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Work with our Global Partners and our own Strategic Advisors to develop custom Lean/Agile Transformation Solutions for our Enterprise Customers.

Managed Sales & Partnerships for 3 Regions of the US for offerings in Agile, DevOps & Business Agility.Created and managed relationships with a vast array of Strategic Tooling and Services partners. (Ex: IBM, Scaled Agile, Planview, Digital.ai, etc)Eliassen Group’s Agile, DevOps & Business Agility Practices help clients cultivate capabilities that enable them to identify the most important initiatives or opportunities and respond in a timely, effective, and scalable way. We help companies change the game by using Agile & DevOps principles to successfully respond to and learn from external events, innovate technically and organizationally, and rapidly plan and execute new courses of action.

Develop and manage an international network of Digital Transformation resellers and services Partners that included consulting firms, technology partners (ISVs), systems integrators & resellers. Managed alliances with 50+ ISVs including GitHub, HP, Microsoft, IBM, CA & Oracle. Developed go to market strategies with Agile & DevOps solutions providers such as Accenture, Deloitte, CapGemini, Scaled Agile, Cognizant & Tata. Achieved 100% YOY growth in our partner business the last fiscal year.Launched our first tiered Technology & Sales Partner Programs.Pioneered our first vertical partner marketing efforts.Worked with Product Leadership on Roadmap Strategy questions around "Buy, Build or Partner?" resulting in 2 acquisitions.Acted as the lead on analyst briefings with Gartner, Forrester, IDC, and Ovum.Earned several Agile & DevOps certifications including Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO), Scaled Agile SAFe Program Consultant (SPC4), SAFe DevOps Practitioner (SDP). Rally IPOed in 2013, CA acquired Rally for $500M in 2015, Broadcom acquired CA for $19B in 2018.

Responsible for channel sales and product marketing programs that drove $4M in revenue in 2009. Agile Methods (Scrum) to launch a new set of residential products (Scrum Master role). Initiated the first eCommerce and web self service offerings. Servant Leader for a team of 7.

rPath was a pioneer in the DevOps movement creating the "virtual appliance" concept and developed automation technology around virtual machine deployment and management.Responsible for the initial launch of rPath’s DevOps product line and their alliance programs. Activities included product marketing, product management, corporate branding, analyst/media relations, lead generation and partner programs. Managed a team of 12.

Owned Product Management, Corporate Marketing & Business DevelopmentResponsible for corporate branding, business development, marketing programs & product management. Supervised staff of 17 and budget of $5M+. Helped set corporate records for industry awards (11) in 2002. Created the company’s first tiered partner programs that covered Global ISVs & SIs.- Established strategic partnerships with major ISPs and VARs, and application server technology companies including IBM, BEA, HP/Compaq, Sun, Apple, and Oracle which drove $5 million in new revenue and achieved 227% of plan- Established successful channel and joint sales and marketing partnerships with Tier 1 and 2 system integrators including Accenture, PWC Consulting. Braxton, EDS, AMS, & Perot Systems.

Responsible for product direction, product marketing and technology alliances for the HAHT Commerce Suite of B2B packaged applications. Created product roadmaps, developed marketing campaigns & partner marketing strategies, conducted sales training, researched market trends, and worked with analysts, investors, competitors, customers and prospects to set product direction. The HAHT Commerce Suite enabled manufacturers to integrate business processes between channel partners, distributors, and customers, as well as handle order management, product catalogs, business intelligence & customer service. (Company was sold to GXS for $32M.)

Responsible for creating and managing a $5 million budget and a staff of 14 covering a $100M+ product line. Managed the creation of product marketing programs, sales partner programs and positioning strategies for the product lines worldwide.