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Oliver Tuszik

Senior Vice President

Global Partner Organization

Oliver Tuszik is the Senior Vice President of Cisco's Global Partner Organization. He has responsibility for managing and supporting 60,000+ global partners who represent the company's primary route to market. Cisco’s Global Partner Organization encompasses value-added resellers, distributors, system integrators, independent software vendors and technology partners. This globally connected ecosystem accounts for more than 80 percent of Cisco's revenue and is a unique differentiator in helping deliver business outcomes for customers.

Tuszik and his leadership team are responsible for developing strategic initiatives and program innovations across Cisco’s entire portfolio to help partners deliver world class solutions and services to our customers. With complementary technologies from Cisco and its partners, they are focused on profitable growth and capacity for Cisco and its partners. Tuszik and his team will continue simplifying and enhancing the tools, processes, programs and offers that help partners be successful now and in the future.

Tuszik previously led Cisco’s sales in Germany where he was the Country Leader. He and his team drove five years of successive growth, achieved double digit growth twice, and earned the honor of Theater of the Year for the past two years. Under his leadership, Cisco Germany became a worldwide role model for Cisco’s Country Digitization Acceleration activities.

Prior to joining Cisco in 2013, Tuszik was the CEO of Computacenter in Germany, one of Cisco’s largest partners. He led the consulting business, managed partner strategy and spent two years running Computacenter’s networking & security business. Tuszik also spent many years in international leadership roles for GE Capital IT Solutions.

Tuszik is a long term board member of BITKOM (the German association for IT, telecommunications and new media) and has been active in different initiatives with the German government on a state and federal level. With an interest in digitization’s potential benefits on the world, he is a frequent speaker at conferences and senior executive events.

Tuszik holds a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from the RWTH Aachen University in Germany. He and his wife have three children and will be relocating from Germany to San Jose, CA.

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March 12, 2020

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Navigating Uncharted Waters for Cisco Partners

I’ve been relying a lot more on my home collaboration solution since Cisco made the responsible decision to close some of its campuses in northern California as a precaution to the coronavirus. And I can tell you, I am even more of a believer of how technology can improve our communications and coll…

December 20, 2019

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Owning Your Edge can be as Simple as Lending an Ear

Now that 2019 is winding down, I hope you’re wrapping up the year and getting ready for some well-deserved festivities with family and friends (I know I am!). Before it’s time to raise a glass and ring in the new year, I wanted to raise a glass to you, our amazing Cisco partners. 365 days a year, yo…

November 15, 2019

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Continue Owning Your Edge After Cisco Partner Summit 2019

Wow, what a week and another standout Cisco Partner Summit! This event has always been a highlight of my year, both as a partner of Cisco and now leading the Global Partner Organization. It is truly an honor to be with our partners and share our latest news and strategic direction with them. Partner…

November 5, 2019

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Cisco’s 2019 Partner Summit Global Awards Winners!

We love to recognize our top-performing partners and their incredible achievements.  And sharing this information at Cisco Partner Summit is always a highlight. This year, I’m excited to announce the nineteen global partners receiving top honors at this year’s event. They were selected for their inn…

October 29, 2019

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Your edge matters. Let’s own it together.

I’m excited to join everyone again at Partner Summit on November 4-6 in Las Vegas. That’s next week! This year, we’re all going right to the edge, your edge that is. Our theme for Cisco Partner Summit 2019 is Own your Edge. What exactly does that mean for you? Well here’s a bit of a preview for you…

October 1, 2019

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Perform, Transform… and Protect!

By now, you have heard me talk about how we’re helping partners “perform and transform” in their businesses, ensuring they’re meeting today’s business goals while also evolving to capture new revenue streams and help our customers in new ways. Our partners are much more than a route to market — they…

July 24, 2019

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How is Cisco Helping You? Press ‘Play’ to Perform and Transform

I recently sat down with David Durham from our Global Partner Marketing team for a quick chat about how far we’ve come since I first started talking about our Perform and Transform strategy. It’s been great to hear how much this resonates with our partners who see the need to hit their daily busines…

June 20, 2019

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A Look Back at Cisco Live 2019

What an incredible week in San Diego at Cisco Live 2019! I had the opportunity meet with many partners, analysts and press throughout the event. Their collective feedback reaffirms that our strategy to help partners perform and transform is resonating and makes sense. I really enjoyed my time on-sta…

May 7, 2019

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Perform and Transform with Cisco

The opportunity for Cisco and our partners is bigger than ever before and is represented by four key trends: digitization is a reality that drives infrastructure spend; the increasing shift to the Cloud is requiring a fundamental change in how companies run their entire infrastructure; the technolog…