Nick Michaelides, vice president of U.S. federal sales at Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO), has been promoted to senior VP of the company’s U.S. public sector organization.
He will leverage his experience in government security and innovation as well as his understanding of the company’s mission to facilitate the development and deployment of technology platforms in support of the public sector, the company said Tuesday.
Michaelides, a 2018Â Wash100 winner, has been with Cisco for 14 years and has held senior leadership roles at the company, including senior director for defense operations.
Prior to Cisco, he previously worked as a regional executive at Sun Microsystems and system engineer at NBI.
Cisco’s U.S. public sector business helps federal government agencies advance digital transformation efforts by providing cloud-based collaboration platforms, digital network infrastructure and risk-based cybersecurity tools and services.
