Jacek Murawski heads up the award-winning Cisco Networking Academy Program® in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). His main responsibility is working with governments, NGOs and educational institutions in more than 100 countries to deliver the web-based curriculum to more than 3,000 academic institutions. The programme teaches over 150,000 students in EMEA how to design, build and maintain computer networks – an essential skill in the Information Society. In addition, Jacek is also responsible for building partnerships with international aid organisations to promote the use of the Internet to help close the digital divide in less developed parts of the region. Jacek joined Cisco in January 1997 as Country Manager for Poland; he …