Ian Foddering

Ian Foddering is the Chief Technology Officer and Technical Director for Cisco UK and Ireland. Together with his technical teams, his key objective is to work with Cisco’s Customers and Partners to articulate how Cisco’s architectures and solutions can be applied to drive productivity and reduce costs.

Ian is also a member of the UK and Ireland Cisco Eco board focused on Cisco products, and as a result has developed a number of trusted executive-level relationships, operating regularly as a speaker at a number of Customer and Partner events to help them achieve a more sustainable strategy through the adoption and use of technology.

Prior to joining Cisco in September 1999, Ian spent 4 years at Cogent, the professional services arm of Nortel, working on a number of large Public Sector solutions.Ian studied Communications Systems Engineering from the University of Portsmouth. He lives, with his family, in Hertfordshire and enjoys participating and watching sport, cars and travelling.

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