Christopher Thompson is the Senior Director for Solutions Marketing at Cisco. Chris manages the launch and positioning of the full range of Cisco solutions for telephony, messaging and collaboration.

Prior to joining Cisco, Christopher Thompson was the vice president of worldwide marketing at Netopia, a Motorola company. Previously, he was also the vice president of product management and marketing at Visionael Corporation, and the vice president of marketing for network security and management at Network Associates. There he was a member of the management team that led the divestiture and launch of Network General Corporation. He has also held executive positions at Brooktrout Technology and Nortel.
 
Thompson has been active in the industry since 1987 and brings a strong understanding and expertise of the network infrastructure and applications market. He established himself as a thought leader in the enterprise networks industry while serving as a director and principal analyst for Gartner Group. He is a frequent featured speaker at industry forums around the world.

Thompson completed his graduate thesis in Geneva, Switzerland, studying the issues faced by information technology professionals managing trans-national communications networks. Thompson received his bachelor’s degree in macroeconomics theory and a master’s degree in management of innovation from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
 

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