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Kerry Best

Marketing Manager

Public Sector Marketing

Kerry works within public sector to help us all to better understand the power of interactive technologies. With over sixteen years experience in the video communications & high tech industry, Kerry has a passion for telling customer stories and discovering new ways technology is impacting lives in the public sector. From students in a classroom to soldiers on the field of battle, everyday someone is discovering the power of secure, interactive and mobile technologies!

Kerry has experience in corporate and field marketing, in managing marketing teams in communications, channel marketing, brand and field marketing, as well as extensive experience in customer service, writing and public relations. She completed undergraduate studies at the University of Central Oklahoma and holds an MBA from the University of Phoenix.

Kerry enjoys creating handmade jewelry, reading non-fiction and the occasional crime drama, fishing and Texas country music. She lives in Allen, TX, with her husband, Jerry, a high school special education teacher and head varsity wrestling coach.

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Articles

October 21, 2014

GOVERNMENT

#CiscoPublicSafety Series: Getting Even Smarter at #IACP2014

As our teams are gearing up (and packing up) for the IACP Conference (#IACP2014) next week in Orlando, the excitement has been building. The conference offers law enforcement agencies, officials and officers an opportunity to better their operations. We will see strategies, new ideas and new technol…

August 1, 2014

GOVERNMENT

#CiscoPublicSafety – Giving Power Back to the People with IoE

If you haven’t read Cisco’s Tae Yoo’s recent post on the Huffington Post ImpactX site, you should. It’s a great look at the power of the Internet of Everything (IoE) to help mankind. Yes, humankind. It’s a powerful statement, but I think it’s true. With the exampl…

June 24, 2014

GOVERNMENT

#SmartConnectedCity Series: Accessing Remote Experts for Government Services

Following last week’s New Cities Summit, I have renewed interest in some of the technologies being implemented to improve citizen services. For example, as a citizen of the Dallas metroplex, I was intrigued by many of the solutions and applications the City of Dallas has put into place on its quest…

June 12, 2014

EDUCATION

#HigherEdThursdays – Collaboration Redefines Higher Education.

The University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) students are learning in ways that would have seemed impossible just a decade ago. The University’s College of Education, which is renowned for its innovative and progressive learning environment, made it their mission to give students  a professional and gl…

May 23, 2014

GOVERNMENT

#CiscoPublicSafety Series: Fire Departments Improve Training with Telepresence

There are roughly 10,000 firefighters in Los Angeles County who are responsible for the lives of 9.8 million residents. Getting the proper training for all of the fire departments in the county is of the utmost importance in order to maintain a safe community. Training difficulties Mandatory classes…

May 8, 2014

EDUCATION

#HigherEdThursdays: Virtualizing Dual Enrollment

This time of year is always exciting – with students going off to college, coming home from college, graduating, switching majors and sometimes changing schools. It’s especially exciting when we hear stories like that of the 16 year old Florida student who received her college degree day…

April 10, 2014

EDUCATION

Innovations in Higher Education: New Thursday Blog Series

Most of us have seen the incredible progress and subsequent challenges in the arena of higher education, and there’s no doubt it’s been a big topic of discussion amongst the Cisco Education Team. So, we are excited to announce an upcoming blog series that will highlight some of the key trends, chall…

February 27, 2014

EDUCATION

Bringing Back Music Education to Our Schools

While many are arguing the existence of a comeback in liberal arts education, too many public schools are seeing a decline in arts education due to budget and resource cuts. The benefits of music and arts education are well documented, but we continue to see schools losing music programs. Unfortunat…

January 28, 2014

EDUCATION

Special Needs School Uses Technology to Prepare Students for the Future

Berkshire Union Free School District (UFSD) isn’t your typical educational facility. It is located in Canaan, NY where poverty rates are over 90% and 85% of its students have special needs. Berkshire USFD provides an education to young men, ages 12-18, who have been classified as emotionally or lear…