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 checklist. This recognition isn’t nearly titles or achievements—it’s concerning the transformative affect these leaders create every single day for our companions, prospects, 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 circulation by built-in community economies. At present’s channel leaders aren’t simply managing partnerships—they’re strategic architects constructing the long run.
The ladies we have fun 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 Accomplice Gross sales
- Elisabeth De Dobbeleer, SVP, Cisco Accomplice Program
- Gretchen O’Hara, VP of Worldwide Companions & Alliances at Splunk
- Rhonda Henley, VP, Americas Accomplice Gross sales
- Shannon Leininger, VP, World Accomplice Gross sales
- Jose van Dijk, VP, EMEA Accomplice Gross sales & Routes to Market*
*Whereas CRN’s Energy 100 acknowledges world and North America-based leaders, Jose’s distinctive management throughout our EMEA associate ecosystem exemplified the identical transformative affect that defines all our visionaries.
These ladies don’t simply lead groups—they’re reshaping whole 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 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 affect exhibits up in three important areas:
- Ecosystem Structure: Designing interconnected methods the place each participant multiplies worth for everybody else.
- Enterprise Transformation: Translating expertise capabilities into measurable enterprise outcomes.
- Relationship Innovation: Forging connections that remodel associate interactions into market benefit.
A Private Notice of Gratitude
To every girl acknowledged this 12 months: your achievements encourage me day by day. You’ve embraced the complete potential of ecosystem management, shifting far past conventional channel administration to turn out to be true enterprise innovators.
Your various backgrounds, experiences, and views make our group stronger. You’ve redefined what’s doable after 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 nicely—we succeed collectively, creating an ecosystem the place everybody thrives.
Trying Ahead
As our business 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 form of visionary pondering they bring about every single day.
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 countless prospects we are able to create collectively.
2025 Girls of the Channel
Alba San Martin Piaggio, Senior Director LATAM Accomplice Group
Alexandra Zagury, VP, Partnerships & Technique
Alicia Lorenzetti, Chief, Strategic Gross sales & Partnerships
Alison Stahl, Director, Americas Safety Accomplice Group
Amanda Borowski Chief, Gross sales Enterprise Improvement
Amy Bahlo , World Accomplice Account Government
Amy Smith, Director, Americas Collaboration Accomplice Gross sales
Annie Shain, Senior Director, World Accomplice 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 Accomplice Gross sales
Catherine Taylor, Director, Information Middle and Cloud Architectures
Cathryn Lyman , Director, World Accomplice Networking Gross sales
Cécile Willems, Director, World Accomplice Program at Splunk
Christine Otts, Director, World 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 Goodman, World Chief, Technique & Gross sales
Elisabeth De Dobbeleer SVP, Partnerships & Technique
Emily Foley, Chief World Advertising & 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 Smith, Head World Platforms & Strategic Companions at Splunk
Janine Michaelis , Credit score Chief, Program Underwriting
Jennifer Craine, Senior Accomplice Gross sales Director, Software program & Providers
Jennifer Keating, Director, Accomplice Gross sales Group
Johanna Riley, Director, Collaboration Accomplice Gross sales EMEA
Jose Van Dijk, VP, EMEA Accomplice Gross sales & Routes to Market
Julie Thomas, Senior Director, Accomplice Technique & Applications
Karen W Madsen , Chief, Enterprise Improvement
Kathryn Porter , Director, CX Accomplice Success
Kathryn Spitz, Chief, Cloud Accomplice Gross sales – Americas
Kedra Simm, Director, World Accomplice Technique & Improvement at Splunk
Krista Verhein , Strategic Lead, Oblique Routes to Market
Kristyn Hogan, VP 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, World 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 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, 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 Pancholi , World Accomplice Improvement Supervisor
Savitalaxmi Vishwanathan, World Accomplice Technical Supervisor – World Accomplice Group at Splunk
Shannon Leininger, VP, World Accomplice Gross sales
Sharon Value, Director Technique & Planning
Shenna Johnson, Chief, World Distribution Advertising
Sridarti Herryanto , Chief, 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 Davis, World Accomplice Advocacy Chief, World Accomplice and Routes to Market Gross sales
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