IT Wondrous Women™ spotlights seventeen dynamic leaders from Cisco...
November 9, 2021 • 2 Minute Read
IT Wondrous Women™ spotlights seventeen dynamic leaders from Cisco who are building a new journey for the IT Industry...
In honor of Cisco’s 25th Annual Partner Summit this week, Global Touch, Inc.® spotlights seventeen leaders from Cisco who are moving the needle and building a new journey for the IT industry.
This week we are spotlighting seven new IT Wondrous Women™ (ITWW) from Cisco. In an encore spotlight, ten Cisco leaders, who are part of our ITWW Circle of Honorees™, are also included.
Please meet this week’s seven new IT Wondrous Women:
Yolande Abeling, Head of Marketing Strategy, Service Provider APJC, Cisco (Australia)
José van Dijk, Vice President of Operations & Partner Performance, Global Partner Organization, Cisco (The Netherlands)
Cindra Ford, Director Strategy, Planning and Operations, Cisco (USA)
Hope Galley, Global Channel Leader, Cisco Meraki (USA)
Julie Thomas, Director, Global Partner Organization, Strategy & Partner Experience Team, Cisco (USA)
Luxy Thuraisingam, Head of Global Partner Marketing, Cisco (Canada)
Isabella Yani, Chief of Staff and Director of Business Development & Sales Operations, Cisco (USA)
The Cisco ITWW Circle of Honorees™ include:
Alexandra Zagury, Vice President, Partner Managed & as-a-Service, Global Partner Sales, Cisco (USA)
Amy Wingate, Senior Director, Global Portfolio Management, Cisco (USA)
Elisabeth De Dobbeleer, Vice President, EMEAR Partner Lead, Cisco (United Kingdom)
Esther Ayorinde, Senior Director, CX GTM & Managed Services, Cisco (USA)
Julia Chen, Vice President of Partner Transformation, Cisco (USA)
Julie Hens, Vice President, Global Virtual Sales & Engineering, Cisco (USA)
Kerri Lampard, APJC Partner Architecture Sales and Engineering Director, Cisco (Singapore)
Marleese Attilakos, Sales Leader Commercial Victoria, Cisco (Australia)
Rachel Barger, Senior Vice President, Global Enterprise Sales, Cisco (USA)
Vicki Batka, Vice President, Partner Sales APJC, Cisco (Singapore)
Please join us in congratulating Yolande, José, Cindra, Hope, Julie, Luxy, and Isabella, and the ten women in the ITWW Circle of Honorees. We look forward to watching their successful journeys continue.
Keep building your own unique and wondrous journey!
Denise Sangster
President & CEO, Global Touch, Inc.
(P.S. If you have missed any of the 120+ prior featured extraordinary women from IT Wondrous Women, please check out our website blog post and/or click here to subscribe to our blog.)
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.
Alexandra Zagury, Vice President, Partner Managed & as-a-Service, Global Partner Sales, Cisco (USA)
Amy Wingate, Senior Director, Global Portfolio Management, Cisco (USA)
Angie McCourt, Success and Mindset Coach, Authentic Me Revolution (USA)
Anne McClelland, Vice President, XaaS Channel Optimization Research, TSIA (USA)
Ayesha Liaqat, Manager, Unified Communications, UW Health (USA)
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, Chief Marketing Officer, Kenna Security (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)
Claudia Romanini-Backus, Head of Enterprise & Productivity Partnerships, Facebook Reality Lab (USA)
Dana Testa, ABM Enterprise Corporate Marketing Lead, Travel & Hospitality, Media & Entertainment, Adobe (USA)
Dianne Lapierre, Chief Information Officer, Absolute Software (Canada)
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 Sangster, President & Chief Executive Officer, Global Touch, Inc (USA)
Edna Conway, Vice President, Chief Security & Risk Officer, Azure, Microsoft (USA)
Elisabeth De Dobbeleer, Vice President, EMEAR Partner Lead, Cisco (United Kingdom)
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)
Falguni Desai, Sabbatical (USA)
Gabrielle Hase, Chief Executive Officer, Soleberry Advisory (England)
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, Senior Director of Global Strategy and Planning, Rubrik, Inc. (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 Ligonis, Strategic IT Sales and Channel Leader (Australia)
Hélène Draoulec, Director, Marketing Southern Europe and Sales Development EMEA, Yext (France)
Ingrid Burton, Chief Marketing Officer, Quantcast (USA)
Jennifer Pockell Dimas, Chief Marketing Officer, Qumu (USA)
Jenny Evans, Head of Marketing, J2 Innovations (a Siemens Company) (UK)
Jo Peterson, Vice President of Cloud and Security Services, Clarify360 (USA)
Joyce Hunter, Executive Director, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (USA)
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, Dynamic Go-to-Market Executive (USA)
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 (UK)
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)
Louise Runyard, Head of Business Engagement, Lonsec (Australia)
Maggie Morrison, Business Development Director, Hi55 Ventures (UK)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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 (UK)
Rebecca Carr, Senior Vice President, Platform and Growth, SmartRecruiters (USA)
Ruma Balasubramanian, Managing Director, Google Cloud - Southeast Asia (Singapore)
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)
Sandra Flinders, Senior Director, Recurring Value Partner Programs, Cisco (USA)
Sandy Salty, Chief Marketing Officer, Trace3 (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)
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)
Vaishali Ghiya, Head of Networking and Sales, AWS (USA)
Vicki Batka, Vice President, Partner Sales APJC, Cisco (Singapore)
Vicky Reddington, Co-Founder, Amplified Group (United Kingdom)
Wendy Bahr, Chief Commercial Officer, Rubrik, Inc. (USA)
Wendy Komadina, Head of AWS Partner Programs, Asia Pacific, Amazon Web Services (Australia)
