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Sven Arend

Sven Arend

Munich

Summary

Accomplished Senior Sales Manager with 20 years of experience delivering growth and exceeding targets across Large Enterprise, Service Provider, and Public Sector clients. Recognized for a consultative, solution-oriented approach that translates complex business objectives into actionable, value-driven security and networking solutions. Trusted advisor to executive and director-level stakeholders, consistently building strong partnerships and driving successful digital transformation initiatives. Brings deep expertise in cloud, networking, security, and assurance, complemented by fluency in German and English. Excels in cross-functional, high-performance teams and thrives on turning customer challenges into measurable business outcomes.

Overview

28
28
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

ThousandEyes Sales Specialist

Cisco Systems
02.2021 - Current
  • Developed and executed regional sales strategies to increase market share and customer engagement.
  • Analyzed market trends and competitor activities to identify growth opportunities within assigned territory.
  • Cultivated relationships with key clients, enhancing customer loyalty and satisfaction levels and drive sales growth
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to optimize product offerings based on regional consumer needs.
  • Conducted regular sales presentations and product demonstrations to prospective clients in the region as well as at large events.
  • Worked with the Cisco Partner Landscape to drive Sales within my region.
  • Grew the ThousandEyes business in my patch by 300%

Senior Sales Engineer - Service Provider

Cisco Meraki
02.2018 - 03.2021
  • Technical Sales and Partner Management for all the Service Providers in the DACH region (specific focus on Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone Germany and Swisscom), Service Creation and Sales Enablement.
  • Overachieved Quota consistently - being a Sales Engineer this is a big driver for me.
  • Present the Meraki Cloud networking Solution to prospective customers and partners.
  • Actively partake in large RFP, POCs for large complex deals.
  • Establish own Sales Enablement Programs for both my partners and end customers.
  • Competitive Lead for Huawei
  • Product Lead in EMEAR for our Dashboard Product
  • Successfully completed the Cisco SE leadership Program in 2020.

Senior Sales Engineer

Cisco Systems
02.2013 - 01.2018
  • Service Provider Technical Infrastructure Sales Lead for Telkom South Africa selling Security, DC, Core Backbone and Enterprise Solutions.
  • 2015/16 - Looked after all the Cisco customers in the Service Provider, Commercial, Partner and Public Sector landscape in Southern Africa, established a Country digitalisation Program and achieved over 300% of my FY16 target and won the Cisco Chairman’s Club award.
  • Showcase Cisco product solutions
  • Technical selling, explaining features and benefits to customers

Network Consulting Engineer

Cisco Systems
02.2011 - 01.2013
  • Working on the Deutsche Telekom Account in Munich, Germany
  • Optimise and Build out the Cisco network Infrastructure at DT.

Network Consulting Engineer

Cisco Systems
02.2008 - 01.2011
  • Worked for Vodacom, MTN and various Enterprise customers
  • Infrastructure design, implementation planning, deployment support, software strategy, performance engineering and optimization, knowledge transfer and mentoring, and network auditing/sizing.

IT Specialist

Wilderness Safaris
01.2006 - 01.2008
  • Supporting staff and designing networks for branches throughout southern Africa. Special Focus on designing networks and managing Microsoft Exchange and Active Directory.

Started My Own Business

SvoliTech
01.1998 - 01.2005
  • Ran my own computer and Networking business with a friend from school. Was able to pay for my own studies, car and housing.

Education

Bachelors - Computer Engineering BEng (Honors)

University of Pretoria
South Africa
01.2005

Skills

  • Cybersecurity expertise

  • Observability

  • Network Assurance

  • Service Provider

  • Public Cloud

  • Wireless

  • Data Center

  • Pipeline Generation, Sales Forecasting

  • Sales Hunting

  • Partner Management

  • Sales Enablement

  • Service Creation

Accomplishments

  • Successfully managed a large set of customers within the DACH region from 2021-2025. Achieving double digit growth year on year.
  • ThousandEyes Presidents Club FY22 and FY23.
  • Consistently Overachieving Quota.
  • Cisco Chairmans Club in 2016.

Certification

  • CCNP
  • CCDP
  • DEVASC (Devnet Associate)

LANGUAGES

German (Native)
English (Native)
Afrikaans (Proficient)
French (Basic)

Timeline

ThousandEyes Sales Specialist

Cisco Systems
02.2021 - Current

Senior Sales Engineer - Service Provider

Cisco Meraki
02.2018 - 03.2021

Senior Sales Engineer

Cisco Systems
02.2013 - 01.2018

Network Consulting Engineer

Cisco Systems
02.2011 - 01.2013

Network Consulting Engineer

Cisco Systems
02.2008 - 01.2011

IT Specialist

Wilderness Safaris
01.2006 - 01.2008

Started My Own Business

SvoliTech
01.1998 - 01.2005

Bachelors - Computer Engineering BEng (Honors)

University of Pretoria

Hobbies and Interests

Discovering new Gadgets and Gizmos and tinkering with these. I coach my sons Football team and enjoy the kids flourish. Hiking, Mountainbiking and Gym are important to keep me balanced. 

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