| |
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Michael Rau is the Vice President of WW Enterprise
Technical Sales Strategy and has been with Cisco for 10 years.
In his current position, Mike is responsible for developing
technical and competitive sales strategies in support of
Cisco’s Enterprise go to market. In this role, Mike works to
identify technical and competitive trends and then works cross
functionally to develop and execute on strategic initiatives.
Prior to Mike’s current role, he served as the Vice President
of US Enterprise, Commercial and Federal Technical Operations.
In this position, Mike was responsible for a team of 1200
System Engineers and Managers who provided pre-sales
engineering support to both partners and customers. Mr. Rau as
held a variety of other positions at Cisco. Starting as a
Systems Engineer in the MD/DC/VA area, he supported Cisco’s
entrance into the switching market. This experience led him to
take on worldwide responsibilities for Competitive Marketing
in the LAN Switching market. From there, Mr. Rau entered
engineering management as a first line SE Manager in the
Mid-Atlantic Enterprise market. After 2 years, he moved to a
second line role in Federal Systems Engineering. This led to
his promotion to SE Director for Federal Systems Engineering.
From his work in the Federal Government Market, Mike moved
back into a corporate role responsible for running the
Enterprise Technology Leadership Program (TLP). The TLP was
responsible for coordinating product and solutions
requirements between customers, sales, and the development
organization. Mike moved into his current role in March of
2005.
Prior to Cisco, Mike worked in a variety of Information
Technology roles for the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve in Washington, DC. He is a graduate of the University
of Maryland. He lives with his wife and twin sons in Leesburg,
VA.
|
 |
 |
|
|
 DOOR
PRIZE GIVEAWAYS
A drawing will be held at the end of the Keynote
Address to give away a PDA.
The first two hundred LinkUp registrants will be
eligible for the prize drawing.
You must be present to win.
|
|
|
|
|
|
