Jeff Spagnola

Jeff Spagnola is currently Vice President of Sales, Cloud and Managed Services for Cisco Service Provider market segment. In his current position, Jeff plays a leadership role in defining Cisco's strategy, solutions and sales models associated with Cloud and Managed Services business.

With 20 years tenure at Cisco Systems, Jeff has held several leadership roles. Prior to his current role, Jeff spent 5 years as Vice President of Worldwide Service Provider Marketing where he was responsible for the marketing of Cisco's solutions and technologies to service providers worldwide. As a leader of Cisco's Service Provider Business Council, Jeff participates in the development and execution of Cisco's Service Provider strategy. In addition to his marketing role, Jeff was responsible for the acceleration of advanced technologies through the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and other key standards bodies. Jeff is a frequent speaker at both industry conferences and standards forums and was a spokesperson for Cisco's service provider strategy.

Jeff has also held board positions at the Center for Telecom Management (CTM), an industry-sponsored center at the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business, devoted to research and education to help the networked digital industry and its customers grow and prosper. Jeff has also sat on the board of SuperComm, the largest tradeshow in the United States for Service Providers.

Jeff has cultivated his extensive networking experience through a number of leadership roles in Cisco's service provider and enterprise field organizations. Prior to his role as vice president of WW Service Provider Marketing, Jeff was the Operations Director for Cisco's mobile operator customer segment and responsible for sales, strategy and operations for mobile operators within the United States. Jeff spent an additional two years leading the service provider challenger segment and independent operating companies (IOC) throughout the United States. Previous to these sales roles, Jeff was in service provider marketing managing the implementation of the Cisco Powered Network program and service provider alliance programs outside of the United States. In addition to many years working with service provider customers, Jeff had held various field sales leadership roles in Cisco's enterprise sales organization focused on large customers based in Northern California.

Prior to joining Cisco in 1991, Jeff spent eight years in working for NCR Corporation, Case Communications Ltd., and Develcon Electronics. Jeff holds a Bachelors of Science degree from the University of Dayton located in Dayton, Ohio. Jeff and his wife live in Los Gatos, California with their two children Jeffrey (19) and Carly (16).