At the moment, CRN launched their 2026 Channel Chiefs record, and I’m proud to see so many Cisco leaders acknowledged. We’re right here due to our companions. Companions drive our enterprise.
Over 26 years at Cisco, I’ve discovered that the perfect leaders constantly show accountability, sincere communication, however most significantly, teamwork—nobody wins alone on this ecosystem.
These are the leaders who construct sturdy partnerships that climate market adjustments and aggressive strain. Every performed a essential function as we launched the Cisco 360 Companion Program, the largest transformation of our associate program in a long time.
Prospects want companions who can ship AI-ready infrastructure and digital resilience. They don’t want distributors promising transformation. They want trusted advisors who can really ship it.
That’s what our companions do. And that’s what the leaders on this record allow each single day.
Congratulations to everybody acknowledged. Thanks for residing these values and for holding us accountable to being worthy of our companions’ partnership.
Companions don’t owe us their loyalty. We earn it. Each single day.
Let’s preserve incomes it.
Congratulations to all of the Cisco leaders acknowledged on the 2026 CRN Channel Chiefs record:
- John Brookbank III – VP, Americas Distribution Gross sales
- Elisabeth De Dobbeleer – SVP, Cisco Companion Program
- Brian Feeney – VP, World Safety Companion Gross sales
- Ryan Franks – Senior Director, World Safety Companion Gross sales
- Jason W. Gallo – VP, World Companion Worth Acceleration
- Rhonda Henley – VP, Americas Companion Gross sales
- Kristyn Hogan – VP, World Collaboration Companion Gross sales
- Shannon Leininger – VP, World Companion Gross sales
- Patrick Morrissey – SVP, Americas Gross sales
- Alex Pujols – VP, World Companion Engineering
- Joe Repetti – World VP, Companion Technique & Applications, Splunk
- Cassie Roach – World VP, Cloud and AI Infrastructure Companion Gross sales
- Andrew Sage – VP, World Companions & Distribution Gross sales
- Annie Shain – Senior Director, World Networking Companion Gross sales

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