IBMBusiness Development Executive & Client Technical Specialist
Mar. 2001 - Oct. 2019Greater Atlanta Area> Drove IBM North America and Global alliance with Cisco Systems for cloud solutions, data center products, AI, and storage infrastructure solutions and services, leading to stronger partnership and significant increases in combined revenue (~20% growth / quarter).
> Strengthened IBM’s alliance with Lenovo in North America for the storage solution portfolio. Educated Lenovo sellers on IBM solutions, thereby increasing alliance-generated IBM revenue by 30% in consecutive years.
> Developed new business and built strong relationships through relentless effort bringing sales teams together around common opportunities.
> Provided sales guidance and support to IBM, Cisco, Lenovo and channel sellers, effectively simplifying complex products and procedures.
> Utilized business development expertise and relationship building skills for generating white space and incremental business for IBM, Cisco, Lenovo, and strategic partners.
> Performed technical sales support, leading teams of skilled specialists for opportunities in all industries.
> Executed solution design and architecture expertise, pricing configurations and answers to technical questions to advance the sales cycle, retire quota, and close business.
> Ran IBM Tech Sales Proposal Support team, enabling sellers to respond to RFP’s quickly and with strong vetted solutions across all software and hardware brands.