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Sven Jirgal

Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Field Marketing

Cisco Capital

Sven Jirgal is Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Field Marketing. In this role since 2012, he is responsible for all go-to-market strategies as well as sales and field marketing activities.

Sven joined Cisco in 2011 as the Director of Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Sales at Cisco Capital, managing the regional sales strategy with an asset portfolio of $1.2 billion. In addition, Sven was the Cisco Capital representative on the Cisco Accelerate Transformation Corporate Initiative.

Prior to Cisco, Sven held executive positions at GE Capital, CIT, Agilent Technologies and Hewlett Packard in Europe and the US,

Sven holds a degree in business from the University of Geneva.

Articles

July 24, 2019

INNOVATION

The Current State of Technology Financing

According to a recent study by IDC, the IT leasing and financing market is forecasted to reach $260.3 billion by 2021 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.7%. This may come as a surprise since financing has traditionally been kept separate from technology decisions. Discussions around financ…

December 11, 2018

NETWORKING

SD-WAN: What is it and how can you realize the benefits now?

Cisco Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) holds promising opportunity for enterprises that want to use the Cloud to enhance their technological and competitive advantage. Cisco Capital flexible payment solutions offer many ways for your organization to realize the benefits this technology ca…

July 19, 2018

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

How financing will help accelerate India’s digital transformation

I recently spent a week in India meeting with partners and customers in Bangalore, Delhi and Mumbai. Every time I am in India, I am amazed by the pace of change since my last visit. The country is rapidly transforming into one of the world’s largest digital economies. Morgan Stanley estimates the In…