Bio

Ken Martin is the Executive Director of Sales for the Sports and Entertainment / Consumer Industry globally at Cisco. In this role, Ken is responsible for accelerating the development and adoption of Cisco solutions in Retail, Hospitality, and Sports and Entertainment. As Executive Director, Ken oversees the team responsible for the business development, management, marketing, and architecture of Cisco solutions that are transforming the guest / fan experience in the Consumer industries. Ken joined Cisco in 2005. He is a principal founder of the Sports and Entertainment Solution Group (SESG), establishing a vertical focused on driving Digital Transformation in the Sports and Entertainment industry through the innovation and development of solutions tailored to meet the unique needs of sport and entertainment venues around the world. Ken’s experience and proven leadership have been instrumental to the success of SESG at Cisco. Specifically, Ken’s industry knowledge and insights resulted in the incubation and development of a number of Cisco solutions including the Cisco Connected Stadium architecture, Cisco High-Density Wi-Fi, Cisco StadiumVision™, and Cisco StadiumVision Mobile. His business development expertise and customer-centric strategy led to 20 consecutive, record-breaking quarters of growth - making it one of the most success verticals at Cisco. Since 2007, Ken has grown the vertical from sub $1M annually, to a finish of $632M in FY16. Ken has more than 20 years of professional sales experience in the high-tech industry.