As a member of the Cisco executive staff, Mohsen Moazami is a proven leader with extensive experience in business leadership and technology-enabled business transformation. As vice president of the Cisco® Internet Business Solutions Group (IBSG), Moazami is responsible for IBSG’s efforts in the Emerging Markets (Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Russia, CIS countries, and Africa) and for the Cisco Globalization Centre in Bangalore, India. Moazami chairs the Cisco country boards for Brazil, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Mexico, and Russia. Additionally, Moazami is a member of the Strategic Leadership Team responsible for Cisco’s entire operations across Emerging Markets.
Moazami works with senior government leaders to help drive country transformation, improve national competitiveness, and advance the lives of citizens. In his previous role as global lead of IBSG’s Retail/Consumer Packaged Goods/Transportation Practice, his team more than doubled its customer partnerships, with successful engagements in 80 percent of the world’s top 10 brands.
Moazami serves as a member of the Strategy Council of the Global Alliance for ICT and the Development of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA-GAID). He sits on the Investment Advisory Board of the Turkish Prime Minister.
Before joining IBSG, Moazami was a vice president/senior partner at Kurt Salmon Associates (KSA), in charge of the global e-business practice. Prior to KSA, Moazami founded and oversaw the growth of Stanford Business systems, an ICT software and consulting firm acquired by KSA in 1995. He holds master’s degree from Stanford University.
Social and Philanthropic Work:
- Supporter of Institute of International Education
- Founding contributor to PARSA. PARSA Community Foundation was created by Iranian-Americans who wanted to give back to their communities. The foundation makes grants to support Persian arts and culture, develop new leaders, and increase civic engagement by Iranian-Americans. It is the first foundation of its kind serving the Iranian-American community.
- Supporter of Iranian Scholarships Foundation (ISF) - The ISF is a volunteer based organization committed to applying 100% of donated funds to student scholarships.
- In the aftermath of the massive earthquake in BAM, Iran on December 26, 2003, Mr. Moazami was instrumental in rallying support from high technology companies in Silicon Valley in setting up employer matching funds. At Cisco alone, close to $250,000 was raised within the company in less than 4 weeks. Additionally, Mr. Moazami helped drive clearance from the US White House in exempting the deployment of a limited amount of telecommunication gear to Iran to help connect the rescue and aid centers across the region.
