Nestor J. Portillo

Nestor has evolved his executive career working for Fortune 100 companies. As strategic thinker, action oriented & results driven technology executive, he approaches each new challenge with his intrinsic spirit for maximizing business performance, drive innovation, scale, creative problem-solving, and responsible risk-taking to exceed quotas, capture market share, improve profits and achieve high customer satisfaction to maximize value in domestic and international markets; particularly during times of significant business transformation and majors economy turndowns.

Having earned his MBA and a computer BS; his goal was to complement this knowledge with working experience on B2B sales, digital marketing, customer service & Product management.

He started at Siemens in the international business development, which taught him to overcome complex business challenges, make high-stakes decisions by using experience-backed judgment, work under pressure in multicultural environments with high level of integrity and accountability.

In 1996, he joined IBM as a brand manager for high-end systems. He was a key contributor to enterprise-level planning, decision-making and provided pivotal leadership in driving and expanding IBM market penetration in Financial services, telecommunications and oil segments.

In 1998, he joined Microsoft as a senior account manager where he conceived and executed a corporate strategy to capture market position and secure multi annual technology software license agreements.

Recognized as a high-potential, he moved on as a partners and alliance manager responsible for partner management, open new markets, product launches, generate incremental revenue, win share, improve margins, and manage people.

The last appointment at Microsoft was a director of online community & social media. His visionary thinking, global perspective and experience leading and developing multi-cultural teams allowed him to get recognized as an expert in the creation and lead of social media, online communities and brand advocacy & loyalty programs.

Currently works for Cisco Systems leading the worldwide online community platform, Blogs and influencer programs properties in the Digital Marketing team.

When not working, Nestor collaborates to fight Cyber Bullying at different organizations or enjoys being outdoor hiking and kayaking.

Today, Nestor J Portillo resides in Seattle.