Passionate about technology and building high performance teams, Vish Iyer leads Cisco’s Architectures business in APJC. Vish’s teams are accelerating the software pivot to a platform and subscription-based business model along with the partner ecosystem. In the new normal, Vish is obsessed with helping customers tap into automated cloud-first platforms, build ecosystems, and leverage secure collaboration and distributed innovation. Vish is keen to empower the next generation of leaders and is passionate about grassroot innovations. He’s a frequent speaker at INSEAD School of Business’ Emerging Leaders Program for Southeast Asia & India; he helps university students develop a startup mindset through Cisco ThingQbator program, and mentors young entrepreneurs through Cisco LaunchPad [SR(1] program.