{"id":77299,"date":"2026-04-06T15:09:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T12:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saudishopper.com.sa\/en\/cisco-saudi-arabia-appoints-bader-almadi-vice-president\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T15:09:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T12:09:13","slug":"cisco-saudi-arabia-appoints-bader-almadi-vice-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saudishopper.com.sa\/en\/cisco-saudi-arabia-appoints-bader-almadi-vice-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Cisco Saudi Arabia Appoints Bader Almadi as Vice President to Lead Strategy and Operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"\/category\/economy\/\">Cisco Saudi Arabia<\/a> has appointed Bader Almadi as Vice President, placing him in charge of the company&#8217;s strategy and commercial operations in the Kingdom. 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Most recently, he served as Managing Director for Google Cloud Saudi Arabia, where he led digital transformation plans across finance, healthcare, entertainment, and telecom. His tenure there included the launch of Google Cloud in Saudi Arabia in 2023 and the rollout of Google Pay in 2025. Before that, he held senior positions at Dell Technologies, Oracle, and EMC.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Notably, Almadi began his career with Cisco in 2006, making this appointment a return to the company where he started. 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