Bernard Kraemer
Program Manager at Cisco
- Role
- Program Manager at Cisco
- Location
- Danville, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Bernard Kraemer
My passion is working on products that connect people - wirelessly. An early career accomplishment was designing amplifiers for the Mars Rover, enabling the transmission of data from Mars to Earth, connecting people to another world!I have 15 years of product management/marketing experience with start-ups, midsized, and Fortune 100 technology companies, with a focus on cellular (3G, 4G LTE, 5G), Wi-Fi, and IoT technology. Hardware with embedded software expertise. Specific focus is on IoT applications, such as the Smart Home, Smart City, and Connected Car space. I define product requirements, drive development teams, and launch successful products to market, achieving spectacular sales and hitting aggressive cost targets. I energize and bring out the best in cross-functional product development teams. I motivate individuals by listening to their ideas and concerns, validating solutions, and working as a unified team to hit aggressive time to market timelines.Specialties * Market research * Competitive analysis * New product requirements* Business cases * Financial analysis * Product forecasting* Product roadmaps * Proposal generation * Pricing strategy* Customer promotion * Sales & customer training * Leadership
Experience
Program Manager
Dec 2017 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US
Executing on Hardware/Software program deliverables and product launches within the Enterprise Networking business unit.* Launched Cisco C9350 and Cisco C9610 Series Smart Switches in June 2025.* Led strategic initiatives.* Launched C9200CX and C9300LM switch series in June 2022.* Launched C9K-X (C9300X, C9400X, C9500X and C9600X) switch series in February 2022.* Launched Smart Building solutions (Wired) in May 2021. Complements our Wireless solutions.* Launched Catalyst Series Edge platforms in October 2020 and January 2021.* Drove Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) Access Point and Embedded Wireless Controller product launches.* Launched Enterprise Core Switch product (Catalyst 9600) in April 2019.* Led team to execute on product launch deliverables for two new SMB/Enterprise Switching products (Catalyst 9200). Launched in December 2018.* Led SDA (1.2.x) SW release launches (patch and feature releases). Five SW releases completed in 6 months.* Drove a new high volume program initiative (Catalyst during the investigation phase.* Managed Software-Defined Access (SDA) 1.2 EFT (early field trial) implementation with 14 customers in US, EMEA, and APJ.
Education
Santa Clara University
MS, Electrical Engineering
Saint Mary's College of California
MBA, Marketing and Finance
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
BS, Electrical Engineering
Skills
- Wireless Technologies
- Mobile Devices
- Sales
- 5g
- Business Planning
- Go-to-Market Strategy
- Management
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Cdma
- Marketing
- Wireless
- Market Research
- 3g
- Code Division Multiple Access Method (Cdma)
- Strategy
- Rf
- Competitive Analysis
- Team Leadership
- Process Improvement
- 4g
- Semiconductors
- Product Lifecycle Management
- Leadership
- Product Marketing
- Radio Frequency (Rf)
- Broadband
- Lte
- Iot
- Project Management
- Cellular Communications
- Strategic Partnerships
- Telecommunications
- Product Development
- Wifi
- Wimax
- Gsm
- Product Management
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