Mark Phibbs, SVP Marketing APJC – Cisco

Mark Phibbs is currently the SVP Marketing APJC – Cisco

Previous to this Mark was Vice President of Adobe Systems for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) Marketing. With nearly 25 years of international experience in the IT industry, his efforts are focusing on driving market awareness of Adobe’s transformational solutions: Adobe Creative Cloud and Adobe Marketing Cloud.

Prior to this role, Mark was Adobe’s Senior Director of Marketing for Asia Pacific and headed the Company’s Global Channel Marketing simultaneously. Throughout his career, Mark has held a number of managerial sales and marketing positions at IBM and Microsoft, including ten years of senior management roles within Microsoft, in Australia, Europe and Asia.

Mark, an Australian national, has a Bachelor of Business Degree in Finance and Marketing from the University of Technology, Sydney. He has also successfully completed Business Management curricula at prestigious American universities including Wharton’s Kellogg School of Management and London Business School.

Mark Phibbs

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