Bob Hankins
VP, Cisco Solutions

In 2008, Mr. Hankins was appointed Vice President of Cisco Solutions. In this role, he manages the business relationship between Logicalis and Cisco and the overall sales strategy and enablement across the company. He brings over 25 years of experience in delivering Information Technology infrastructure solutions across a variety of storage and server platforms. Mr. Hankins has an extensive background in sales and sales management, marketing, product development, brand and channel management.

Mr. Hankins joined Logicalis in 2004 as a result of the acquisition of Solution Technology Inc. where he was Director of IBM Storage Solutions. During that time, he managed the sales and support of IBM Storage products and services. He successfully created and launched the IBM Storage brand at STI and built a state of the art multi-vendor server/storage interoperability demonstration center. He was an active member on multiple vendor advisory councils and holds numerous industry certifications.

Prior to joining STI in 2000, Mr. Hankins enjoyed a successful career with the IBM Corporation spanning over 18 years. During his career at IBM, he held numerous sales and sales management positions, among them the North America Business Unit Executive responsible for IBM Storage Area Networking (SAN) sales where he launched IBM’s first SAN products. He began his career at IBM’s Boca Raton, Florida facility as a Manufacturing Engineer and was later promoted to Engineering Manager responsible for IBM’s first midrange systems product.

Mr. Hankins has a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University in Indiana. He, his wife, and two sons currently reside in Darien, Illinois.