Cisco Appoints New Leader for Asia Pacific, Japan and
Greater China Region
INDIA – July 17, 2012 – Cisco announced today that Jaime
Vallés has been appointed as the company’s new leader for Asia Pacific,
Japan and Greater China (APJC). Vallés takes over from Edzard Overbeek who was
recently
appointed head of Cisco’s Global Services business. Owen Chan will remain
chairman and CEO of Cisco’s Greater China theater.
Vallés was previously the senior
vice president of Cisco’s Latin America theater and has a strong track record of
success in emerging countries, turning Latin America into one of Cisco’s fastest
growing regions since he joined the company in 2007. With more than 20 years of
leadership experience in the IT industry, Vallés brings to APJC a broad
understanding of Cisco’s strategic direction and unique experience in
effectively driving growth in both developed and emerging
countries.
“Asia Pacific, Japan and Greater
China represent a huge opportunity for future growth and innovation for Cisco.
This internal appointment demonstrates the great strength and depth of the Cisco
leadership talent across the world. Jaime is a great leader with a wealth of
experience, passion and outstanding skills in building and leading teams,
creating and executing strategic business plans and forging strong relationships
built on trust and integrity,” said Rob Lloyd, Executive Vice President,
Worldwide Operations, Cisco.
Prior to Cisco, Vallés was
president of Sun Microsystems Latin America for seven years, and president of
Sun Microsystems Mexico before that. He also previously held senior leadership
positions at IBM.
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