Stefan-Alexandru Manza

Stefan-Alexandru Manza, CCIE No. 15687, is a Distinguished Architect in the office of the CTO at Cisco Systems. In his current role, he focuses on strategic adoption of new technology trends such as observability, automation, and AI within Cisco and by Cisco’s key enterprise and SP customers.

Over the years Stefan has specialized in leading large and complex technology transformations with customers within the EMEA region, covering a diverse set of technical domains like licensed radio access, IP transport, private data center, and Mobile Packet Core. His efforts include ensuring the associated process and people skills evolutions are properly executed to ensure the successful adoption of the new technology.

Stefan has a PhD in systems engineering from The University Politehnica of Bucharest and an MBA from Vlerick Business School in Leuven; he also has completed postgraduate studies in big data and analytics at KU Leuven and has an active C-level presence at international forums such as Cisco Live, Mobile World Congress, and TM Forum DTW..