Rob Kent

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Vice President, Corporate Engagement and Philanthropy Cloud at Orange County United Way @ Orange County United Way
About Rob Kent

I am a senior executive with Orange County United Way. I have a background in sales, alliances, channels, OEM, Distribution in both domestic and global markets. I have incredible experience in developing and executing channel sales strategies and enablement programs with VARs, MSP's, GSI's, Cloud Service providers. My people management skills include alliances, sales, technical teams. I enjoy developing go-to-market strategies for cloud, SaaS and on premise solutions and driving growth and customer satisfaction.

Rob Kent's Current Company Details
Orange County United Way

Orange County United Way

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Vice President, Corporate Engagement and Philanthropy Cloud at Orange County United Way
Rob Kent Work Experience Details
  • Orange County United Way
    Vice President, Corporate Engagement
    Orange County United Way Mar 2020 - Present
    Irvine, Ca, Us
    My team and I work with all the Orange County companies who run United Way Campaigns to help the needs of Orange County residents. If these corporations have remote employees we help them support their local communities as well. We are also leading the digital transformation of Philanthropy by selling Salesforce Philanthropy Cloud to any company in Southern Ca. This easy to use platform is a cloud based solution that automates Corporate Social Responsibility for companies. We partner with Salesforce.
  • Orange County United Way
    Philanthropy Cloud Executive
    Orange County United Way Jun 2019 - Mar 2020
    Irvine, Ca, Us
    Digital transformation across every industry, including Philanthropy, is real. United Way recently launched the "Next Generation" giving platform in conjunction with Salesforce.org. This Cloud solution is easy to use and simplifies our ability to communicate real time community needs that exist in Orange County. This tool makes it easy to donate, volunteer, manage grants, and much more. It resides on your employees desktop or mobile device. Take your companies corporate social responsibilities to the next level by providing a platform that energizes your employees! Remember Doing Good is good business!
  • Orange County United Way
    Board Of Directors/Executive Committee/Campaign Cabinet
    Orange County United Way 1994 - Jun 2019
    Irvine, Ca, Us
    We fight for the Education, Income, Health and Housing of all families in Orange County, California. #United4OC. The community goals set for 2024 are focused on:* Education: Cut the High School dropout rate in 1/2* Income: Reduce the percentage of unstable families by 25%* Health: Increase the number of healthy youth by 1/3* Housing: Cut the % of homeless and housing insecure children in 1/2
  • Key Information Systems, Inc.
    Senior Director Of Sales And Alliances
    Key Information Systems, Inc. Oct 2014 - Dec 2018
    Agoura Hills, Ca, Us
    Key Information Systems (KeyInfo) is a leading regional systems integrator with world-class compute, storage and networking solutions and professional services for the most advanced software-defined data centers. These competencies are tightly complimented by a full suite of data center capabilities, including private and hybrid cloud offerings, connectivity services, colocation facilities and managed services. KeyInfo’s converged infrastructure and software-defined data center solutions are backed by a complete range of professional services, including readiness assessments, deployment and integration, training, comprehensive project management, maintenance and financing. KeyInfo’s data center offerings, deployed on the most advanced technology solutions available, are hosted in Tier III data center environments and include offerings for 24/7 management and monitoring for on-premises and off-premises environments. KeyInfo holds platinum-level designations from its manufacturer partners and consistently achieves the highest levels of client satisfaction. Among numerous accolades, Inc. magazine rated KeyInfo as #42 among the Fastest Growing Privately Held Companies in the United States and the #1 Fastest Growing in Los Angeles. I will lead sales in our Irvine, Arizona and Northern Ca. offices as well as develop and strengthen our core alliances.
