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Boon Lai

Vice President

Global Partner Marketing

Boon Lai is Vice President of Global Partner Marketing for Cisco. His goal is to collaborate with our partners to drive their business growth. With his marketing and general management background, Boon is passionate about working across our partners’ ecosystem to elevate marketing into an engine that drives demand generation and fills the pipeline. Boon specializes in leading insights-driven, innovative omnichannel marketing that contributes to revenue and profitability.

Boon brings with him more than 20 years of global B2B and B2C experience. He is bilingual in English and Mandarin, and has held executive roles in New York, London, Amsterdam, Shanghai, and Singapore. He’s well-established in the technology sector, having held roles including CMO for Philips China, GM for Philips Digital Health, CMO for Nokia Technologies and VP Marketing for Cisco Collaboration.

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February 11, 2020

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Back on the IT list!

Celebrating our leaders on the 2020 CRN Channel Chiefs List Great news—CRN just announced this year’s picks for their 2020 Channel Chiefs List. And we’re delighted to share that nine Cisco leaders made the list this year. As I’m sure you know, CRN is a go-to spot for news about IT channel partners a…

January 22, 2020

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Taking your Marketing practice to the next level in 2020

Last year, you told us that you need simple yet powerful tools that make it easy for you to market with Cisco. So, we revamped Marketing Velocity back in July to help you do just that. Now we’re going to take that to the next level! As we head into the new year, I wanted to share the key updates we’…

December 11, 2019

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My top takeaways of 2019

As 2019 winds down, it marks the completion of my first full year as VP of Global Partner Marketing. This has been a year brimming with learning, exploring, and listening. Most of all, it was a year of transformation highlighted by the opportunities I’ve had to meet with so many of our partners. I’v…

November 14, 2019

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In the time it takes for you to read this, one more person is diagnosed

‘Running makes me feel happy’ Like Max, that’s all I concerned myself with when I was his age. Just doing anything that put a smile on my face. As ‘responsible’ adults, we can be guilty of finding less time to do the things we enjoy. Not Max. He runs, he plays and does what is expected of a boy his…

October 22, 2019

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Boost your marketing skills with our 4 new eBooks

We know you want simple yet powerful tools to make marketing with Cisco easier. So, we rolled up our sleeves and got to work creating new resources for our partners. Today, I’m excited to unveil the latest tools in our toolbox: marketing eBooks. These eBooks are a brand-new addition to our Marketing…

September 27, 2019

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Marketing Velocity Receives Two International Honors

“Marketing Velocity is an ambitious and impressive program to support global business partners on a massive scale.” “It demonstrates growth achievements and a team dedicated to excellence through continuously refreshing the site with training, content and tools.” “Wow! This is exceptional in its com…

August 14, 2019

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The future-proof marketer just landed – in Scandinavia

“I hope you’ll get value from my story about how we created this successful country-level partner marketing event – which we adapted from the Cisco Live! Marketing Velocity session in Melbourne. It has helped us build an even stronger partner community on the ground.” – Marthe Carlsen, Cisco…

July 30, 2019

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Your Marketing Velocity Experience: Simpler and More Powerful

Here’s a mantra you’ll be hearing more often: “We hear you.” We heard you – and moved from one global Marketing Velocity event to three tailored regional events this year. We heard you – and revamped your Marketing Velocity online educational experience in June. And we hear you now, which is why I’m…

July 11, 2019

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Reflections on becoming future-proof marketers…together

I love getting your feedback – so does our entire Cisco Global Partner Marketing team. Recently I attended our third and final Marketing Velocity event of the year, in Amsterdam. Earlier this year we held regional events in Melbourne, Australia and New Orleans. Looking back, I’m glad we acted on you…