John McAbel

About John McAbel

I am a highly energetic goal oriented person who has a proven track record of growing…

Experience

1. Senior Product Manager - Hybrid Cloud, Vdi, Relational Database Solutions

   Cisco

   Jun 2010 — Present

   Summary • Currently leading Product Management for SWaaS, Microsoft Hybrid Cloud, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure, Microsoft and Oracle solutions centered on relational databases • Assertive, team and detailed oriented, able to work across the organization and management levels to achieve solution success • 28 years Product Management experience spanning both inbound and outbound functions • Excellent presenter, who develops presentations, writes video/demo scripts, BLOGs, and solution collateral Highlights of Cisco Solution Offerings Managed: SWaaS (Software as a Service) • Developed a set of use cases for VDI, and database offerings Virtual Desktop Infrastructure • Realigned VDI solution strategy to leverage market change due to COVID-19 response • Broad set of offerings covering Converged Infrastructure, HyperFlex and now Cisco UCS X-Series • VDI Broker partners are Citrix and VMware Horizon, design joint solutions • Dassault Certification management and Cisco resell of Nvidia GPU and required software for VDI • Revenue realized in the 100’s of $M per year, Cisco regarded as a leading vendor for VDI Microsoft Hybrid Cloud • Worked with Microsoft to design, launch and implement Microsoft Azure Stack Hub and HCI solutions • Led Beta program including recruiting customers, architecting implementation and support services, recruit and develop customer references • Achieved growth across 14 vertical markets, 3 geographic regions • Shifted market positioning to leverage unique Cisco capabilities such as customer installable se rver expansion • Led global demo capabilities and Cisco application product certifications on Azure Stack Hub