Secure Edge Partner Business Development Specialist
CurrentIn this role I spearheaded the development of technical and sales practices at national value-added resale partners (including CDW, SHI, Presidio, C1, and 14 other regional partners in the East region) focused on Cisco's Secure Edge recurring software and hardware portfolio. I also designed reference architectures for Cisco SD-WAN, SSE, and digital assurance & observability to support partners in targeting customers and driving recurring revenue and managed services with Secure Access Services Edge.๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ ๐พ๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ง๐๐๐ช๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐ช๐๐:โข Executed Sales Acceleration workshops with partners and Cisco sellers to capitalize on the market shift towards the convergence of cloud security and cloud networking.โข Aligned Cisco leadership and Business Entity leaders with partner leadership to establish strategies for Secure Edge solutions.โข Provided consistent technical and sales enablement training to partner resellers committed to Cisco software and hardware solutions.โข Developed data-driven campaigns to assist partners in identifying, qualifying, and delivering secure networking sales offers across multiple markets.โข Motivated partner solution architects, sales representatives, and leadership to maintain positive sentiment towards Cisco Secure networking solutions.โข Offered opportunities for partners to upsell a-la-carte licensing into a single co-termed networking and security software enterprise agreement.โข Conducted partner adoption workshops to drive customer success and adoption of Cisco SD-WAN, SSE, SASE software, ensuring renewals.โข Exceeded sales targets, achieving 107% of plan in FY24 and 187% of plan in FY23, earning recognition as a Cisco Sales Champion (top 10%).โข Led a team of three to coordinate and scale efforts nationally.