Cisco has re-confirmed the strategic decision to further invest in the Maltese market by announcing the employment of Ruben Azzopardi.

Ruben Azzopardi joined Cisco to set up the company in Malta and was responsible for customer relationships and business development.

“Cisco’s vision of changing the way we work, live, play and learn holds a great promise for long time strategy and investment in transforming economies, like Malta,” said Alexandros Bechrakis, Cisco’s Sales and Marketing Manager for Greece, Cyprus and Malta. “I am delighted to welcome Ruben to Cisco, as I am convinced that, with his significant experience, he will help us retain our differentiation, respond to the local challenges and also develop new business opportunities and customer intimacy within a market of great importance to Cisco.”

Ruben Azzopardi’s career in the ICT industry spans 16 years, with expertise in the areas of IT strategy, IT to business alignment, business process reengineering and communications solutions consultancy.

Prior to joining Cisco, he held various key positions in GO and its subsidiaries, including Head of IT Operations and Manager, Information Systems.

Ruben has been involved in leading software development teams, running IT operations and support, project management, system integration, designing data centres and being responsible for ISP networks and services. He has also engaged in the business development and sales of large network solutions based on Cisco technologies and e-government applications.