Jeremy Foster

CEO

St. Louis, MO, United States23 yrs 1 mo experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Led Cisco's multi-billion-dollar compute operations portfolio.
Achieved 128% of sales goal with 38% YoY growth.
Serves on the board of Covenant House Missouri.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS executive with extensive experience in enterprise infrastructure and sales management.

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Skills

Core Skills

Sales ManagementBusiness StrategyLeadershipNetworking

Other Skills

Sales OperationsMergers & Acquisitions (M&A)ForecastingSoftware IndustryIT OperationsTeam BuildingCloupiaData CenterData Centre ArchitectureSolution SellingChannelCloud ComputingSales EnablementManaged ServicesBusiness Alliances

About

Dad, #90srock enthusiast, and IT exec, passionate about building teams and tech to solve real-world problems. With 20+ years in the #datacenter space, I lead Cisco's multi-billion-dollar compute and SaaS infrastructure operations portfolio, advancing the company's strategy to deliver enterprise-grade infrastructure that’s smart, secure, and optimized for the AI era. The real privilege is working with most talented and innovative people in the world to help enterprises simplify, secure and scale their operations everywhere they run - from the data center to the edge. I also serve on the board of Covenant House Missouri, supporting youth facing homelessness. It keeps me grounded in what matters—and why we build in the first place.

Experience

Cisco

7 roles

SVP and General Manager, Cisco Compute

Promoted

Oct 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 5 mos

Vice President, Cloud Infrastructure and Software Group

Apr 2021 – Oct 2022 · 1 yr 6 mos

Sales ManagementNetworkingSales OperationsLeadershipBusiness StrategyMergers & Acquisitions (M&A)+2

Sr. Dir. Global Data Center Sales, Networking & Software

Mar 2019 – Apr 2021 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Charged with driving cross functional execution for the multi billion dollar DCN portfolio and direct sales of the DCN incubation products.
In this capacity, he builds internal and external stakeholder alignment across field sales, sales support, partners, alliances and other influencers to identify mutually beneficial opportunities for DCN, a $5B+ business. Responsible for developing and managing GTM strategies, programs and processes, he is passionate about removing roadblocks and finding new ways to help Cisco teams, partners and customers win together.

Sales ManagementNetworkingSales OperationsLeadershipBusiness StrategyMergers & Acquisitions (M&A)+2

Senior Director Global Sales, Computing and Storage Systems

Jan 2017 – Aug 2019 · 2 yrs 7 mos

Responsible for driving growth for UCS, a $3B+ growth business. Directly lead the sales team responsible for Hyperflex, Cisco's Hyperconverged solution. This includes developing and managing GTM strategies, programs and processes, designed to help Cisco teams, partners and customers win together.

Sales ManagementNetworkingSales OperationsLeadershipBusiness StrategyForecasting+1

Director Global Sales - Unified Computing System

Promoted

Aug 2014 – Jan 2017 · 2 yrs 5 mos

Charged with driving cross functional execution for Cisco’s compute and converged infrastructure solutions by building internal and external stakeholder alignment across field sales, sales support, partners, alliances and other influencers to identify mutually beneficial opportunities for UCS, a $3B+ growth business. Also responsible for developing and managing GTM strategies, programs and processes, designed to help Cisco teams, partners and customers win together.

Sales ManagementNetworkingSales OperationsLeadershipBusiness StrategyForecasting+1

Regional Manager - St. Louis Enterprise Accounts

Promoted

Nov 2012 – Jul 2014 · 1 yr 8 mos

Responsible for managing a team of talented individuals that support the enterprise accounts (Fortune 100) based in St. Louis. The team is responsible for aligning with our customers business initiatives and helping deliver the desired business outcomes. Our team represented Cisco and our entire solutions portfolio as advisers to our customers.
FY'13 - 100% of Goal
FY'14 - 128% of Goal / 38% YoY Growth!
Acted as a player coach and was able to grow the team with talented individuals
Directly responsible for customer satisfaction in our account base, 91% overall satisfaction score

Sales ManagementNetworkingLeadershipForecasting

Product Sales Specialist - Unified Computing

Mar 2009 – Nov 2012 · 3 yrs 8 mos

Selling Data Center solutions into Enterprise accounts located in out central region. Focused heavily on capturing new customers and growing UCS market share.
165% UCS Attainment 146% Quota Attainment Overall in FY'12
Developed best practices around UCS Sales process
Participated in councils and boards on: Unix to Linux Migrations, TCO evaluations, Field Support processes

NetworkingLeadershipForecastingSales Management