Francisco “Panch” Ramirez is a Cisco Meraki leader with over 20 years of experience in sales engineering.   Tune in to this episode to gain insights into his unique career journey. Discover lessons that have shaped his distinctive leadership style, unlock strategies for building and managing an effective team, and learn ways to navigate through organizational changes.   Host  Sammy Brenner, Virtual Sales Leader, Cisco Meraki   Guest Francisco Ramirez, Director, Systems Engineering, Cisco Meraki ... View more

Pride month is an opportunity to celebrate our differences, find connection in our humanity, and elevate our LGBTQIA+ community.   In this episode, we hear from members of the Queers and Friends at Meraki (QFAM) employee resource organization (ERO). Learn about their unique experiences navigating careers in tech, what Pride means to them, and how to become a more effective ally through inclusive work environments.   Join the team  🏳️‍🌈 Host  Sammy Brenner, Cisco, Virtual Sales Leader, Meraki   Guests Brita Laveck, Cisco, Technical Intern  Paul Harju, Cisco, Software Engineer  Ryanne Fox, Cisco, Software Engineering Technical Leader ... View more

Effective port management is crucial for optimal and secure network operations, but it can be complex and difficult to scale across sites. Does port management have to be a headache? Absolutely not.    In this episode, Cisco Champions and Meraki switching experts will dive into best practices for managing switch ports at scale. We’ll explore the potential business outcomes that can be achieved by leveraging Meraki switching capabilities, such as zero-touch provisioning, port profiles*, and scalable management through integrations, templates, and APIs—all of which are delivered through a user-friendly approach.   Learn more  Port Profile Announcement Blog Product page  Cisco Champion Hosts  Deirra Footman, Network Engineer, Network to Cloud Pat Allen, Senior Network Engineer, Customers Bank   Paul Campbell, CEO and Founder, Quaversal Guests   Tony Carmichael, Director, Product Management, Cisco Meraki  Digvijay Bora, Senior Technical Marketing Engineer, Cisco Meraki  Moderator Amilee San Juan, Cisco Champion Program, Cisco ... View more

Cisco’s workforce is a diverse group of talented folks whose roles drive real impact across communities.   Tune in to this episode to learn more about Nadine James, a global social impact leader with over 15 years of experience designing, launching, and scaling innovative community programs. We learn about Nadine’s rich history—including what fuels her passion for social justice and her journey into tech. We gain a glimpse into her day-to-day life, learn more about “compassionate capitalism,” and discuss how this economic system can elevate the human experience.   Host  Sammy Brenner, Cisco, Virtual Sales Leader, Meraki Guest Nadine James, Cisco, Head of Global Social Impact & Community Engagement, AppDynamics ... View more

Our ability to give customers the power to monitor, manage, and secure their networks in a quick and easy manner is key to a successful managed services strategy at Cisco Meraki.    Listen in as Alexandra Zagury, Vice President, Partner Managed and As-a-Service, Global Partner Sales, discusses how Cisco is disrupting and building a managed services practice that empowers partners to increase operational efficiency and profitability while delivering positive business outcomes for customers.    Learn more about Cisco Partner Managed Services    Host  Sammy Brenner, Cisco, Virtual Sales Leader, Meraki     Guest   Alexandra Zagury, Cisco, Vice President, Partner Managed and As-a-Service, Global Partner Sales   ... View more

Join our discussion about Meraki APIs and the Meraki solution application marketplace. Learn how these tools can help bring your products to customers and move the needle toward achieving successful business outcomes. We will introduce the breadth of APIs and the Meraki Marketplace, share practical examples and use cases, and show how to become a Marketplace ecosystem partner.    Learn more Join the Meraki Marketplace Take APIs for a spin Learn more about the ecosystem partner onboarding journey Host Tanner Yehlik, Technical Marketing Engineer, Meraki Product Management, Cisco Guests Shayna Boudreau, Business Development Manager, Meraki Ecosystem, Cisco Vasundhra Dewangan, Product Manager, Meraki APIs, Cisco ... View more

Tune in to this episode to hear from Morgan Teachworth, a founding member of the Meraki engineering team and current SVP of Hardware Engineering at Cisco. He is responsible for leading hardware and supply chain for the Cisco wireless and Meraki portfolio. Learn about his amazing journey, what led to his career in hardware engineering, his unique experiences as a founding Meraki engineer and the lessons he learned along the way. You’ll also gain insights into the future of Meraki’s hardware portfolio and what inspires him when he’s not thinking about networking technology.    Learn more Executive biography Product page Host Sammy Brenner, Cisco Meraki, Virtual Sales Leader Guest Morgan Teachworth, Cisco, SVP, Hardware Engineering and Meraki Founding Engineer   ... View more

Cisco Champion Radio: S8|E2 Meraki IoT: Insight for Better Decision Making  Listen to the episode.  Data helps businesses make sound decisions, and Meraki MV smart cameras have made it easy for organizations of any size to derive additional value from their smart camera deployments. But as powerful as these cameras are, with machine learning technologies and rich analytics, there are simply some physical attributes - like temperature or humidity - that cannot be easily determined by the camera. Lack of visibility can lead to a variety of issues, including premature equipment failure, and network downtime that can lead to costly outages.   Enter Meraki MT sensors. With a unique, simple, and scalable architecture, these new sensors provide organizations with useful information to help them better understand their physical environment. Together, with the visual insight from Meraki cameras, organizations have the information they need to make better decisions, react to events faster, and or take proactive action before an issue arises.   Tune in to hear from Cisco experts and Cisco Champions as they discuss Meraki MV cameras and the new MT sensors, how simple they are to deploy, and how organizations can leverage them not just for monitoring and security, but gain additional value through their intelligent insights.   Cisco Champion Hosts: Gert-Jan de Boer (twitter.com/gjdeboer), aaZoo, Networking and Security Specialist Paul Campbell (twitter.com/paulmc3), Quaversal, CEO and Founder Robinson Roca (twitter.com/robinson_roca), Helient Systems, Practice Lead, Infrastructure Services   Guest: @GeorgeB (twitter.com/meraki_se), Cisco, Director, Meraki Product Management   Moderator: Amilee San Juan (twitter.com/amileesan1), Cisco, Technical Influencer Marketing and Cisco Champion Program ... View more

Listen to the episode.  Configuring and maintaining access policies in a network is a challenge. In our increasingly complex and dynamic networks, IP policies are not meeting the needs of many administrators. Access policies need to evolve from static IP based to intent based. Creating policy should be as simple as defining intent, “who” needs to access “what” regardless of where they connect in the network. With that idea as a backdrop, Meraki is introducing Adaptive Policy, an easy to configure, simple to maintain, scalable policy powered by Secure Group Tags (SGTs). Listen in as Cisco Champions and Cisco experts discuss Adaptive Policy and how it lets businesses create intent based policy for users, services and devices based on who you are, not where you connect in the network.   Cisco Champion Hosts: Meredith Rose (twitter.com/mer3dithrose), WWT, Senior Consulting Systems Engineer Aaron Weiler (twitter.com/aaronengineered), Comcast, Sales Engineer Guests: Rob Watt, Cisco, Product Manager Alex Burger (twitter.com/aaburger85), Cisco, Technical Marketing Engineer   Moderator:   Amilee San Juan (twitter.com/amileesan1), Cisco, Technical Influencer Marketing and Cisco Champion Program ... View more