Mike Sanders advises business leaders in areas of business strategy, growth, and customer loyalty. Mike is an innovator and leader for aligning IT with business where he drives growth using technology as an enabler and cyber security as a differentiator. Prior to transitioning to his current business advisory role, Mike led product strategy in IBM’s Cyber Security division. Working at the intersection of Enterprise Cloud Computing and Enterprise Cyber Security, Mike authored IBM’s business strategy and led alliance joint Go-to-Market development for cyber security solutions with key third-party cloud service providers. Mike ramped this business from an internal start-up segment to industry-leading partner growth and performance with each of two industry leading cloud service providers (AWS and Microsoft). Driving innovation is evidenced in Mike’s success leading IBM’s global customer loyalty programs. As Customer Loyalty Officer, Mike led design and execution of client experience programs to influence customer behavior across IBM’s worldwide base of security customers. Using value realization, “voice of customer” and C-level customer boards, Mike led a 55% reduction in customer attrition for subscription contracts. Mike has a proven leadership track record and versatile skill set built over 30+ years of business leadership in technology areas. Functional Expertise:EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT | GO-TO-MARKET STRATEGY | MARKETING | SALES LEADERSHIP | BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT | CHANNEL DEVELOPMENT | DIGITAL CHANNEL | PRODUCT STRATEGY | CUSTOMER LOYALTY | M&A INTEGRATION | INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY | SERVICE MANAGEMENTCyber Security Expertise:CLOUD SECURITY | CLOUD MIGRATION | INFORMATION SECURITY CONSULTING | MANAGED SECURITY SERVICES | INCIDENT RESPONSE | SECURITY OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT | THREAT MANAGEMENT | CYBERSECURITY STRATEGY, RISK & COMPLIANCEIndustry Experience: Retail, Travel & Transportation, Logistics, Financial Services, Card Services, Insurance, Oil & Gas, Manufacturing, Industrial Products, Electronics, High Tech and others.