This week marks a second of real pleasure as I have a good time the unimaginable Cisco leaders named to CRN’s 2025 Girls of the Channel checklist. This recognition isn’t nearly titles or achievements—it’s in regards to the transformative impression these leaders create on daily basis for our companions, clients, and your complete ecosystem.
The Evolution of Channel Management
The channel panorama has reworked dramatically. McKinsey initiatives that by 2030, one-third of worldwide gross sales will circulate via built-in community economies. At this time’s channel leaders aren’t simply managing partnerships—they’re strategic architects constructing the long run.
The ladies we have a good time at this time exemplify this evolution. They’re P&L house owners, strategic visionaries, and enterprise innovators who drive tangible outcomes throughout our group. They sit on the intersection of expertise and enterprise transformation, turning particular person capabilities into market-moving options.
Our Energy 100 and Visionaries
I’m particularly thrilled to acknowledge our visionary leaders, together with these named to CRN’s prestigious Energy 100:
- Alexandra Zagury, VP, Partnerships and Technique
- Cassie Roach, World VP, Cloud and AI Infrastructure Companion Gross sales
- Elisabeth De Dobbeleer, SVP, Cisco Companion Program
- Gretchen O’Hara, VP of Worldwide Companions & Alliances at Splunk
- Rhonda Henley, VP, Americas Companion Gross sales
- Shannon Leininger, VP, World Companion Gross sales
- Jose van Dijk, VP, EMEA Companion Gross sales & Routes to Market*
*Whereas CRN’s Energy 100 acknowledges international and North America-based leaders, Jose’s distinctive management throughout our EMEA companion ecosystem exemplified the identical transformative impression that defines all our visionaries.
These ladies don’t simply lead groups—they’re reshaping total markets. They construct bridges between expertise innovation and enterprise outcomes, creating exponential worth for everybody in our ecosystem.
Driving Ecosystem Innovation
The whole checklist of Cisco honorees represents an unimaginable vary of expertise throughout our group. From pioneering AI-driven options to reimagining hybrid work environments, these leaders are constructing the collaborative basis that powers our shared success.
Their impression reveals up in three vital areas:
- Ecosystem Structure: Designing interconnected techniques the place each participant multiplies worth for everybody else.
- Enterprise Transformation: Translating expertise capabilities into measurable enterprise outcomes.
- Relationship Innovation: Forging connections that rework companion interactions into market benefit.
A Private Be aware of Gratitude
To every lady acknowledged this yr: your achievements encourage me day by day. You’ve embraced the total potential of ecosystem management, shifting far past conventional channel administration to develop into true enterprise innovators.
Your numerous backgrounds, experiences, and views make our group stronger. You’ve redefined what’s doable once we actually embrace the ability of partnership.
And to our companions: your collaboration fuels every little thing we do. These achievements belong to you as properly—we succeed collectively, creating an ecosystem the place everybody thrives.
Trying Ahead
As our trade continues its fast evolution, I’m excited to see how these distinctive leaders will proceed shaping the long run. The challenges forward—from AI integration to evolving safety landscapes—would require precisely the form of visionary considering they convey on daily basis.
Please be part of me in celebrating these extraordinary ladies. Their recognition isn’t only a private achievement—it’s a testomony to the collective energy of our ecosystem and the limitless potentialities we are able to create collectively.
