Cisco Canada appoints new president 

Wightman has been with Cisco for 15 years, and has demonstrated success in sales organizations in new and developed markets. She will provide the Cisco Canada team with her extensive experience in customer, partner and service provider organizations. Additionally, she has held various roles within the company’s UK and Ireland divisions, and has previously worked with British Telecom.

Wightman also served as the company’s GM in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and the other Commonwealth of Independent State countries. Prior to that Wightman led channel and commercial sales for Cisco’s Emerging Theatre across 84 countries and alongside over 10,000 partners.

“Cisco is extremely proud of the accomplishments of our Canadian operations,” said Alison Gleeson, SVP, Americas for Cisco, in a press release. “Canada continues to be one of our most successful Cisco country operations and a key centre for R&D and innovation. We thank Nitin for his leadership and congratulate Bernadette as she takes over the reins and brings her perspective to this high-performing team.”