S6|E28 Cisco Investments - Cloud and Big Data

Published: Dec. 6, 2019, 8:01 p.m.

How does the Cisco Investments team handle their day to day routines? Director of Business Development, Phil Kirk sits down with our champions and talks about how Cisco Investments finds start-ups to invest in, how regional differences between the US and Europe affect decisions, and what the Champs think of Cisco Investments in general! \n\nCisco Champions:\nPieter-Jan Nefkens (twitter.com/pjnef), Cisco Champion member, Consultant, Nefkens Advies\nPaul Campbell (twitter.com/paulmc3) Cisco Champion member, CEO & Founder, Quaversal LLC\n\nCisco Guest:\nPhil Kirk (twitter.com/TechyPhil), Director of Business Development\n\nModerator:\nLauren Friedman (twitter.com/lauren), Cisco Champion Program.\n\nDiscussion Topics:\n-\tWhat are the daily responsibilities of the Cisco Investments team\n-\tHow Cisco Investments finds start-ups\n-\tWhat regional difference exists between the US and Europe\n-\tAI/ML investment trends\n-\tHow Cisco Investments makes decisions on where they invest\n-\tTrends in collaboration and analytics\n-\tHow are decisions made on the acquisition side for integrating the new companies into Cisco? \n-\tWhat the Cisco Champion hosts think about Cisco Investments