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Manuel Oswald García Vilches

Business Development & Channel Sales Executive
Mexico City,CDMX

Summary

Channel Sales and Business Development leader with over 15 years of experience with solid track record for generating sales revenues and surpassing them, managing alliance relationships at all levels and developing conjunct business. Extremely focused on the customer experience through Lifecycle Selling to drive adoption of the solutions acquired. Very experienced in the LATAM market as well as APJC (South Korea).

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certificates
3
3
Languages

Work History

Partner Services & Software Manager

Cisco Systems
Mexico City, CDMX
02.2015 - Current
  • Guided a team of 6 members across LATAM providing support and coaching. Two of my members have been recognized by their outstanding accomplishments at an Americas level
  • Attained and exceeded sales quota for 6 out of 7 years achieving on average 118%, earning the LATAM PSDM of the year distinction in FY16 and the Americas Partner Organization PSSM of the year distinction in FY18
  • Spearheaded the Partner/Customer Success initiative, which resulted in 50+ partners in LATAM developing their CX practice and monetizing their efforts through Cisco’s Lifecycle motion
  • Increased Buying Programs (Enterprise Agreements) penetration by 15 points in the time period of 2020-2021
  • Leaded the Smart Initiative across LATAM which resulted in the deployment of 900+collectors which generated more than $10M USD in business leads
  • Developed and implemented the Software Initiative with partners in LATAM which resulted in the development of their Adoption Practice which increased their annual sales by 15%
  • Accelerated the Advanced Services adoption with partners by gaining their buy in developing workshops, trainings, and business cases (YoY growth of 300%)

Business Development Manager

Cisco Systems
Mexico City, CDMX
08.2012 - 01.2015
  • Implemented the unsolicited proposals initiative to generate pipeline for Advanced Services which increased the funnel in over $40M USD
  • Managed SFDC analysis in order to identify new opportunities to introduce Cisco services including DC/Cloud
  • Leaded the business development effort for the Physical Security vertical in Mexico aiding the pre-sales team securing $10M USD in product and services sales in less than a year
  • Handled a $1M USD budget to design and implement the Go to Market strategy to attack the public sector, enterprise and commercial segments with Cisco’s Physical Security solution and aided the pre-sales effort

Business Consultant

Neoris de México
Mexico City, CDMX
04.2010 - 07.2011


  • Participated and co-leaded three projects in the financial sector
  • Developed a comprehensive tool/model and gained the buy-in of the Logistics Department, calculating the frequency of visits to all branches nationwide (almost 2000), thus enabling the bank to redefine their visiting routes
  • Restructured the project business case dimensioning possible variations during the course of the project which resulted in $250,000 USD annual savings
  • Identified the type of documents transported by the logistics department of the bank and performed the computation of the quantity and volume of such documents which allowed to present a precise scenario for the bank’s executives
  • Directed and monitored the execution of stress and black box tests on BBVA Bancomer internal software by leading a three-person team

IT Trade Specialist

Kotra, Korean Embassy
Mexico City, CDMX
01.2009 - 03.2010
  • Supervised sales in Mexico for five Korean SMBs; four of these companies were able to enter the market and on April 2010 were having monthly sales of $50,000 USD each
  • Headed the development of the Korean Product Show 2009 web page (contact with provider, requirements definition, project scope, closure) which recruited more than 120 interested Mexican companies
  • Conducted the market research for new Korean products wanting to enter the Mexican market and formulated over 50 market studies about IT issues in Mexico

Account Executive

Bursatec (Mexican Stock Exchange Group)
08.2007 - 01.2009


■ Handled the project administration for infrastructure projects held with MSE (review of due dates, creation of proposals, costs monitoring) securing that more than 15 projects were concluded satisfactorily

■ Reorganized the allocation of resources employed by the Software Factory which translated into $15,000 USD monthly savings

■ Coordinated the evening trials with brokerage firms and the follow up on incidents that happen in a diary basis with all operative areas of the Mexican Stock Exchange facilitating the communication with all involved fields

Education

Masters in Engineering - Engineering Management

Cornell University, College of Engineering
Ithaca, NY, USA
08.2011 - 05.2012

Bachelor of Science - Telematics Engineering

ITAM - Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo De México
Mexico City, Mexico
08.2002 - 12.2007

Skills

    Negotiation

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Certification

Cisco Customer Success Manager (July ’21)

Timeline

Partner Services & Software Manager

Cisco Systems
02.2015 - Current

Business Development Manager

Cisco Systems
08.2012 - 01.2015

Masters in Engineering - Engineering Management

Cornell University, College of Engineering
08.2011 - 05.2012

Business Consultant

Neoris de México
04.2010 - 07.2011

IT Trade Specialist

Kotra, Korean Embassy
01.2009 - 03.2010

Account Executive

Bursatec (Mexican Stock Exchange Group)
08.2007 - 01.2009

Bachelor of Science - Telematics Engineering

ITAM - Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo De México
08.2002 - 12.2007
Manuel Oswald García VilchesBusiness Development & Channel Sales Executive