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Wayne Cuervo

Director of Innovation

Cisco Canada

Wayne Cuervo is the Director of Innovation at Cisco Canada, responsible for leading Cisco Toronto Innovation Center to bring programming that accelerates innovation across our key vertical industries. Cisco Innovation Centres, located around the world, inspire and showcase local innovation and development. The first of its kind in North America, Cisco Toronto Innovation Center helps organizations improve business outcomes by integrating, creating, testing and validating IoE solutions.

Wayne is an avid movie lover and was a co-host, for one season, of a television show discussing and examining films, their themes and filmmaker intent.

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June 6, 2019

INNOVATION

Fast, Flexible and Non-Linear – Hiring for Innovation

No matter the industry, company or team, finding and hiring the right talent is an exciting and challenging process. In my experience, hiring for innovation adds yet another layer of complexity to this effort, as it requires candidates to have a set of unique skills and managers to be able to assess…

January 24, 2019

INNOVATION

Innovation and Superheroes: The Importance of Origin Stories

Like so many people, I love superheroes. I especially appreciate the origin stories about how these characters came into being and evolved over time. We all know mild-mannered reporter, Clark Kent, originated from the Planet Krypton and evolved into different variations of Superman. Bruce Wayne was…

February 1, 2018

INNOVATION

Turning on the Smart Lights of Innovation

At the Cisco Toronto Innovation Center, we’re always looking to the future, including how the Internet of Things (IoT) is transforming virtually every industry. We see this firsthand as our Center provides a “home” for Cisco Canada to partner with customers, academia, and start-ups. Together, teams…

September 26, 2017

INNOVATION

How is Your Organization Intersecting with IoT?

At the Cisco Toronto Innovation Centre, we’re always looking to the future, including how the Internet of Things (IoT) industry is transforming. We see this firsthand as our centre provides a “home” for our Cisco sales teams to partner with customers, academia, and start-ups. Together, teams rely on…

August 2, 2017

INNOVATION

Will Your Company Follow and Fail—Or Lead and Succeed?

Mobility continues to change how people interact with data—and what data types they want to interact with. In addition, better availability and accessibility of data, now in real time, increases an individual’s ability to make informed choices. This digital transformation is putting pressure on comp…

April 20, 2017

INNOVATION

Toronto Innovation Centre: An Insider’s View of Innovation

When you run an Innovation Centre, people often turn to you for clarity on what innovation means—or should mean—to their business. Problem is, innovation can be a vague term.  Worse, innovation is often an overused, overstated, and an under-delivered concept. Do you need to create massive business t…

January 26, 2017

INNOVATION

Cisco Toronto Innovation Centre hosts a weekend of FinTech hacking with TD

Since its launch earlier this year, Cisco’s Toronto Innovation Centre has become a busy place! It’s where we come together with partners and customers to discuss challenges19, explore possibilities and imagine the future today through digital transformation. The Innovation Centre is also a pla…