This week marks a second of real satisfaction 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 concerning the transformative impression these leaders create each day for our companions, clients, and all the ecosystem.
The Evolution of Channel Management
The channel panorama has remodeled dramatically. McKinsey initiatives that by 2030, one-third of world gross sales will move by means of built-in community economies. Immediately’s channel leaders aren’t simply managing partnerships—they’re strategic architects constructing the longer term.
The ladies we have a good time right now exemplify this evolution. They’re P&L homeowners, 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, International 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, International Companion Gross sales
- Jose van Dijk, VP, EMEA Companion 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 impression that defines all our visionaries.
These girls 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 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 associate interactions into market benefit.
A Private Notice of Gratitude
To every lady acknowledged this 12 months: your achievements encourage me day by day. You’ve embraced the total potential of ecosystem management, shifting far past conventional channel administration to grow to be true enterprise innovators.
Your numerous backgrounds, experiences, and views make our group stronger. You’ve redefined what’s attainable once we really embrace the facility of partnership.
And to our companions: your collaboration fuels every part we do. These achievements belong to you as nicely—we succeed collectively, creating an ecosystem the place everybody thrives.
Trying Ahead
As our trade continues its speedy 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 form of visionary pondering they carry each day.
Please be part of me in celebrating these extraordinary girls. 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 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 Improvement
Amy Bahlo , International Companion Account Govt
Amy Smith, Director, Americas Collaboration Companion Gross sales
Annie Shain, Senior Director, International Companion Networking Gross sales
Betsy Prepare dinner, International Channel Incentives Chief at Splunk
Carisa Smith , Senior Director, Americas Channels
Cassie Roach , International VP, Cloud & AI Infrastructure Companion Gross sales
Catherine Taylor, Director, Information Heart and Cloud Architectures
Cathryn Lyman , Director, International Companion Networking Gross sales
Cécile Willems, Director, International Companion Program at Splunk
Christine Otts, Director, International Companion Applications & 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, International Chief, Technique & Gross sales
Elisabeth De Dobbeleer SVP, Partnerships & Technique
Emily Foley, Chief International Advertising & 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 International 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 & Applications
Karen W Madsen , Chief, Enterprise Improvement
Kathryn Porter , Director, CX Companion Success
Kathryn Spitz, Chief, Cloud Companion Gross sales – Americas
Kedra Simm, Director, International Companion Technique & Improvement 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, International Companion 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 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, 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 , International Companion Improvement Supervisor
Savitalaxmi Vishwanathan, International Companion Technical Supervisor – International Companion Group at Splunk
Shannon Leininger, VP, International Companion Gross sales
Sharon Worth, Director Technique & Planning
Shenna Johnson, Chief, International Distribution Advertising
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, International Companion Advocacy Chief, International Companion and Routes to Market Gross sales
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