Antoine Ligier

About Antoine Ligier

Technology professional (SaaS, B2B and B2C) with extensive experience in Strategy & Planning, Data Analytics, Operations, Program Management and Financial Planning. Currently leading Strategy, Planning & Operations for Cisco ThousandEyes\' Global Channel and Direct Americas Sales.Multilingual fluency (English, French, German, Spanish) and strong leadership, analytical and communications skills demonstrated by 12+ years of international work experience. French Citizen and Permanent Resident of both the United States and Canada.Yale University MBA and dual MSc Graduate from the Georgia Institute of Technology and Grenoble Ecole de Management. I am a PROUD member of the LGBTQI+ Community. I thrive in work environments where employers not only embrace diversity & inclusion, but also go above and beyond to ensure equality and belonging for EVERYONE, inside and outside the workplace. With empowerment, every employee and/or ally can become a true agent of change.Cover photo: sunrise over Denver, taken with an iPhone during an early morning run in the summer of 2022. In addition to an intrinsically rewarding full-time job taking up most of my day time, I believe the key to success lies in the choice to live a balanced lifestyle by always making room for personal time. For me, that includes marathon training, baking pastries and traveling.

Experience

1. Sales Strategy, Planning & Operations Lead, Global Channel & Americas Direct

   Cisco Thousandeyes

   Mar 2024 — Present · Denver, CO, US

   Acted as trusted advisor to Cisco ThousandEyes\' Global Leadership: supported Executive Leaders with ACV/TCV forecasting, developed and executed the go-to-market strategy for Global Channel and Americas Direct sales, and created strategic sales plays, one of which generated $30M new ACV in partner-sourced pipeline within a year.• Optimized key sales processes, workforce productivity analyses, quarterly business review/outlook (QBR/QBO) planning, and OpEx management. These enhancements directly led not only to greater visibility into ThousandEyes\' key SaaS metrics and overall business for Cisco\'s Senior Leadership Teams, but also to ThousandEyes’ ability to influence critical investment decisions within Cisco.• Executed on several other revenue-growth initiatives, including but not limited to compensation plan revisions and implementations of new sales incentives/SPIFFs impacting two sales organizations of 30+ people each.

Education

• Université Grenoble Alpes

  Bachelor of Laws - LLB, International Business, Trade, and Tax Law

  2007 — 2008

• Georgia Tech Scheller College of Business

  Master of Science (M.Sc.), International Business/Trade/Commerce

  2010 — 2011

• Universite de Lorraine

  Associate's degree, Law

  2005 — 2007

• Grenoble Ecole de Management

  Master of Science (M.Sc.), Accounting and Finance

  2007 — 2011

• Yale School of Management

  Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management, General

  2014 — 2016

Skills

• International Management
• Financial Audits
• Accounts Payable
• Accounts Receivable
• Hyperion
• Cash Flow Management
• Financial Reporting
• Hyperion Enterprise
• Ms Office Suite
• Treasury Services
• Sql
• Microsoft Office
• Cash Flow
• Financial Accounting
• Internal Control Implementation
• Finance
• Foreign Languages
• International Business Law
• Project Management
• Lotus Notes
• Organizational Leadership
• Sap
• Interest Rate Hedging
• Magnitude
• Multilingual Communication
• Financial Analysis
• Fx Hedging
• Essbase
• Business Strategy
• Bookkeeping
• Auditing
• Fx Derivatives
• Corporate Finance
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Sage