Vice President, Systems Engineering, Asia Pacific, Japan, and Greater China,
Raymond Janse van Rensburg

Vice President, Systems Engineering, Asia Pacific, Japan, and Greater China,

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Raymond Janse van Rensburg is the Vice President for Systems Engineering at Cisco for the Asia Pacific, Japan and Greater China region. Raymond leads the overall strategic direction and leadership of the Systems Engineering and Architect community, while ensuring this group meets the business needs of Cisco customers and partners.

Raymond is responsible for building the bridge between Cisco’s technology solutions and the customers’ business imperatives. His team of Systems Engineers plays a crucial role in helping customers connect, secure, and automate in order to accelerate their digital agility in a cloud-first world.

Raymond has more than 25 years of experience in the networking and IT industry, including over 20 years at Cisco. Since joining Cisco in 1998 as a Systems Engineer, Raymond has held several sales, engineering and leadership roles spanning Enterprise, Commercial and Public Sector in the Middle East, Australia and New Zealand (ANZ), and Africa. He previously served as the technology lead for Cisco in ANZ. Raymond started his career as an academic, teaching at the University of Johannesburg (TWR Campus) and worked in various engineering and operational roles at SASOL Ltd. and IBM.

Raymond is a CCIE Emeritus and holds a Honours Degree in Data Communications from the University of the Free State (South Africa).