Brian Stout
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Since October 2024, Brian Stout has led Cisco’s $6B Global Collaboration Sales and Go-to-Market organization, driving transformative results across Devices, Suite, and Customer Experience. He oversees collaboration product sales specialists, inside sales, pre-sales engineering, channel and ecosystem strategy, and routes to market.
Brian has systematically transformed this critical business unit, first by partnering with Cisco’s business units to optimize product-market fit, accelerating pipeline development, delivering measurable bookings growth, and now focusing on sustainable revenue expansion.
Under his leadership, Cisco Collaboration, a cornerstone of the company’s $53.8B portfolio, continues to demonstrate resilience and growth momentum, with collaboration revenue expanding steadily.
Brian’s direct, performance-driven approach has helped redefine Cisco’s SaaS business strategy, bringing subscription-based solutions to customers and partners and supporting the company’s overall SaaS transformation plan. His team is pushing the boundaries of AI-powered collaboration, highlighted by Webex’s industry-leading innovations: the new AI Agent, Webex AI Assistant integration across calling workflows, and advanced conversational intelligence that has reduced operational costs by 31% for early adopters
Throughout his Cisco career, Brian has held several strategic sales roles, beginning as an Enterprise Account Manager serving key financial industry clients. As Director of Operations for the Americas Commercial Segment, he redefined the go-to-market strategy to drive consistent, strong revenue growth. Before his current role, Brian led the Americas Collaboration Sales team, delivering technology transformation and hybrid work innovation while accelerating regional growth.
Since October 2024, Brian Stout has led Cisco’s $6B Global Collaboration Sales and Go-to-Market organization, driving transformative results across Devices, Suite, and Customer Experience. He oversees collaboration product sales specialists, inside sales, pre-sales engineering, channel and ecosystem strategy, and routes to market.
Brian has systematically transformed this critical business unit, first by partnering with Cisco’s business units to optimize product-market fit, accelerating pipeline development, delivering measurable bookings growth, and now focusing on sustainable revenue expansion.
Under his leadership, Cisco Collaboration, a cornerstone of the company’s $53.8B portfolio, continues to demonstrate resilience and growth momentum, with collaboration revenue expanding steadily.
Brian’s direct, performance-driven approach has helped redefine Cisco’s SaaS business strategy, bringing subscription-based solutions to customers and partners and supporting the company’s overall SaaS transformation plan. His team is pushing the boundaries of AI-powered collaboration, highlighted by Webex’s industry-leading innovations: the new AI Agent, Webex AI Assistant integration across calling workflows, and advanced conversational intelligence that has reduced operational costs by 31% for early adopters
Throughout his Cisco career, Brian has held several strategic sales roles, beginning as an Enterprise Account Manager serving key financial industry clients. As Director of Operations for the Americas Commercial Segment, he redefined the go-to-market strategy to drive consistent, strong revenue growth. Before his current role, Brian led the Americas Collaboration Sales team, delivering technology transformation and hybrid work innovation while accelerating regional growth.