2025 Girls of the Channel
Alba San Martin Piaggio, Senior Director LATAM Companion Group
Alexandra Zagury, VP, Partnerships & Technique
Alicia Lorenzetti, Chief, Strategic Gross sales & Partnerships
Alison Stahl, Director, Americas Safety Companion Group
Amanda Borowski Chief, Gross sales Enterprise Growth
Amy Bahlo , World Companion Account Government
Amy Smith, Director, Americas Collaboration Companion Gross sales
Annie Shain, Senior Director, World Companion Networking Gross sales
Betsy Prepare dinner, World Channel Incentives Chief at Splunk
Carisa Smith , Senior Director, Americas Channels
Cassie Roach , World VP, Cloud & AI Infrastructure Companion Gross sales
Catherine Taylor, Director, Knowledge Middle and Cloud Architectures
Cathryn Lyman , Director, World Companion Networking Gross sales
Cécile Willems, Director, World Companion Program at Splunk
Christine Otts, Director, World Companion Packages & Demand Acceleration
Courtney Gulley, Chief, Americas Safety Companion Gross sales
Deborah Wong, Director, Ecosystem Co-Promote & Market
Doris Lim, Structure Chief, APJC Distribution
Elaine Goodman, World Chief, Technique & Gross sales
Elisabeth De Dobbeleer SVP, Partnerships & Technique
Emily Foley, Chief World Advertising and marketing & Communications, Cisco Capital
Erin Gertner , VP Canada Companion Group & SMB Gross sales
Erin McCaslin, Director, Companion Gross sales Group
Gretchen O’ Hara, VP of Worldwide Channels & Alliances at Splunk
Jackie Smith, Head World Platforms & Strategic Companions at Splunk
Janine Michaelis , Credit score Chief, Program Underwriting
Jennifer Craine, Senior Companion Gross sales Director, Software program & Companies
Jennifer Keating, Director, Companion Gross sales Group
Johanna Riley, Director, Collaboration Companion Gross sales EMEA
Jose Van Dijk, VP, EMEA Companion Gross sales & Routes to Market
Julie Thomas, Senior Director, Companion Technique & Packages
Karen W Madsen , Chief, Enterprise Growth
Kathryn Porter , Director, CX Companion Success
Kathryn Spitz, Chief, Cloud Companion Gross sales – Americas
Kedra Simm, Director, World Companion Technique & Growth at Splunk
Krista Verhein , Strategic Lead, Oblique Routes to Market
Kristyn Hogan, VP Collaboration Companion Gross sales
Lindsay Taitel, Chief of Workers and GTM Acceleration Lead, Americas Safety Companion Group
Lisa Hunter, Director, Companion Managed and as-a-Service Gross sales
Lisa Miyake, Senior Program Supervisor at Splunk
Lisa Stifelman-Perry, Director, World Companion Expertise Operations at Splunk
Lisset Ibaceta, Companions Gross sales Director Americas Business & LatAm at Splunk
Mae Forsythe, AVP, Americas Distribution & Public Sector Companions
Mala Ranganathan , Chief, MS Supplier Technique & Program, GPRS
Marisa Metcalf, Head of World Channel Gross sales, Service Supplier – BT Account
Marta Cabezas, GVSE – World Channel Technique & Planning Chief
Mechelle Buys du Plessis, Senior Director, World Companions
Michelle McCrea, Chief, Companion Gross sales – US Distribution
Patty Peppito , Director, Technique & Planning
Poonam Advani , Director, Structure Gross sales & Enablement
Purvi Ruparel, Chief, Channel Technique, Splunk Observability at Splunk
Rachel Forke, Senior Director, Technique & Planning
Rhonda Henley, VP, Americas Companion Gross sales
Robyn Burkes , Director, Americas IoT RTM Gross sales
Ruchi Pancholi , World Companion Growth Supervisor
Savitalaxmi Vishwanathan, World Companion Technical Supervisor – World Companion Group at Splunk
Shannon Leininger, VP, World Companion Gross sales
Sharon Value, Director Technique & Planning
Shenna Johnson, Chief, World Distribution Advertising and marketing
Sridarti Herryanto , Chief, Gross sales Program and Companion Managed & as-a Service Gross sales Acceleration APJC
Vanessa Kranjcevic, Director of Companion Gross sales, Technique & Planning – Americas Distribution
Wendy Davis, World Companion Advocacy Chief, World Companion and Routes to Market Gross sales
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