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Rodney Clark
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Rodney Clark is the Senior Vice President of Cisco’s Partnerships and Small & Medium Business. Clark and his team are responsible for empowering and enabling Cisco’s global ecosystem of partners and scaling and strengthening routes to market to help drive profitable growth. Foundational to this strategy is ensuring customers – from enterprises to small and medium businesses - can buy and consume Cisco and partner solutions the way that best meets their needs along their digital transformation journey.
Clark joined Cisco from Johnson Controls where he was Chief Commercial Officer. During his time there, he was responsible for global sales, sales excellence, all aspects of marketing, channel engagement, and a broader company transformation, all with a focus on helping customers build healthy, smart, and sustainable futures. Prior to that, Clark spent nearly 25 years at Microsoft, where he held various senior sales leadership positions, including serving as Corporate Vice President, Global Partner Sales. Clark also spent nine years with IBM in strategy, sales, marketing, mergers & acquisitions, and digital transformation.
Clark holds a Bachelor of Science in marketing from California State University, Fresno, where he now serves in an advisory capacity to the Craig School of Business. He also sits on the board of directors for Groopit and Entegris, Inc., a publicly traded company. Clark is a passionate advocate for and active supporter of diversity and equity in education, community to create an inclusive future for all.
Rodney Clark is the Senior Vice President of Cisco’s Partnerships and Small & Medium Business. Clark and his team are responsible for empowering and enabling Cisco’s global ecosystem of partners and scaling and strengthening routes to market to help drive profitable growth. Foundational to this strategy is ensuring customers – from enterprises to small and medium businesses - can buy and consume Cisco and partner solutions the way that best meets their needs along their digital transformation journey.
Clark joined Cisco from Johnson Controls where he was Chief Commercial Officer. During his time there, he was responsible for global sales, sales excellence, all aspects of marketing, channel engagement, and a broader company transformation, all with a focus on helping customers build healthy, smart, and sustainable futures. Prior to that, Clark spent nearly 25 years at Microsoft, where he held various senior sales leadership positions, including serving as Corporate Vice President, Global Partner Sales. Clark also spent nine years with IBM in strategy, sales, marketing, mergers & acquisitions, and digital transformation.
Clark holds a Bachelor of Science in marketing from California State University, Fresno, where he now serves in an advisory capacity to the Craig School of Business. He also sits on the board of directors for Groopit and Entegris, Inc., a publicly traded company. Clark is a passionate advocate for and active supporter of diversity and equity in education, community to create an inclusive future for all.
