IT Wondrous Women™ spotlights two outstanding leaders building a new journey for the IT industry...
September 22, 2022 • 2 Minute Read
IT Wondrous Women™ spotlights two IT Wondrous Women™ spotlights two outstanding leaders who are building a new journey for the IT industry, and reshaping the future in an emerging consumption era. These women are redefining success and delivering powerful results.
Please welcome this week’s IT Wondrous Women™ into our ITWW Circle of Honorees:
Susan Follis, Managing Director, Kyndryl ASEAN and APAC/MEA Growth Unit, Kyndryl (Singapore)
Mrinalini Lakshminaryanan, Global Executive Director, Digital Operations and Industry Solutions, Ingram Micro (USA)
Please join us in congratulating Susan and Mrinalini, and we look forward to watching their successful journeys continue.
Keep building your own unique and wondrous journey!
Denise Sangster
President & CEO, Global Touch, Inc.
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IT Wondrous Women™ spotlights two outstanding leaders who are building a new journey for the IT industry.
About IT Wondrous Women blog series.
The IT Wondrous Women blog series showcases top and emerging technology industry leaders from around the world, all of whom are women! Some of these women are well known in the IT industry while others have “roots” in the technology market with roles in corporate customers or non-profit organizations. Each has the same thing in common: they are driving game-changing success in the digital, consumption-driven economy.
Each of these women are expanding the future of the IT industry and opportunities for women through their prowess, intelligence, and impact. They are also inspiring those who will stand on their shoulders.
All participants in this blog series answer the same set of questions, which provides a glimpse into their careers and backgrounds and, more importantly, what makes them such wondrous and inspirational leaders!
If you have missed any of our previous blog posts, they are available by clicking the links below.
Alex Coates, Managing Director, Australia, Datacom (Australia)
Alexandra Zagury, Vice President, Partner Managed & as-a-Service, Global Partner Sales, Cisco (USA)
Amy Chow, Country Manager, Hong Kong & Macau, Check Point Software Technologies (Hong Kong)
Amy Wingate, Senior Director, Global Portfolio Management, Cisco (USA)
Andromeda Booth, Marketing Director, Just After Midnight (United Kingdom)
Anette Brurås, Head of Delivery and Operational Excellence, Tietoevry (Norway)
Angela Rieu-Clarke, Chief People Officer, Waracle (Scotland)
Angeliqua Ramming Gaden, Senior Nordic Partner Development Manager, AWS (Norway)
Angie McCourt, Success and Mindset Coach, Authentic Me Revolution (USA)
Anne McClelland, Vice President, XaaS Channel Optimization Research, TSIA (USA)
Ashleigh Gray, Vice President Strategic Partnerships, Vidyard (Canada)
Ayesha Liaqat, Manager, Unified Communications, UW Health (USA)
Blanca Galletero, Group Vice President, Channels, Alliances, and GTM Europe, Splunk (Spain)
Bonni-Jo Salazar, Global Partner Programs, Zoom (USA)
Bridget Bisnette, President, Bisnette GTM Services (USA)
Brooke Cunningham, Area Vice President, Global Partner Marketing & Experience, Splunk (USA)
Carissa Hughes, AWS Alliance Manager, ANZ, Rackspace Technology (Australia)
Carol Ann McKeown, Global Lead of Regional and Channel Marketing, Viavi Solutions (USA)
Caroline Japic, Senior Director of Revenue Marketing, Cisco Secure & Chief Marketing Officer of Kenna Security (now part of Cisco) (USA)
Caroline Raj, Senior Director, ServiceNow (Australia)
Carrie Mott, Head of Marketing & Sales Development Asia Pacific & Japan, Dynatrace (Australia)
Catherine Heilemann, Director & Master Coach, The Salary Coach (Australia)
Cathy Conroy, Head of Alliances, Asia Pacific & Japan, Cohesity (Australia)
