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Hugo Vliegen

Senior Director of Product Management

Enterprise Routing

Hugo is the Senior Director of Product Management responsible for Enterprise Routing Platforms (ASR1K, ISR & CSR). He has 20+ year experience with managing product management teams and leading business creation & innovation processes.

He is passionate about creating new value through innovation, excite customers and drive profitable growth. He is the co-founder of Cisco’s Intelligent WAN (IWAN) Solution and Machine-2-Machine Wireless Router Portfolio.

Prior to Cisco he worked in product management & business leadership functions for consumer products such as the Infogear iPhone, WebTV and TiVo. Hugo started his career in Manufacturing IT and Automation.

He earned a Ph.D. degree in Engineering from the University of Twente and graduated with Master’s & Bachelor’s degrees from the Eindhoven University of Technology in The Netherlands.

Articles

September 8, 2015

NETWORKING

Digital Vortex: How Not to Be the 40% That Will Fail!

At least 40% of businesses will fail at staying digitally agile. Among 941 business leaders in 12 industries surveyed, 43% percent confirms that they “either do not acknowledge the risk of digital disruption, or have not addressed it sufficiently.” This disquieting statistic is accompanied by anothe…

June 25, 2015

NETWORKING

Application Visibility Makes Parenting Easier!

Parenting in a hyper-connected world is increasingly challenged by lack of visibility into children’s internet usage, and by limited controls to customize internet usage policies per child. About a year ago, I installed a home router with parental-controls. My kids (teenage girls!) quickly complaine…