Sam Gersten
Studied at Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern)
Works at Cisco
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Work Experience
Growth Advisor
Juno
September 2025 - April 2026
Senior Manager, Corporate Strategy
Cisco
September 2025 - Present
Interviewer
Lead project teams to develop growth strategies for executive priorities across: - GTM (international growth, sales resource prioritization, sovereign / neo cloud deals, services, renewals, business models, licensing, forecasting/planning) - Product (AI, cloud data center, enterprise networking, observability) - Supply chain (silicon, memory, thermals, etc) - Inorganic motions (M&A, partnerships, investment opportunities, divestiture) ... and more (competitive response, thought leadership, annual planning)
Growth Advisor
MEDPREP
February 2024 - June 2024
Corporate Strategy Manager
Cisco
October 2023 - September 2025
Interviewer
Strategic Finance & Business Operations Advisor
Gobekli
July 2022 - November 2022
Corporate Strategy Manager
Cisco
October 2021 - September 2023
Growth Advisor
Inspirit AI
April 2021 - July 2022
Strategy & Program Management Office
University of California Office of the President
March 2017 - August 2019
Experienced Associate / Associate
Strategy&
August 2014 - February 2017
Sam was also given offers to work at
Amazon
Workday
Payoneer
Verizon
Education
Kellogg School of Management (Northwestern)
Master of Business Administration - MBA
Triple Major: Finance, Strategy, Management | Technology Pathway
University of Pennsylvania
Bachelor's degree, Philosohy, Politics, Economics
Grade: magna cum laude, with honors