AricentAVP, Client Executive - IBM Cognitive Systems
Oct. 2017 - Sep. 2019Dallas/Fort Worth Areaโข ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐: (acquired by Altran in 2018 and then by Capgemini in 2019) Provided product lifecycle services help clients adapt to the changing industry landscape in solution architecture, application development and deployment, system infrastructure implementation and software engineering. โข ๐ฃ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ข๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐: As the sales and technical team lead supporting the IBM account, spearheaded the creation of high-value, customized product design and engineering solutions to clientโs most complex and mission critical issues. Chartered with extending product life cycle and/or finding new revenue paths. Led product development and sales processes from ideation through final implementation, managed the product calendar, and led the development of disciplined, robust pricing and risk analysis processes. โข Served as strategic account team lead focused on alliances within IBM as well as other channel and OEM partners in supporting an 8-figure annual revenue โข Developed relationships with key IBM executives that were instrumental in expanding sales within IBM Cognitive Systems other areas within IBM โข Key member of team that closed a multi-million-dollar joint development agreement in 2017, resulting in a new product called Geographically Dispersed Resiliency (GDR) for IBM Power Systems being brought to market in 2018 โข Served as team lead responsible for sales and technical coordination and collaboration between IBM and Aricent on PowerHA, Aricentโs single largest project with IBM with 9-figure combined revenues over a 3 year period โ with success of the PowerHA project viewed as key factor in the acquisition of Aricent by Altran