Will Ash
Senior Director, U.S. Public Sector Security, Cisco Systems
Will Ash leads Cisco’s Cybersecurity business and team serving U.S. Public Sector customers.
This team is focused on helping United States governments and schools defend against cybersecurity threats and manage cybersecurity risk.
Cisco’s Security business offers security products and services that work together. Customers who deploy this architecture can achieve effective network, endpoint, and cloud security, optimize incident readiness, response, and investigations, and boost IT productivity through automation.
This integrated, comprehensive portfolio of security technologies provides advanced threat protection, and includes cloud/DNS defense, trusted identity and access, next-generation firewalls, intrusion prevention systems (IPS), malware defense, security analytics, email security, web security, and Security Services (advisory, integration, and managed). All of which can see a threat once, and work together to protect from that threat everywhere. This, through the power of
Cisco Talos, the largest non-governmental threat intelligence organization on the planet.
Prior to this role, Will led Cisco’s Atlantic Enterprise team, responsible for delivering Cisco’s full product and services portfolio to customers operating in Washington D.C., Maryland, Virginia, and western Pennsylvania; positioned in the financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, energy, and professional services industries.
A passionate leader with a growth mindset, Will is experienced in large scale and complex business environments and leading high performance teams. He has been in strategic and senior
customer-facing roles since joining Cisco, prior to which he spent fifteen years in the semiconductor and microelectronics industry, including roles of global sales and business management associated with Fortune 100 hi-tech manufacturing customers.
Born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Will received a double B.A. in Economics and Mathematics and a minor in Computer Science from Gettysburg College, an M.B.A. in Finance from Keller Graduate School of Management, and a Certificate in Executive Education at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business. He currently resides in Loudoun County Virginia with his wife and three children.
This team is focused on helping United States governments and schools defend against cybersecurity threats and manage cybersecurity risk.
Cisco’s Security business offers security products and services that work together. Customers who deploy this architecture can achieve effective network, endpoint, and cloud security, optimize incident readiness, response, and investigations, and boost IT productivity through automation.
This integrated, comprehensive portfolio of security technologies provides advanced threat protection, and includes cloud/DNS defense, trusted identity and access, next-generation firewalls, intrusion prevention systems (IPS), malware defense, security analytics, email security, web security, and Security Services (advisory, integration, and managed). All of which can see a threat once, and work together to protect from that threat everywhere. This, through the power of
Cisco Talos, the largest non-governmental threat intelligence organization on the planet.
Prior to this role, Will led Cisco’s Atlantic Enterprise team, responsible for delivering Cisco’s full product and services portfolio to customers operating in Washington D.C., Maryland, Virginia, and western Pennsylvania; positioned in the financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, energy, and professional services industries.
A passionate leader with a growth mindset, Will is experienced in large scale and complex business environments and leading high performance teams. He has been in strategic and senior
customer-facing roles since joining Cisco, prior to which he spent fifteen years in the semiconductor and microelectronics industry, including roles of global sales and business management associated with Fortune 100 hi-tech manufacturing customers.
Born in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Will received a double B.A. in Economics and Mathematics and a minor in Computer Science from Gettysburg College, an M.B.A. in Finance from Keller Graduate School of Management, and a Certificate in Executive Education at the University of Virginia Darden School of Business. He currently resides in Loudoun County Virginia with his wife and three children.