Eleanor Ferris (She/Her) Email & Phone Number

Greater Seattle Area

StrataCore is a fast-paced cloud, data center and telecommunications brokerage firm. StrataCore represents over 400 service providers worldwide and offer their clients a custom, high touch approach. SC customers are sophisticated enterprises who require excellent service, support, and advocacy. Competitive Market-Intelligence and Best-Practice Knowledge in the Following Areas: -Designing and Procuring Complex Custom IT Infrastructure Solutions-XaaS, Cloud Services, Shared, Private and Hybrid-IT Infrastructure as a Service (Iaas)-Evaluation/market intel for over 200+ data centers worldwide-Wholesale connectivity, 10Gig, Peering & CDN-MPLS & WAN Connectivity - domestic & global-Dark Fiber & Fiber Mapping Services-Domestic and International options for cloud providers and data centers-Redline tips for SLAs and MSAs

Greater Seattle Area

StrataCore consults and brokers core IT Infrastructure services including international and domestic Clouds, Data Centers and Data Networks. We help enterprise companies that require a high degree of reliability, performance and flexibility. Our market intelligence, custom tools and detailed vendor selection process provides our Clients with the necessary insight to make informed decisions. Our clients include many of the West Coast’s largest technology companies, gaming companies, software developers, health care providers, financial institutions and media distributors.Our strategic relationships with Service Providers give us insight into technology trends and opportunities to assure the best services at the best price. We maintain an industry wide, global view so we can counsel our Clients on Market Intelligence, price changes and insider “tricks of the trade.”I currently manage a base account of clients that require a high degree of reliability, throughput and flexibility. I'm also charged with researching and identifying new key clients to our firm.

National Account Manager for clients ranging from SMB to Signature accounts including Costco,; , Go2Net (Infospace), Optiva (Philips),; and Labor Ready in an account base ranging from $12 million to $25 million in annual revenue. Successful in both acquisition and base account growth. Consultative selling of network services, focused on emerging IP technologies. Excellent customer satisfaction ratings due to proactive partnering with both internal resources & external clientsNegotiated numerous long-term contracts ranging from $8.4 million to $35 million in valueSuccessfully coordinated multiple business groups within AT&T to develop customized solutionsStrengths in VoIP, MPLS, VPNs, Dedicated Fiber Optic facilities, T3s * OC48sProduct set also included Cisco, Avaya, Nortel and video teleconferencing equipmentExcel in establishing and maintaining excellent customer relationships, teaming with co-workers and business partners effectively to close sales and exceed targetsExtensive project management skills to ensure smooth implementationsMentor to numerous new Account Managers

Cisco Systems - Named Accounts; Achieved 106% of quota selling Network hardware and Internet Business Solutions to a dot.com module via direct sales & the channel, including applications to facilitate VoIP, VPNs, Wireless, Security, LANs and WANs. Module included RealNetworks, Intel, Disney Internet Group, Attachmate.

Managed the largest accounts in the branch, increasing revenues by 25% annually. Won numerous quarterly Western Region Sales Vice President awards for significant sales every year. Attended Achiever's Club (top 10% of Sales) Designed technical network solutions and managed complex projects & implementations. Promoted from Commercial Accounts in 1994