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Hema Marshall

Head of Strategy & Sales Acceleration
Business Development & Sales

Hema Marshall is the General Manager for the Small Business Market, for Cisco UK and is also the Executive Lead for Inclusion and Diversity.

She is responsible for the strategic direction and growth for the small business segment delivering on sales and marketing.

Hema is a strong leader who is passionate about connecting people, women in tech and helping people unlock their full potential. Hema is an advocate for investing in, connecting with, and inspiring tomorrow’s technology leaders.

Before taking up her current role in December 2016, Hema was the Head of Country Digitisation & Skills agenda, delivering a connected program on how we can digitise the UK and served on the UK & Ireland Executive Board

Previously, Hema was the Head of Strategy and Sales Acceleration for Cisco in the UK and Ireland and was responsible for providing the leadership and direction to customers on how Cisco solutions add financial and strategic value to their business growth.

Over the course of nine years at Cisco, Hema has undertaken marketing leadership roles in emerging technologies, data centre and public sector prior to leading strategy, planning and operations.

Hema is a STEM ambassador and active campaigner for skills in the UK. She was part of the Mayor of London Digital Talent Taskforce (2016-2017). Her passion to build skills in the UK earnt her a place as a Board member for the Digital Apprenticeship Board for The Tech Partnership from 2016-2017. In 2016 she earned a place on the 30% club as a mentee.

In 2017 Hema was shortlisted for the eskills initiative of the year for her works with NEETS and named as one of Cranfield’s 100 women to watch list.

In recent times she has been selected to be part of the Tech UK Skills and Diversity Committee and is a signatory for Cisco on the government backed Tech Talent Charter.

Articles

  • Cisco UKI

    What Does It Take To Digitise A Country

    2 min read
    Hema Marshall - April 19, 2016 - 2 Comments

    Without question the UK has an innovation heritage we can all be proud of: from inventing the telephone to the World Wide Web, we also spearheaded the first industrial revolution

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    Where do we find Geniuses?

    4 min read
    Hema Marshall - April 12, 2016 - 1 Comment

      In a recent blog @ellie_ulrich asked where does genius come from? Does genius only exist in certain people or can anyone be a genius? By definition: “exceptional intellectual or creative

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  • Cisco UKI

    SMARTSTEM

    2 min read
    Hema Marshall - July 13, 2015 - 0 Comments

    It’s been a while since my last blog on SMART Cities, but cast your minds back to April where we talked about SMART cities as SMART communities and underpinning any

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    CSC Leader Diary – Day 6 & 7

    5 min read
    Hema Marshall - April 21, 2015 - 0 Comments

    As we set off into the country from the bustling city, we have time to reflect on some of the things we have seen to the people we have met.

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    CSC Leader Diary – Day 5

    3 min read
    Hema Marshall - April 17, 2015 - 0 Comments

    Today is the last day of the study tour part of the course and I have to say I am quietly excited as the day set out is focused on

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    CSC Leader Diary – Day 4

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    Hema Marshall - April 17, 2015 - 0 Comments

    Waking up this morning, I didn’t feel that the agenda spoke to anything I really felt passionate about as it was a day focused on “climate optimisation” but to my

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    CSC Leader Diary – Day 3

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    Hema Marshall - April 16, 2015 - 0 Comments

    Last night we arrived at the Holiday Inn at Westfield Stratford City. Back when I was here in 2012 the view was very different, with picturesque scenes of the Olympics

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    CSC Leader Diary – Day 2

    3 min read
    Hema Marshall - April 14, 2015 - 1 Comment

    After a slightly difficult night’s sleep in student accommodation (I remember now what I really didn’t like about university) I am woken up by a sense of excitement of what

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    CSC Leader Diary

    2 min read
    Hema Marshall - April 13, 2015 - 0 Comments

    I have been given the great privilege to represent Cisco on the CSCLeader Program, which is an annual global leadership program that assembles 100 leaders from government, business and NGOs

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  • Digital Transformation

    Building a Vision for Growth

    2 min read
    Hema Marshall - February 20, 2015 - 1 Comment

    Last week we found the perfect opportunity to inspire a new generation of school kids – 1500 of them to be exact – in the technology that is driving the

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