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Emily L.R. Killam

Examiner · DISC type cs
Senior Vice President, Global Sales Operations at Cisco
📍 United States

An enterprise technology executive with over 20 years of experience, Emily leads Global Sales Operations at Cisco. Her expertise lies in driving organizational transformation and business performance, with a career spanning leadership roles at Splunk, Amazon Web Services, and Raytheon. She is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University and a Six Sigma Specialist.

She was a key executive at Splunk during its acquisition by Cisco, a deal she championed to drive the future of AI-powered security and observability.

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Experience
20 Years
Current Role
Senior Vice President, Global Sales Operations
Job Level
Leadership
Location
United States
Personality Overview

How Emily shows up

Tough To Convince
Unexpressive
Status Quo Seeker

They tend to be clear about their needs and limitations and are unlikely to promise too much. They are heavily focused on quality and prefer doing things the right way, even if it takes time. They are always well-planned and adopt a systematic approach.

Priorities

Topics Emily cares about

Global Sales Operations
Her current role at Cisco and a core competency throughout her career, focusing on driving scale and operational excellence in global markets.
Go-To-Market Models
She has a proven ability to design and lead go-to-market strategies, a key part of her senior leadership roles at Splunk and AWS.
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Career

Work history

4-2025
Senior Vice President, Global Sales Operations
Cisco
8-2021 - 4-2025
Senior Vice President, Go-To-Market Operations
Splunk
3-2020 - 8-2021
Director, Shared Services & Business Operations
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
10-2018 - 3-2020
Director, Sales Strategy, Operations & Enablement
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
4-2015 - 10-2018
Senior Manager, Sales Strategy, Operations & Enablement
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
1998 - 2002
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
The Pennsylvania State University, Smeal College of Business
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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