This week marks a second of real pleasure as I have fun the unimaginable Cisco leaders named to CRN’s 2025 Girls of the Channel record. This recognition isn’t nearly titles or achievements—it’s concerning the transformative influence these leaders create every single day for our companions, prospects, and the whole ecosystem.
The Evolution of Channel Management
The channel panorama has remodeled dramatically. McKinsey tasks that by 2030, one-third of worldwide gross sales will circulate by way of built-in community economies. Right now’s channel leaders aren’t simply managing partnerships—they’re strategic architects constructing the longer term.
The ladies we have fun immediately 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 know-how 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 ZaguraVP, Partnerships and Technique
- Cassie RoachInternational VP, Cloud and AI Infrastructure Accomplice Gross sales
- Elisabeth de DoubleSVP, Cisco Accomplice Program
- Gretchen O’HaraVP of Worldwide Companions & Alliances at Splunk
- Rhonda HenleyVP, Americas Accomplice Gross sales
- Shannon LeiningerVP, International Accomplice Gross sales
- Jose van DijkVP, EMEA Accomplice Gross sales & Routes to Market*
*Whereas CRN’s Energy 100 acknowledges international and North America-based leaders, Jose’s distinctive management throughout our EMEA associate ecosystem exemplified the identical transformative influence that defines all our visionaries.
These ladies don’t simply lead groups—they’re reshaping complete markets. They construct bridges between know-how innovation and enterprise outcomes, creating exponential worth for everybody in our ecosystem.
Driving Ecosystem Innovation
The entire record 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 influence exhibits up in three vital areas:
- Ecosystem Structure: Designing interconnected programs the place each participant multiplies worth for everybody else.
- Enterprise Transformation: Translating know-how capabilities into measurable enterprise outcomes.
- Relationship Innovation: Forging connections that remodel associate interactions into market benefit.
A Private Observe of Gratitude
To every girl acknowledged this 12 months: your achievements encourage me day by day. You’ve embraced the total potential of ecosystem management, transferring far past conventional channel administration to turn into true enterprise innovators.
Your various backgrounds, experiences, and views make our group stronger. You’ve redefined what’s potential after we actually embrace the ability of partnership.
And to our companions: your collaboration fuels all the things we do. These achievements belong to you as effectively—we succeed collectively, creating an ecosystem the place everybody thrives.
Trying Ahead
As our business continues its fast evolution, I’m excited to see how these distinctive leaders will proceed shaping the longer term. The challenges forward—from AI integration to evolving safety landscapes—would require precisely the type of visionary pondering they bring about every single day.
Please be a 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 countless potentialities we are able to create collectively.
2025 Girls of the Channel
Alba San Martin Piaggio, Senior Director LATAM Accomplice Group
Alexandra Zagura, VP, Partnerships & Technique
Alicia LorenzettiChief, Strategic Gross sales & Partnerships
Alison Stahl, Director, Americas Safety Accomplice Group
Amanda Borowski Chief, Gross sales Enterprise Improvement
Amy their fatherInternational Accomplice Account Govt
Amy SmithDirector, Americas Collaboration Accomplice Gross sales
Annie ShainSenior Director, International Accomplice Networking Gross sales
Betsy Cook dinner, International Channel Incentives Chief at Splunk
Carisa Smith Senior Director, Americas Channels
Cassie Roach International VP, Cloud & AI Infrastructure Accomplice Gross sales
Catherine Taylor, Director, Knowledge Heart and Cloud Architectures
Cathryn Lyman Director, International Accomplice Networking Gross sales
Cecile WillemsDirector, International Accomplice Program at Splunk
Christine Otts, Director, International Accomplice Applications & Demand Acceleration
Courtney Gulley, Chief, Americas Safety Accomplice Gross sales
Deborah Wong, Director, Ecosystem Co-Promote & Market
Doris Lim, Structure Chief, APJC Distribution
Elaine GoodmanInternational Chief, Technique & Gross sales
Elisabeth de Double SVP, Partnerships & Technique
Emily Foley, Chief International Advertising and marketing & Communications, Cisco Capital
Erin Gertner , VP Canada Accomplice Group & SMB Gross sales
Erin McCaslin, Director, Accomplice Gross sales Group
Gretchen O’ Hara, VP of Worldwide Channels & Alliances at Splunk
Jackie SmithHead International Platforms & Strategic Companions at Splunk
Janine Michaelis , Credit score Chief, Program Underwriting
Jennifer Craine, Senior Accomplice Gross sales Director, Software program & Companies
Jennifer Keating, Director, Accomplice Gross sales Group
Johanna RileyDirector, Collaboration Accomplice Gross sales EMEA
Jose van Dijk, VP, EMEA Accomplice Gross sales & Routes to Market
Julie ThomasSenior Director, Accomplice Technique & Applications
Karen W MadsenChief, Enterprise Improvement
Kathryn Porter Director, CX Accomplice Success
Kathryn Spitz, Chief, Cloud Accomplice Gross sales – Americas
Kedra SimmDirector, International Accomplice Technique & Improvement at Splunk
KristaStrategic Lead, Oblique Routes to Market
Kristyn HoganVP Collaboration Accomplice Gross sales
Lindsay Taitel, Chief of Employees and GTM Acceleration Lead, Americas Safety Accomplice Group
Lisa Hunter, Director, Accomplice Managed and as-a-Service Gross sales
Lisa Miyake, Senior Program Supervisor at Splunk
Lisa Stifelman-Perry, Director, International Accomplice Expertise Operations at Splunk
Lisset ibaceta, Companions Gross sales Director Americas Business & LatAm at Splunk
Mae Forsythe, AVP, Americas Distribution & Public Sector Companions
Mala ranganathanChief, MS Supplier Technique & Program, GPRS
Marisa Metcalf, Head of International Channel Gross sales, Service Supplier – BT Account
Marta Cabezas, GVSE – International Channel Technique & Planning Chief
Mechelle Buys du Plessis, Senior Director, International Companions
Michelle McCrea, Chief, Accomplice 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 Accomplice Gross sales
Robyn Burkes Director, Americas IoT RTM Gross sales
Ruchi pancholiInternational Accomplice Improvement Supervisor
Savitalaxmi Vishwanathan, International Accomplice Technical Supervisor – International Accomplice Group at Splunk
Shannon Leininger, VP, International Accomplice Gross sales
Sharon WorthDirector Technique & Planning
Shenna Johnson, Chief, International Distribution Advertising and marketing
Sridarti HerryantoChief, Gross sales Program and Accomplice Managed & as-a Service Gross sales Acceleration APJC
Vanessa Kranjcevic, Director of Accomplice Gross sales, Technique & Planning – Americas Distribution
Wendy DavisInternational Accomplice Advocacy Chief, International Accomplice and Routes to Market Gross sales
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