Catriona Walkerden, National Marketing Lead, Logicalis Australia (Australia)
Charlene Mowery, Director of Strategic Initiatives, Red Hat Public Sector (USA)
Cheryln Chin, Vice President, Global Partners & Alliances, UiPath (USA)
Christine Linthacum, Principal APN Product Manager, Amazon Web Services (USA)
Cindra Ford, Director Strategy, Planning and Operations, Cisco (USA)
Claudia Romanini-Backus, Head of Enterprise & Productivity Partnerships, Facebook Reality Lab (USA)
Courtney Pullen, Country Manager UK, Taxdoo (Germany)
Dana Testa, ABM Enterprise Corporate Marketing Lead, Travel & Hospitality, Media & Entertainment, Adobe (USA)
Daniela Schilling, Director, Vogel IT Academy (Germany)
Dao Jensen, Chief Executive Officer, Oak Rocket (USA)
Deanna Davenport, Senior Director, Lifecycle Services, ConvergeOne (USA)
Debbie Anders, Vice President, Strategic Alliances, Americas Region, NTT Ltd. (USA)
Debbie Dove Larson, Senior Vice President of Sales - North Central Region, Sirius Computer Solutions (USA)
Debbie Dunnam, Chief Commercial Officer, Dropbox (USA)
Deborah Bale, Director of Insurance, everis UK, an NTT Data Company (United Kingdom)
Deborah Bannworth, Senior Vice President, Partner Alliances, Inside Sales, Maintenance Sales & Services, Sirius Computer Solutions (USA)
Debby Spaltmann, Founder and Executive Coach, I4I-Influence-for-Impact (Germany)
Denise McCutchen Grace, Group Vice President, Customer Interaction Technology, Concentrix (USA)
Denise Sangster, President & Chief Executive Officer, Global Touch, Inc (USA)
Dianne Lapierre, Chief Information Officer, Absolute Software (Canada)
Edna Conway, Vice President, Chief Security & Risk Officer, Azure, Microsoft (USA)
Elisabeth De Dobbeleer, Vice President, EMEAR Partner Lead, Cisco (United Kingdom)
Elizabeth Perlin, Head of Executive & Employee Communications, HPE Compute, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (USA)
Emma Pudney, Chief Technology Officer, APJ, Rackspace Technology (Australia)
Erin Malone, Senior Vice President, American Sales, Sophos (USA)
Esther Ayorinde, Senior Director, CX GTM & Managed Services, Cisco (USA)
Esther Dyson, Executive Founder, Wellville (USA)
Esther Westerweele, Founder, LEF Marketing & Events (The Netherlands)
Faith Wheller, Marketing Director, Intuit Quickbooks UK, Intuit (United Kingdom)
Falguni Desai, Sabbatical (USA)
Gabrielle Hase, Chief Executive Officer, Soleberry Advisory (United Kingdom)
Gillian Docherty, Chief Executive Officer, The Data Lab (Scotland)
Gillian Munson, Chief Financial Officer, Iora Health (USA)
Ginny Cartwright Ziegler, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer, North America, Accenture (USA)
Harninder Bassi, Vice President & Chief of Staff to the CEO, Pindrop (USA)
Heather Clancy, Editorial Director, GreenBiz Group (USA)
Heather Tenuto, Chief Revenue Officer, Zift Solutions (USA)
Heidi Mantis, Head of Cisco Strategic Alliance, Optus (Australia)
Heidi Melin, Chief Marketing Officer, Workfront (USA)
Helen Chang, Conference Interpreter, Freelance (China)
Helen Ligonis, Strategic IT Sales and Channel Leader (Australia)
Hélène Draoulec, Director, Marketing Southern Europe and Sales Development EMEA, Yext (France)
Hilary Doe, President, NationBuilder (USA)
Holly Briedis, Executive Vice President, Chief Digital Officer, Fossil Group (USA)
Hope Galley, Global Channel Leader, Cisco Meraki (USA)
Ilona van Ginkel, Head of Marketing Netherlands, Trend Micro (The Netherlands)
Imane Jamal Eddine, Chief Customer Success Officer, Microsoft Singapore, Microsoft (Singapore)
Ingrid Burton, Chief Marketing Officer, Quantcast (USA)
Isabella Yani, Chief of Staff and Director of Business Development & Sales Operations, Cisco (USA)
Jennifer Pockell Dimas, Chief Marketing Officer, Qumu (USA)
Jenny Evans, Head of Marketing, J2 Innovations (a Siemens Company) (United Kingdom)
Jo Peterson, Vice President of Cloud and Security Services, Clarify360 (USA)
