Dr. Guy Diedrich is the Global Innovation Officer for Cisco Systems where he is responsible for Country Digital Acceleration currently working with government and industry leaders in countries around the world to digitize the public and private sectors.

Dr. Diedrich holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Texas A&M University, a Masters degree from the University of Cambridge (Kings College) and a Ph.D. from Swansea University where he studied the economics of trust in organizations.