Cheryln Chin ─ an experienced global partner ecosystem sales leader.
November 10, 2020 • 3 Minute Read
Cheryln Chin
Vice President, Global
Partners & Alliances
UiPath
When you are looking for an experienced global sales leader to grow sales through partners, OEM licensing, and professional services sales and delivery, we have just the person for you—Cheryln Chin!
Born in Hong Kong and when not on an airplane, Cheryln lives in the Silicon Valley. She is currently the Vice President of Global Partners and Alliances at UiPath and responsible for building revenue-generating, strategic and integrated partnerships through channels (distribution, reseller, OEM, MSP, and Global Systems Integrators). She has held senior leadership roles at Splunk, Motorola, IBM, and Sun Microsystems. She also multitasks as a mother of 17-year-old twin daughters, who are competitive swimmers. If there is any time left, she plays tennis and does cardio kickboxing. Her passions include growing her wine collection, cooking and entertaining. Please meet this IT Wondrous Woman™, Cheryln Chin!
Our 10 Questions for this IT Wondrous Woman.
Fun Facts
1. What’s the one thing about you that your business colleagues don’t know about you?
I win almost every time when playing Just Dance on the Wii to the song YMCA by the Village People.
2. Before the pandemic, how many air miles/KMs did you flying annually?
200,000+ miles.
3. What is the most adventurous food you have eaten and what city/location did you eat it?
Camel meat in Beijing. I was told it ‘should’ taste just like beef.
Your Career
4. What are the top two experiences, achievements or failures that shaped your journey as a successful leader?
During an executive development rotation at Sun Microsystems, I worked for the COO, which gave me a “seat at the table” to drive impact across the company with other C-level line of business owners.
As a global product leader at Motorola with teams around the world, I learned that diversity is more than enabling culture and gender; it is also about differences in thinking and innovation. By bringing these teams together, we collaboratively created superb products.
5. Did you have a mentor in the early part of your career and, if so, what is the biggest lesson you learned from your mentor or influencer?
Yes, my mentor was a customer who later became my boss. He gave me this advice: “Be brave enough to say Yes to what you want, and No to what you don’t, in life.”
Walking In Your Shoes
6. What is one piece of business or career advice you would give to your younger self?
Don’t ever turn down a job you haven’t been offered. Keep an open mind to all reasonable career opportunities that present themselves.
7. As a leader, how do you remain a resource for people early in their careers?
I offer advice, mentoring, references and referrals to anyone asking for help in my network or extended networks, especially to children of colleagues who are just entering the job market and need extra help in the current job market.
Today’s Business Environment
8. What is the most interesting project you have worked on in the last few years?
Helping a customer take out hundreds of millions of dollars of cost through automation software without reducing headcount.
9. What skills are you currently developing or refining (in yourself) that will make you a more successful leader in the digital economy?
I’m shifting my skills as a cross functional leader to data science management. It’s important to master the ability to collect the right data and direct teams to working with data for data driven outcomes while balancing that approach with the personal and softer side of people management.
10. What is your greatest business challenge today?
Embracing diversity with authenticity without putting artificial constraints on recruiting and retaining the best talent.
