Nick Holden

Nick is Vice President of the Global Strategic Partner Organization at Cisco. He leads a worldwide team focused on driving engagements with global systems integrators, consulting, cloud, data center/converged infrastructure, enterprise software, and industry/vertical IOT partners. These partners execute in multiple geographies and are strategic contributors in the execution of Cisco sales and technology architectures, customer experience and solution priorities. Nick plays a pivotal role driving Cisco’s overall partnering strategy by helping incubate new partnerships and go-to-market initiatives for growth markets. As a member of the Global Partner Organization’s Senior Leadership Team, he helps define and execute Cisco’s worldwide partner strategy. In his 14 years with Cisco, Nick has held numerous influential leadership positions within various partner organizations. Recently he led strategy, planning, programs and operations for the Americas Partner Organization, where his focus was on strategic planning, channel programs, organization design, contra investments, talent development and executive communications. He also led the Partner Consulting and Innovation team which advised partners on how to optimize their business, integrate M&A, drive profitability and create new sources of revenue. His prior Cisco roles include Senior Operations Director for the Global Partner Organization, Strategic Technology Partnerships leader, and Strategy and Planning leader for the global Cisco-IBM partnership.