Cisco has named Jim Sherriff as the head of the U.S.
and Canada Partner Organization, which the networking and technology giant says
is its largest theater of operation. The position was previously held by Wendy
Bahr, who was moved to head up Cisco's global and transformational partnerships
earlier in July.
Sherriff brings 30 years of IT industry experience to the new role, most
recently returning from a two-year assignment in China.
He has spent the last nine years at Cisco, before China serving as senior vice
president for Cisco's U.S. Enterprise business, where he was a "vocal
advocate for the partner community—identifying 'deep partnering' as one of the
four pillars of the U.S. Enterprise sales strategy," writes Keith Goodwin,
Cisco's channel chief, in a
blog post about the Sherriff appointment.
"Jim's recent global experience and his deep understanding of Cisco's
field, customers, and partner needs make him the ideal leader for this key
sales role," Goodwin writes.
Sherriff also spent 19 years at Cisco rival HP and two years as CEO
for a Cisco partner. His final position at HP was as vice president and general
manager of HP Consulting with global responsibility for HP professional
services.
In his new role, he will be based in Austin,
Texas.
The appointment follows several other
moves in Cisco's channel organization, announced earlier this month.
