Director General CISCO Romania: Dorin Pena, absolvent ILC

Post date: Oct 14, 2013 12:57:59 PM

Success Story - NetAcad Graduate Promoted GM Cisco Romania

Dorin Pena is a veteran of Cisco Networking Academy. He graduate CCNA during secondary school studies. As a student at Polytechnic University, he become one of the top CCNA and CCNP instructors at CATC (currently ASC and ITC). After he finished his studies, Nicolai Sandu, Area Academy Manager, successfully registered Dorin Pena in Cisco referral program.

Dorin joined Cisco sales team in 2008 after he graduate Cisco Sales Academy in Amsterdam.

In 2009 he left Cisco as part of Cisco work force reduction but he said to all colleagues "I will be back soon in Cisco".

Eventually he returned in September 2010 as AM for PS.

Profile of a NetAcad Champion

Dorin Pena (dopena@cisco.com)

Dorin graduated Cisco Networking Academy in 2000 (CCNA1-4, National College “I.L. Caragiale”, Ploiesti). During his studies at Polytechnic University he was CCNA and CCNP instructor for CATC Romania (2004-2006).

Dorin graduated “Polytechnic” University, Bucharest (2006), Computer Science Department and Cisco Sales Academy, Amsterdam, as System Engineer (2008).

He is having an intense work experience starting from Consulting System Engineer, Cisco Advanced Services (2008-2009; working with Romtelecom and Vodafone); continued as Business Development Manager and Senior Key Account Manager, Business Commercial, Romtelecom (2009-2010) and, rejoining Cisco in September 2010, as Account Manager for Public Sector and LoAM in FY12.

Starting with Q3 FY12, Dorin took over the position of Account Manager for Strategic Customers in Service Providers. He was recently promoted to run the Cisco operation as GM for Romania, effective with Q2 FY14.

Dorin holds a CCDP, CCSP, CCNP, and a CCIE in Routing&Switching since July, 2008.