Joanne Montz, Senior Global Sales Enablement Manager, Telco and Edge Cloud Business Unit, VMware (USA)
José van Dijk, Vice President of Operations & Partner Performance, Global Partner Organization, Cisco (The Netherlands)
Joyce Hunter, Executive Director, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (USA)
Jude McCorry, CEO, Scottish Business Resilience Centre (SBRC) (Scotland)
Julia Chen, Vice President of Partner Transformation, Cisco (USA)
Juliana Vida, Chief Technical Advisor (Public Sector), Splunk Inc. (USA)
Julie Hens, Vice President, Global Virtual Sales & Engineering, Cisco (USA)
Julie Knight-Ludvigson, Chief Marketing Officer, Unit4 (USA)
Julie Parrish, Chief Marketing Officer, Corelight, Inc. (USA)
Julie Thomas, Director, Global Partner Organization, Strategy & Partner Experience Team, Cisco (USA)
June Boo, Head of Asia Business, LinkedIn Sales Solutions, LinkedIn (Singapore)
Karen Platt, Co-Founder, One P Design (Australia)
Karine Elsen, Vice President of Partner Marketing, Avalara (USA)
Kathi Kaplan, Senior Vice President, Demand Generation, UiPath (USA)
Kathrine Forsberg, Chief Executive Officer, Attea Denmark (Denmark)
Kathy Ameche, Vice President Executive Partner, Gartner Inc (USA)
Kavita May, Senior Vice President, Planning & Operations, Global Technology Distribution Council (USA)
Kelley Damore, Chief Content Officer, TechTarget (USA)
Kerri Lampard, APJC Partner Architecture Sales and Engineering Director, Cisco (Singapore)
Kerry Desberg, Chief Marketing Officer, Impartner Software (USA)
Kerry Wright, EMEA & APAC Channel Director, SugarCRM (United Kingdom)
Laura Bailey, Strategic Account Director, NashTech (United Kingdom)
Lesley Andrews, Vice President of Strategic Alliances for North America, CompuCom (Canada)
Lisa Fitzpatrick, Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Grapevine Health (USA)
Lisa Mackenzie, Partner & Semi-Retired, The Channel Company (USA)
Lisa Penn, Chief of Staff, Global Channel Marketing, SAP (USA)
Liz Lawson, Senior Partner Field Enablement Lead - APAC, Amazon Web Services (Australia)
Lori Cornmesser, Vice President, Worldwide Channel Sales, CyCognito (USA)
Louise Runyard, Head of Business Engagement, Lonsec (Australia)
Luxy Thuraisingam, Head of Global Partner Marketing, Cisco (Canada)
Lydia Huang, Executive Director, CSP Development, Lenovo (China)
Magdeleine Bourgoin, Vice President of Worldwide Strategy & Sales Acceleration, VMware (France)
Maggie Morrison, Business Development Director, Hi55 Ventures (Scotland)
Mandy Haeburn-Little, Executive Chair, Business Resilience International Management (BRIM) (Scotland)
Marianne Calder, Global Head of Inside Sales, BT (United Kingdom)
Marion Ryan, Vice President, Alliances & Channel Ecosystem APJ, ServiceNow (Singapore)
Marleese Attilakos, Sales Leader Commercial Victoria, Cisco (Australia)
Marlen von Roth, Sales Director Cloud EMEA, SUSE (United Kingdom)
Mattie Gullixson, Senior Cyber Analyst Supervisor, Colorado Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management (USA)
Melina Anthony, Director of Customer Experience, Arraya Solutions (USA)
Melissa Andrews, Solutions Engineering Manager, Army / COCOMs, Splunk (USA)
Melissa Murray Bailey, Senior Vice President, Global Sales, Hootsuite (USA)
Mercy Manning, Vice President, Sales & Sustainability Strategy, Aligned (USA)
Mette Roald, Head of Products & Portfolio Strategy, Vipps (Norway)
Michala Hart, Director, BT Security, BT (United Kingdom)
Michelle Ayyuce, Marketing Manager - Service Provider Australia and New Zealand, Cisco (Australia)
Michelle Chiantera, Vice President, Global Partner, Segment & Industry Marketing, Cisco (USA)
Michelle Covey, Vice President, Partnerships, GS1 US (USA)
Michelle Woodward Hodges, Vice President, Worldwide Channels, GitLab, Inc. (USA)
Monica White, Director of Public Marketing, Kenna Security (Canada)
