome. He is married with two children. And 4 drones.

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January 30, 2020

LIFE AT CISCO

Inspired by the Future of Tech

Having been in tech for decades, with quite a few interesting and successful projects completed throughout my career, nothing has given me more satisfaction than the creation of a Natural Language Processing (NLP) Chatbot during a mentorship opportunity with high school students from local Italian s…

August 14, 2018

LIFE AT CISCO

Going Back to School at 50 with Cisco!

There’s a timeless saying, “It’s never too late to learn.” I’m sure you’ve heard of it, yes? But, I’m actually here to prove it too! At fifty years young? I’ve gone back to school. What seems impossible for many, is quite possible when you have the drive and work at one of the greatest companies on…

October 10, 2017

INNOVATION

Collaboration, IoT, Security & Drones: How Cisco’s Cross-Architectural Approach Can Boost a Rising Market

Sometimes reading the dictionary of engineering terms you can find very nice, good sounding, easy to use acronyms; sometimes, instead, you will find something really obscure and difficult to pronounce as well. Look at this, for instance—BVLOS—that stands for Beyond Visual Line Of Sight. What does it…