Tom Schweizer Email & Phone Number

San Jose, Ca, Us

Cisco’s U.S. Public Sector collaboration portfolio and its team of technical solutions architects (TSAs) are dedicated to federal, state, and local customers in both government and education. We help strengthen communities across the country with technology to deliver services efficiently, for citizens, students, and patients, providing better experiences and enhanced outcomes. As a team, we are proud to support the vision of our public sector and power a more inclusive future.Cisco’s intuitive and comprehensive solutions collaboration platform engages business teams and enhances productivity. Our portfolio includes calling, messaging, and meetings, anchored by award-winning endpoints. To maximize value, it goes hand in hand with appropriate delivery, proper training, and compliance. At Cisco, our goal is to move our public sector partners from their current state of collaboration to a future state that is flexible, scalable, and innovative. In our collaboration unit, we help our customers, and their own employees, clients, and partners work together to reach common goals. How does Cisco’s collaboration platform help your organization and employees? It innovates, modernizes, and transforms.Our solutions empower individuals and teams to work their way — where, when, and how they want — without limits. It engages stakeholders with tools that connect peers and communities of interest, which in turn allows organizations to innovate, foster strong business relationships, and create new possibilities that positively impact their vision and mission statements.

San Jose, Ca, Us

My team and I worked directly with integral players in the U.S. public sector to enhance effectiveness, communication, and systems resiliency, enabling our partners to provide efficient, intelligent solutions to their customers. I focused on strengthening my team, working with individuals to grow and develop their potential. I lead an initiative for developing insights in partnership with our clients via data-driven decisions, resulting in double-digit growth year over year.

San Jose, Ca, Us

As Senior Systems Engineering Manager, I supported more than 100 additional sales professionals and engineers in 26 states from New England through Florida, and out to Ohio, representing more than 30,000 clients. I lead technical sales initiatives, using extensive knowledge of Cisco Systems solutions, products, technologies, and programs, targeting customer needs to drive growth, and achieve multimillion-dollar sales goals.

San Jose, Ca, Us

As manager, I led federal civilian market sales, overseeing seven systems engineers and seven account managers with an $86MM sales target. In the space of one year, my colleagues and I took a last place federal sales team and led it into first-place sales for the region. I consistently met or exceeded sales targets, working with diverse teams. I coached and mentored staff, monitoring performance and delivering core support to ensure project success. I also created pricing proposals, oversaw system design, and implemented solutions. The federal team assessed technology needs for the Department of Justice, U.S. Federal Courts, Department of Interior, Department of Labor, and independent agency clients, proposing solutions to generate new business and expand existing relationships.

San Jose, Ca, Us

Within this vertical, I managed global accounts, directing systems engineers and account managers while successfully meeting a $137MM sales objective. I oversaw global customer relationships with major corporations, including KPMG, ADP, Ernst & Young, UPS, and Sony. I played a key role in managing multinational accounts, including Colgate, McGraw-Hill, Prudential, Western Union, ISI Mars, Pearson, and ICAP as well as local accounts, including Quest, Tiffany’s, Medco, Lucent, and CIT Group.

San Jose, Ca, Us

I engineered systems for major pharmaceutical and healthcare corporations, including Johnson & Johnson, Wyeth, Independence Blue Cross, and Adventis. In addition, I provided technical support for global operations, delivering expertise on wireless technology, routing and switching, IP communication, security, storage, and content delivery solutions. As an engineer, my job started by gathering business requirements in order to design and deploy systems to meet the needs of complex multinational enterprises.

San Jose, Ca, Us

I started with Cisco managing major regional accounts, including Astra Zeneca, Towers Perrin, Cigna, ACE, Intracorp, AIG, and NFL Films. My role included delivering technical sales support, conducting presentations, outlining solution benefits, and providing details on core Cisco technologies: wireless, routing and switching, IP communications, security, storage, and content delivery services. As a presales generalist, I served on a wireless virtual team and provided updates on products, differentiators, and technical enhancements, and also played a key role in resolving major technical issues.

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Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, Us

CoreTech Consulting Group provides information technology staffing, consulting, and project solutions.As a senior consultant, I led large-scale design, architecture, and implementation projects for clients including Towers Perrin, Janssen Pharmaceutical, and Quaker Chemical. I assessed business needs and provided recommendations on networking functions. I also designed and implemented a multilayer campus core infrastructure to achieve superior bandwidth and reliability.I also served as engagement manager and team leader on a major project for CellularOne. I managed large-scale desktop design, coordination, and deployments and brought projects in ahead of schedule.