Francesca M Harbert

Francesca M. Harbert is an experienced professional in strategic alliances and marketing, currently serving as the Director of Strategic Alliances at VAST Data since February 2025. Previously, at Cohesity from 2019 to February 2025, Francesca held multiple roles, including Director of Global Cisco Strategic Alliance and Cisco Global Alliance Lead, focusing on partnerships in the EMEA region. Francesca's extensive career includes various positions at Cisco from 2007 to 2019, where responsibilities spanned from EMEAR Sales to product management in data center technologies. Prior roles include Development Director at Waldorf School of the Peninsula, Director of Strategic Alliances at Nishan Systems, and positions in marketing and business alliances at Gadzoox Networks, Madge Networks, and Make Systems. Francesca earned a BS in Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing from San Francisco State University's Lam Family College of Business.