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Savannah, GA, US

Mauritius, Black River, MU

Appointed to assess and provide strategic input to the board on business growth potential, based on competitive landscape, partnerships, state of the industry and subsequent investment needed to accelerate the US market penetration. The outcome of the assessment was to appoint a partner as sole US distributor vs a direct presence.Smartz is a comprehensive.

St Louis, Missouri, US

Balto unites agents with AI to enable better conversations that deliver results. Responsible for:- Building out and managing overall partner echo system: Referral, Reseller, OEM, Distributors and ISV's.- Included partners such as: Genesys, Five9, NiC, RingCentral, 8x8, Talkdesk, Telarus, CX Effect, Deepdesk.- Responsible for partner vetting, contract.

Guildford, Surrey, GB

Semafone is the leading provider of data security and multi-channel compliance solutions for call and contact centers. Responsible for:- Management of all channel partner relationships- New strategic partner pursuit and on-boarding - Drive partner lead and revenue generation to meet forecast goals - Individual and team contributor

• Unify is the Atos brand for communication and collaboration solutions. Responsible for:
• Program owner of driving a strategic initiative to increase partner revenue across the US.
• Involved in Sales forecasting and assisting in strategic business decisions.
• Driving partner/business development and key sales opportunities through existing strategic partners across NA for both Commercial and Federal business.
• Net new logo business development.
• Net new partner assessment, vetting, on-boarding and business development.

• Responsible for managing Strategic Channel partners and Enterprise Accounts driving increased mind/wallet share.
• Participated in driving adoption of newly developed mobile customer self service application

Munich, Bavaria, DE

• Managed relationship with strategic Siemens resellers.
• Formulated and executed new go to market strategy for the partners.
• Created Master Partner Plan as well as regional sales plans to exceed revenue goals and to increase market share.
• Formulated on-boarding initiatives to ensure partner sales/operational and technical readiness.
• Manage/Improved forecast accuracy through Salesforce discipline.

• Established a channel and sales consulting practice - SMB’s to Fortune 500’s.
• Executed partner strategic planning, partner readiness execution, sales initiatives, marketing and lead generation programs, contract negotiations and technology integration initiatives.
• Consulting in sales Mandates (goals & objectives), Methodologies (processes) and Mentoring (ownership, accountability)

VP of Channel Sales for The Americas (USA)2006-2008- Sales Management and Development of SI's, Partners, VAR's- Channel Program Development (Program Guide, Operational Guidelines, Contracts, MDF, Spiffs and Sales Performance)Regional Sales VP - Southeast (USA) 2003-2006- Regional sales team management - SMB to Fortune 500 companies in Finance, Utilities.

* Managed national sales team to meet sales revenue objectives.* Instrumental in growing the business from a startup to +200 employees.* Assisted in implementing cross-functional business processes to ISO standards.* Managed relationships with international technology manufacturers

• Managed the national sales team responsible for a wide range of software and telecoms solutions.
• Managed international supplier relationships and brought new products to bear in new markets.
• Engaged in Product marketing planning, marketing launch initiatives, sales and operational readiness planning for new product introductions.

ZA

Telecoms Engineer at regional level and moved to commissioned rank at HQ Technology Lab * Responsible for the technical support of the national telecoms infrastructure.* Maintained telecommunication environment.* Implemented “911” centers and associated communications infrastructure* Managed vendor relationships.* Formulated strategy to implement new.

Artificial Intelligence

Strategic Leadership And Business Management

Tech Dip, Electronics

Dip Business Management, Finance, Marketing, Hr, Global Economics, It