Chris Palermo — CEO
Chris Palermo is.... *Cisco Worldwide Collaboration Sales lead for Team Collaboration...driving the strategy and GTM from the sales-side for Cisco Collab's portfolio in a global role *The #1 Social Media Amplifier of ALL TIME across ALL of Cisco...having been #1 on the LinkedIn Elevate platform for social sharing and engagement at Cisco. *Top-50 Unified Comms Influencer...named so by Mio in their 2019 list thanks to Chris' active presence on social media sharing thoughts and perspectives on unified communication, collaboration, remote work, artificial intelligence, workplace transformation, workforce experience *Frequent Presenter...at both Cisco conferences (Cisco Live US, Cisco Live Barcelona) as well as industry conferences (InfoComm, UC Expo, Enterprise Connect,etc.) *Blogger...on both Cisco.com and Webex.com, sharing thoughts and perspectives on the collaboration space. *Top Contributor to UC Advocates...as part of the UC Advocates program, Chris helps fly the banner for UC and Collab by sharing idea and interacting with the broader community. *Accenture Alumni...where he was one of the founded members of Accenture's PCC (Portals, Content, & Collaboration) group. Also helped Chris become an expert in the services space which brought him to Cisco, initially in their Advanced Services group.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS Collaboration Solutions Expert with a strong focus on sales strategy and social engagement.
Location: New York City
Experience: 27 yrs 9 mos
Skills
- Sales Operations
- Collaboration Solutions
- Social Collaboration
- Program Management
- Professional Services Delivery
- Change Management
Career Highlights
- Top-50 Unified Comms Influencer recognized by Mio
- Ranked #1 Social Media Amplifier at Cisco
- Frequent presenter at major industry conferences
Work Experience
Cisco
Global Collaboration Sales GTM & Strategy Specialist (7 yrs 11 mos)
Strategy & Delivery Lead - Social Collaboration Services (8 yrs 3 mos)
Accenture
Senior Manager (11 yrs 6 mos)
Education
BS at Cornell University