Gustav Toppenberg

Strategic Advisor - Technology Strategy

Gustav is a Ph.D. research fellow at the Copenhagen Business School in the department of IT management, studying Acquisition Integration in High-Tech. Gustav is also a senior manager at Cisco Systems, Inc. in San Jose, USA. In Cisco's IT group he is responsible for enabling the IT strategy and the architecture community, operationalizing EA, and guiding the Cisco architecture-led planning vision. During his career at Cisco, Gustav has led several projects in strategy and planning, portfolio management, business architecture, change leadership, acquisition integration, and globalization strategy. Gustav has an interest and passion for the convergence of business and technology; he is a natural change leader and constant disruptor. He continuously seeks to occupy the gap between business and technology, thereby leveraging technology solutions to strengthen competitive advantages in business. He is an MBA graduate of the Thunderbird School of Global Management and he is currently an adjunct professor at the University of California-Berkeley.