TORONTO, ON - June 17, 1999 - Pierre-Paul Allard, general manager, Cisco Systems Canada Co. is pleased to announce the promotion of Nitin Kawale to Director, Canadian Enterprise Operations. Mr. Kawale was formerly the manager of Cisco Canada's financial region, in Toronto.
In his new role, Nitin Kawale will be responsible for all Enterprise line of business operations, including sales, marketing, finance and distribution.
The position of Director, Canadian Enterprise Operations was created in July of 1998, as a part of a new management structure being instituted to broaden the company's senior management team, and to respond to and build upon Cisco's exceptional growth in Canada.
"In his four years at Cisco, Nitin has consistently demonstrated his leadership in driving his region's performance to high levels of success," said Pierre-Paul Allard. "He has an outstanding capacity to innovate as well as superior team building skills and has proven himself to be a key member of this team."
Prior to his joining Cisco, Mr. Kawale held various positions at NCR/AT&T from 1986 to 1995 and Datacrown/Crowntek from 1983 to 1986. His past experience included leadership roles in applied research and development, product marketing, consulting, industry planning and sales management.
He holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Engineering Science from the University of Toronto.
About Cisco Systems Canada Co.
Cisco Systems Inc., the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. Cisco is a multinational corporation with more than $10 billion (U.S.) in annual revenues and more than 19,000 employees worldwide. Cisco Systems Canada Co. (formerly Cisco Systems Canada Ltd.) was established by Cisco Systems in 1990 and is the 12th largest IT Company in Canada. Headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, the company has more than 300 employees in Canada with regional sales and services offices in Dartmouth, NS; Moncton, NB; Quebec City, PQ; Montreal, PQ; Ottawa, ON; London, ON; Winnipeg, MB; Calgary, AB; Edmonton, AB; and Vancouver, BC. Cisco Systems also owns a world class research facility, Skystone, in Ottawa, ON.
Cisco produces networking solutions for enterprise organizations, service providers and small/medium businesses. Virtually all Internet traffic travels across Cisco equipment. Cisco also uses the Internet to conduct a substantial amount of its own business. The company provides more than 70 per cent of its customer support over the Internet. Cisco products handled over the Internet have now surpassed the $3 billion (U.S.) mark, making it the world's largest Internet commerce company. Additional information on the company and its products can be accessed on the Internet at http://www.cisco.com or http://www.cisco.com/ca/.
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