  • Rocket Software (Contract)
    Director, Worldwide Channel Sales And Marketing
    Rocket Software (Contract) Apr 2013 - Nov 2013
    Waltham, Ma, Us
    Develop and execute worldwide Channel Sales strategies for Rocket Software. Expand channel utilization that drives software growth in the Cloud and on premise licenses as well. Manage channel enablement initiatives and business development. Expand global alliances with Managed Service Providers and IBM's Premier Business Partners. Assess the viability of a SaaS based Channel model for iCluster, Rocket's high availability software. Work on certification of IBM Pure Systems. Establish Rocket Software as a 'Premier' IBM Business Partner as we enhance cloud strategies across the Rocket portfolio of solutions.
  • Netapp
    Senior Director And General Manager, Ibm Global Alliance
    Netapp Jul 2010 - Jul 2012
    San Jose, California, Us
    A NetApp Senior Executive responsible for the IBM Strategic Alliance, relationships and sales of our Cloud optimized storage solution on a global basis. IBM OEM's NetApps storage products and puts the IBM N series branded logo on our line. N Series is optimized for Cloud, SaaS, IaaS with features such as secure multitenancy. Responsible for management of a matrix team of product, engineering, manufacturing, marketing and sales across the Americas, EMEA and APAC. This business approached $.5B as we expanded on premise and cloud installations to 107 countries worldwide.
  • Arrow Ecs
    Vice President
    Arrow Ecs 2007 - 2009
    Centennial, Colorado, Us
    Executive responsible to lead a sales team and drive over $500m of IBM Hardware, Software and Services revenue thru 150 Value Added Remarketers in Western United States. Recruit Vars and drive demand generation activity to ensure growth.
  • Ibm
    Director Of Global Channels & Vice President - Us West Arrow Ecs
    Ibm Sep 1999 - 2007
    Armonk, New York, Ny, Us
    Executive responsible to develop and launch a global channels organization for a new IBM Product Division called NUMA-Q. Manage a team to develop contracts, recruit and education 66 new channels partners globally. This division ultimately merged with IBM RS/6000 to become the Web Server Division. Also took on the role of Distribution Channel Management. My final 2 years at IBM I was on a "Loaned Executive Program" as a Vice President for Arrow. Two years into this assignment I retired from IBM and retained my VP position at Arrow.
  • Ibm
    Channels Business Unit Executive
    Ibm 1994 - 1999
    Armonk, New York, Ny, Us
    Transform IBM's go to market strategy from direct sales to channels sales by growing the Business Partner Channels in the Western United States to over $1.2B Manage a channels team that developed and executed route to market strategies new to IBM. Manage relationships with Avnet, Arrow, Ingram Micro, Tech Data and over 650 Vars or Solution Providers. Manage IBM's ecosystem of partners including ISV's, System Integrators, Distributors, Vars. Drive interlocks among direct sales and channels.
  • Ibm
    Branch Manager
    Ibm 1990 - 1993
    Armonk, New York, Ny, Us
    Manage a large field sales, systems engineering, administrative and customer engineering organization to drive IBM hardware and software sales in Los Angeles and Orange County, Ca.

Rob Kent Skills

Channel Partners Go To Market Strategy Business Alliances Cloud Computing Solution Selling Saas Strategy Demand Generation Professional Services Product Management Channel Business Development Crm Enterprise Software Direct Sales Sales Enablement Storage Strategic Partnerships Management Sales Account Management Managed Services Leadership Sales Management Partner Management Software Industry Strategic Alliances Sales Process Salesforce.com Lead Generation Team Leadership Sales Operations Product Launch Marketing Management Multi Channel Marketing Marketing Strategy Start Ups Product Marketing Selling Analytics Resellers Competitive Analysis Big Data Social Media Marketing Team Management Business Strategy Partnerships Emea Email Marketing Oracle Enterprise Manager

Rob Kent Education Details

  • Ucla
    Ucla
    Bachelor Of Arts
  • Pepperdine University
    Pepperdine University
    Marketing
  • University Of Maine
    University Of Maine
    Ba
  • Rumford High School
    Rumford High School

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