Muna Khurshid, Vice President, Worldwide Networking & Security Solution Engineering, VMware (USA)
Nadine Rubin, Managing Partner, Adam-Bryce, LLC (USA)
Nancy Ridge, Founder & President, Ridge Innovative & Co-founder, Alliance of Channel Women (USA)
Nancy Thomas, Global Head of Video Collaboration Channel Development, Logitech (USA)
Neetu Shaw, Digital, Data & AI Leadership, Accenture Applied Intelligence (USA)
Patty Gray, Vice President, Global Vendor Management, Weston-Comstor (USA)
Pauline Tng, Head of Channels, APAC, Splunk (Singapore)
Phyllis Waud, Senior Director of Channels & Alliances, Syntax (USA)
Pinky Jia, Director for System Development of Lenovo Infrastructure, Lenovo (China)
Quintana Patterson, IT Clinical and Compliance Manager, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus (USA)
Raen Lim, Group Vice President, South Asia & Korea, Splunk (Singapore)
Rachel Barger, Senior Vice President, Global Enterprise Sales, Cisco (USA)
Rebecca Bell, Director, Global Sales Enablement, IQVIA (United Kingdom)
Rebecca Brennan, Sales Director, Carahsoft Technology Corp. (USA)
Rebecca Carr, Senior Vice President, Platform and Growth, SmartRecruiters (USA)
Ruma Balasubramanian, Managing Director, Google Cloud - Southeast Asia (Singapore)
Sabine Hammer, Director, Channel Sales Infrastructure Solutions Group, Lenovo Global Technology Germany GmbH (Germany)
Sabine Howest, Vice President, Global Partner Engagement and IoT, Ingram Micro, Inc. (USA)
Sabrina Lin, Senior Advisor to the President, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Hong Kong)
Samara Halterman, Global head of Partner Marketing, Pure Storage (USA)
Sandra Flinders, Senior Director, Recurring Value Partner Programs, Cisco (USA)
Sandy Salty, Chief Marketing Officer, Trace3 (USA)
Sara Avery, Regional Sales Manager, Zscaler (USA)
Shinie Shaw, Senior Director of Networking & Security Strategy and Planning, VMware (USA)
Simone Heitmann, Group Director, Partner Management, Computacenter (Germany)
Stacey Beer, Head of Marketing, APJ, Riverbed Technology (Australia)
Stanimira Koleva, Senior Vice President & General Manager Asia Pacific and Japan, Here Technologies (Singapore)
Stephenie Southard, Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer, Baxter Credit Union (USA)
Susan Dzieduszycka-Suinat, President & Chief Executive Officer at U.S. Vote Foundation and the Overseas Vote Foundation (Germany)
Tara Ridley, Vice President Alliances & Channels ANZ, Salesforce (Australia)
Tatyana Kanzaveli, Chief Executive Officer, Open Health Network (USA)
Therese Olafsen Mørck, Head of Sales, Nordcloud (an IBM Company) (Norway)
Tia Dubuisson, President & Co-Founder, Belle Fleur Technologies (USA)
Tiffany Wright, Education Director, Microsoft Australia (Australia)
Tina Gravel, Senior Vice President, Global Channels and Alliances, AppGate (USA)
Tina Nolte, Vice President Product, Spectro Cloud (USA)
Tone O. Sandvik, Head of Sales Cloud & Infrastructure, TietoEVRY (Norway)
Tracy-Ann Palmer, Vice President, Partner Experience, Programs and Distribution, VMware (USA)
Uma Balasingam, Vice President, Partner & Organization, Asia Pacific & Japan, VMware (Singapore)
Vaishali Ghiya, Head of Networking and Sales, Amazon Web Services (USA)
Vera Shulman, Chief Executive Officer, ProfiSea (Israel)
Vicki Batka, Vice President, Partner Sales APJC, Cisco (Singapore)
Vicky Reddington, Co-Founder, Amplified Group (United Kingdom)
Vikki Mitchell, Senior Global Partner Manager, World Wide Technology (United Kingdom)
Wendy Bahr, Advisor, Pindrop (USA)
Wendy Komadina, Head of AWS Partner Programs, Asia Pacific, Amazon Web Services (Australia)
Yolande Abeling, Head of Marketing Strategy, Service Provider APJC, Cisco (Australia)
Yvonne Bernard, Chief Technology Officer, Hornetsecurity (Germany)
Zoe Lou, Director, Global Business Marketing, Greater China, Meta (Hong Kong)
