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Alistair Wildman

Los Gatos,CA

Summary

Alistair is an Experienced Chief Customer Experience Officer / Services Leader with a proven track record leading CX / Services teams at Cisco, Salesforce, Microsoft and VMware

Alistair is responsible for overseeing Cisco's end-to-end customer experience, with a team of of 22,000 CX delivery professionals focused on implementation and adoption of Cisco's portfolio.

Ultimately, Alistair plays a pivotal role in shaping the company's reputation with its largest customers, fostering long-term hands on relationships with key customers globally.

Known for open and direct leadership, a customer-centric approach that has resulted in significant business growth as customers see value in their technical investments. Adept at developing innovative digital assets, leveraging data analytics and emerging Ai technologies to drive better customer deployments and business results.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience

Work History

Chief Customer Experinece Officer

Cisco
02.2023 - Current

Leading the Global CX Team, 22k employees (Services, Support, Customer Success, Renewals, HQ Operations)

  • FY24 $11.4b Support Revenue, 300k customers 5% YOY growth
  • FY24 $3b of Professional Services Revenue, 1800 largest customers WW, Implementation and Managed Services, 12% YOY Growth
  • FY24 $11b SW and Services Renewal Bookings 11% YOY
  • FY24 $14.8b of SW and aaS in the LIfecycle / Adoption 18% YOY
  • Gen Ai and Automation assets to support the Delivery of Services.
  • Hiring Investment (added 2k people) in delivery teams and new service centres in Bangalore and Columbia
  • Cisco NPS 30+ (+5 YOY) and CSAT 90+ (+8 YOY)
  • Exec Sponsor for top 20 CX / Services Customers

SVP, CX AMERICAS

Cisco
06.2021 - 02.2023

Took on the added responsibility for CX Americas 2021

  • CX Americas Team 8k employees
  • FY22 $9b Services and Support Revenue (69% margin)
  • FY22 $6b SW and Services Renewal Bookings
  • FY22 $9b of Software / aaS in the LIfecycle / Adoption
  • Hiring investments (added 500 heads)

SVP CX EMEA

Cisco
05.2018 - 11.2022

Joined Cisco in 2018 to build from the ground up the EMEA CX team, hired a new leadership team.

  • CX EMEA team 4k employees
  • FY18b $3.5b Services and Support Revenue (67% margin)
  • FY18 $3b SW and Services Renewal Bookings
  • FY24 $4b of Software and aaS in the LIfecycle / Adoption
  • Hiring Investments (added 400 heads)

CRO and Board Member

OnApp
09.2015 - 04.2018

PE Backed IaaS Cloud Infrastructure Software Company

  • MSP / Cloud Providers platform with 6000 clouds
  • Revenue Growth of 50% $10m to $15m
  • Exit to Virtuozzo

VP Specialst Sales EMEA

VMware
08.2013 - 09.2015

Special Sales team for EMEA

  • End-user computing, Security solutions including Desktop, Mobile, Content Collaboration and Identity Management
  • $250m revenue growth 23% YOY
  • 200 heads in team

CEO

Tquila
12.2012 - 07.2013

Salesforce Services Implementation Company, Large Enterprise Customers

  • 400 staff, 320 in delivery roles, 30 in sales, 50 other
  • $38m of Revenue - growing 30% PA
  • Opened new offices in Germany and Japan.

SVP CX EMEA and APJC

Salesforce
06.2009 - 12.2012
  • Hired to build out the first ever INT Customer Experience org in SaaS
  • This included Services onboarding, product usage, best practices, training, customer success and renewals, professional services, partner & customer certifications
  • I successfully built a new organization of eight regional teams, adding over 650 services employees implementing SFDC platforms.
  • Services Revenue growth over 100% a year
  • SW Renewal rate increase by 25% in 2 years, added $400m of revenue to the bottom line

VP Sales and Services

Microsoft
06.1999 - 06.2009

Managed WW global account sales (45 Global Business Managers) and regional account teams across 11 subsidiaries,

  • drove incremental growth, increased market share and enhanced customer/partner satisfaction. Lead the development and implementation of enterprise sales and service strategies for largest enterprise customers
  • Managed Global Services Delivery Teams

Education

BCS Hons Information Technology -

Leeds Beckett University

Timeline

Chief Customer Experinece Officer

Cisco
02.2023 - Current

SVP, CX AMERICAS

Cisco
06.2021 - 02.2023

SVP CX EMEA

Cisco
05.2018 - 11.2022

CRO and Board Member

OnApp
09.2015 - 04.2018

VP Specialst Sales EMEA

VMware
08.2013 - 09.2015

CEO

Tquila
12.2012 - 07.2013

SVP CX EMEA and APJC

Salesforce
06.2009 - 12.2012

VP Sales and Services

Microsoft
06.1999 - 06.2009

BCS Hons Information Technology -

Leeds Beckett University
Alistair Wildman