SINGAPORE, Jan. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Cisco Systems, Inc., the worldwide
leader in networking for the Internet, has promoted Todd A. Abbott to Vice
President of Asia Operations, an area which comprises Hong Kong, India,
Indochina, Indonesia, Malaysia, Korea, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and
Thailand.
Mr. Abbott has been in the region for over two years, first as Managing
Director of South Asia and then Managing Director of Asia, where he has helped
grow the company's business by over 60 per cent year-on-year. Reporting
directly to Richard Freemantle, the Senior Vice President of Asia Pacific for
Cisco Systems, Mr. Abbott is based in Singapore.
"Cisco's operations in Asia have some of the fastest growing markets in
the world including India, Korea and Taiwan where telecommunications
deregulation and intense Internet growth is creating a lot of exciting
opportunities. Todd has done a tremendous job in developing those
opportunities and I have every confidence that he and his team are
well-equipped to exceed our expectations in Asia," said Richard Freemantle,
Senior Vice President, Asia Pacific, Cisco Systems.
Cisco Systems' Asia Pacific Theatre comprises the Asia, Australia/New
Zealand and China operations.
Mr. Abbott has been with Cisco for five years in various sales management
positions in its New York operations. Before moving to Asia, he was the
Regional Manager of Cisco's Global Banking Region in New York for one and a
half years, responsible for global sales and support of large financial
enterprises.
He has 17 years industry experience and has worked previously with IBM in
a number of sales and sales management positions across different industries
throughout north-eastern United States.
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For more information contact:
William Oei
Tel: +65-833-5555
Fax: +65-833-5666
E-mail: loei@cisco.com
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