Josh Halley

Josh Halley is a Principal Architect in the office of the CTO at Cisco Systems, where his current role focuses on domains related to up-and-coming and burgeoning new technology trends and innovation, engaging in large and complex strategic negotiations, and working with C-Levels to set technology strategy and direction within their organizations. Over the years, Josh has worked in many differing roles at organizations ranging from technology companies to banking and finance and management consulting.

Technology has long been a passion and key area of interest throughout his career, leading Josh to pursue three CCIE certifications to advance his expertise across multiple domains. During his years at Cisco, he has been engaged in technology projects and pre-sales activities all around the world, which has given him the opportunity to learn different cultures, perspectives, and customs.

Within Cisco, Josh has worked side by side with many of the company’s business units, product managers, and technical marketing engineers and has been directly involved in the creation and deployment of over 180 new software features across multiple technology domains, many of which are associated with zero trust capabilities seen in Cisco’s products and portfolio today.

Today Josh maintains his focus on technology, driving innovation with customers in the field and actively participating in the creation of patents and white papers and new product and service offerings for Cisco. Further to his work within Cisco, Josh is also an open-source software advocate who actively participates in working groups from the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, providing him an opportunity to share his knowledge and expertise with the wider open-source community.