This week marks a second of real pleasure as I have fun the unbelievable Cisco leaders named to CRN’s 2025 Girls of the Channel checklist. This recognition isn’t nearly titles or achievements—it’s concerning the transformative affect these leaders create every single day for our companions, clients, and your entire ecosystem.
The Evolution of Channel Management
The channel panorama has reworked dramatically. McKinsey initiatives that by 2030, one-third of worldwide gross sales will move by built-in community economies. Right now’s channel leaders aren’t simply managing partnerships—they’re strategic architects constructing the long run.
The ladies we have fun as we speak 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 Associate Gross sales
- Elisabeth De Dobbeleer, SVP, Cisco Associate Program
- Gretchen O’Hara, VP of Worldwide Companions & Alliances at Splunk
- Rhonda Henley, VP, Americas Associate Gross sales
- Shannon Leininger, VP, World Associate Gross sales
- Jose van Dijk, VP, EMEA Associate Gross sales & Routes to Market*
*Whereas CRN’s Energy 100 acknowledges international and North America-based leaders, Jose’s distinctive management throughout our EMEA accomplice ecosystem exemplified the identical transformative affect 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 entire checklist of Cisco honorees represents an unbelievable 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 affect exhibits up in three essential areas:
- Ecosystem Structure: Designing interconnected programs the place each participant multiplies worth for everybody else.
- Enterprise Transformation: Translating expertise capabilities into measurable enterprise outcomes.
- Relationship Innovation: Forging connections that remodel accomplice interactions into market benefit.
A Private Be aware of Gratitude
To every lady acknowledged this yr: your achievements encourage me each day. You’ve embraced the total potential of ecosystem management, transferring far past conventional channel administration to turn into true enterprise innovators.
Your numerous backgrounds, experiences, and views make our group stronger. You’ve redefined what’s potential once we actually embrace the ability of partnership.
And to our companions: your collaboration fuels every thing we do. These achievements belong to you as nicely—we succeed collectively, creating an ecosystem the place everybody thrives.
Wanting Ahead
As our trade continues its speedy 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 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 Associate Group
Alexandra Zagury, VP, Partnerships & Technique
Alicia Lorenzetti, Chief, Strategic Gross sales & Partnerships
Alison Stahl, Director, Americas Safety Associate Group
Amanda Borowski Chief, Gross sales Enterprise Growth
Amy Bahlo , World Associate Account Government
Amy Smith, Director, Americas Collaboration Associate Gross sales
Annie Shain, Senior Director, World Associate 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 Associate Gross sales
Catherine Taylor, Director, Information Middle and Cloud Architectures
Cathryn Lyman , Director, World Associate Networking Gross sales
Cécile Willems, Director, World Associate Program at Splunk
Christine Otts, Director, World Associate Packages & Demand Acceleration
Courtney Gulley, Chief, Americas Safety Associate 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 Associate Group & SMB Gross sales
Erin McCaslin, Director, Associate 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 Associate Gross sales Director, Software program & Providers
Jennifer Keating, Director, Associate Gross sales Group
Johanna Riley, Director, Collaboration Associate Gross sales EMEA
Jose Van Dijk, VP, EMEA Associate Gross sales & Routes to Market
Julie Thomas, Senior Director, Associate Technique & Packages
Karen W Madsen , Chief, Enterprise Growth
Kathryn Porter , Director, CX Associate Success
Kathryn Spitz, Chief, Cloud Associate Gross sales – Americas
Kedra Simm, Director, World Associate Technique & Growth at Splunk
Krista Verhein , Strategic Lead, Oblique Routes to Market
Kristyn Hogan, VP Collaboration Associate Gross sales
Lindsay Taitel, Chief of Workers and GTM Acceleration Lead, Americas Safety Associate Group
Lisa Hunter, Director, Associate Managed and as-a-Service Gross sales
Lisa Miyake, Senior Program Supervisor at Splunk
Lisa Stifelman-Perry, Director, World Associate Expertise Operations at Splunk
Lisset Ibaceta, Companions Gross sales Director Americas Industrial & 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, Associate 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 Associate Gross sales
Robyn Burkes , Director, Americas IoT RTM Gross sales
Ruchi Pancholi , World Associate Growth Supervisor
Savitalaxmi Vishwanathan, World Associate Technical Supervisor – World Associate Group at Splunk
Shannon Leininger, VP, World Associate Gross sales
Sharon Value, Director Technique & Planning
Shenna Johnson, Chief, World Distribution Advertising and marketing
Sridarti Herryanto , Chief, Gross sales Program and Associate Managed & as-a Service Gross sales Acceleration APJC
Vanessa Kranjcevic, Director of Associate Gross sales, Technique & Planning – Americas Distribution
Wendy Davis, World Associate Advocacy Chief, World Associate and Routes to Market Gross sales
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