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Eric Ehlers

Marketing Manager

Manufacturing and Energy

Eric joined Cisco in 2016, taking responsibility for marketing in the manufacturing vertical. Ehlers works across all Cisco lines of business including IoT, Networking, Security and Collaboration solutions. In his role, he works with the various business units to provide vertical strategy, marketing, and communications with a keen focus on analytics to support partners and gain insight into customers.

Ehlers has worked in a series of industrial technology sectors, including manufacturing, utilities/smart grid, transportation, and oil and gas, where he cultivated commercial plans to support global marketing and sales operations and establish long-term growth business development. He was previously Director of Marketing at Belden, where he worked with the Industrial Networking and Connectivity, Enterprise Connectivity and Cybersecurity business units.

Ehlers holds a B.S. in Communication from Appalachian State University and Masters in Communication Management from the University of Southern California.

Articles

October 6, 2016

MANUFACTURING

Can You Handle a Manufacturing Knuckleball?

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What we’re talking about at Utility Week

We are happy to be a part of this year’s Utility Week on October 14-21 in Orlando, Florida, since Cisco has been a partner with Itron for many years.…

August 30, 2016

MANUFACTURING

Bring Harmony into your Digital Manufacturing Journey

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Your Guide to Energy at Cisco Live

Cisco Live is coming up fast and it promises to be the best yet. Digital Business Transformation will be in the spotlight this year in Las Vegas and our world-class experts will be sharing lots of fresh ideas about how mobile, cloud, and analytics can create new opportunities for energy companies. T…

Join our #CiscoChat – BIG Themes from UTC 2016

About the Author: Eric recently joined Cisco in 2016 to cover manufacturing and energy vertical marketing. He was previously the Director of Marketing at Belden where he led strategic programs and digital marketing efforts for Industrial Networking and Connectivity, Enterprise Connectivity, and Cybe…