Companies in the present day face distinctive challenges, whether or not it’s with hybrid cloud, AI, information analytics, or the entire above. Delivering options that may tackle these challenges successfully requires a sturdy ecosystem of partnerships. On the middle of this important ecosystem is the accomplice advertising workforce at Cloudera, who work tirelessly in pursuit of excellence for patrons—and consequently, we’re proud to share that six of our very personal Clouderans have been acknowledged by CRN as a part of this 12 months’s Girls of the Channel. Every of those ladies play an integral position in fostering Cloudera’s accomplice ecosystem and delivering on probably the most urgent buyer wants.
Yearly, CRN publishes its Girls of the Channel challenge to honor feminine executives for his or her accomplishments throughout the earlier 12 months, in addition to the far-reaching influence these ladies have on the broader expertise trade. Winners of this award are ladies who’ve performed a outstanding position within the IT channel ecosystem with both a channel group, options supplier, or distributor.
Let’s have fun Cloudera’s personal Girls of the Channel and be taught a bit extra concerning the winners.
Natascha Lee, Head of World Accomplice & Alliance Advertising and marketing – Natascha—a six-time winner of the Girls of the Channel awards—boasts over 20 years of channel advertising expertise throughout a number of B2B expertise corporations, together with her time right here at Cloudera. In her place, Natascha has led the transformation of Cloudera’s already high-performing World Accomplice & Alliance Advertising and marketing workforce, weaving collectively the artwork and science of promoting to drive demand. She and her workforce’s work has been instrumental in aggressively pursuing income targets and rising market share, in addition to has instantly contributed to main development inside the accomplice advertising program. Throughout her time with Cloudera, Natascha has helped facilitate main accomplice integrations with organizations like NVIDIA, amongst others, as the corporate continues to strengthen its choices.
Valaretha Brown, Senior Accomplice Advertising and marketing Supervisor – Valaretha has delivered impactful outcomes and development alternatives by her work executing artistic strategic advertising applications at Cloudera. A 3-time winner of the Girls of the Channel awards, Valaretha recurrently aligns with trusted advisor accomplice contacts to ship progressive demand-generation applications. Valaretha works collaboratively with complicated, extremely matrixed accomplice organizations to uncover strategic initiatives that make an instantaneous influence. As part of that position, Valaretha has been on the coronary heart of incorporating companions in marketing-wide applications, driving important new leads, and delivering cobranded, impactful content material for joint campaigns.
Lan Chu, Senior Accomplice Advertising and marketing Supervisor – As Senior Advertising and marketing Supervisor in Accomplice Advertising and marketing at Cloudera, Lan leverages her greater than 20 years of experience in advertising technique and demand technology to work carefully with cross-functional groups, companions, and distributors to ship channel-focused advertising applications that amplify gross sales and drive enterprise success for Cloudera’s total accomplice ecosystem. Actually, you may be taught extra about Lan and her work with the accomplice advertising workforce right here. Being named as a Girls of the Channel recipient is a mirrored image of Lan’s dedication to elevating accomplice advertising applications at Cloudera and her deep understanding of what the wants of consumers really are.
Naomi Gravelding,Accomplice Advertising and marketing Supervisor – As a veteran of software program startups, Naomi has a deep understanding of the house and the skillset to quickly react to adjustments available in the market. Her work has helped to broaden accomplice advertising communications initiatives and fold in new and improved methods and processes to spice up consciousness of Cloudera’s accomplice ecosystem and lengthen the corporate’s attain with present and potential companions. Naomi constructed Cloudera’s first LinkedIn Accomplice Showcase web page, which permits companions to have interaction instantly with the broader accomplice ecosystem. By way of her efforts to develop the accomplice advertising program, Naomi has helped enhance attain amongst companions and prospects and set up clear tips for efficient digital communications.
Janet O’Sullivan, Senior Accomplice Advertising and marketing Supervisor – Janet’s dynamic and far-reaching position managing companions throughout 4 continents has had a big influence in fostering development, creating a robust accomplice ecosystem, and producing important ROI, all in service of delivering on prospects’ most vital wants. Her efforts have been extremely profitable, producing a 50% development of the accomplice pipeline in her area collaborating with companions and inner stakeholders on greater than 80 actions. These campaigns ranged from a number of the largest trade occasions to smaller, far more centered, account-based advertising (ABM) actions. She has additionally performed a necessary position in driving the accomplice advertising workforce’s advertising growth funds inside the accomplice ecosystem.
Caitriona Snell, Senior Supervisor, AI/ISV Accomplice Advertising and marketing and Advertising and marketing Operations – Caitriona is one other integral member of Cloudera’s accomplice advertising workforce, driving operational excellence and managing long-term initiatives that enhance international income alternatives within the channel. Caitriona has established herself as a pacesetter and even acts as a topic knowledgeable on advertising initiatives for different groups. As a winner of Girls of the Channel, she is being acknowledged for her position in piloting a lead distribution program throughout a number of geographies that may finally result in important deal registrations and an unlimited variety of new alternatives. She has additionally performed an vital position in connecting Cloudera expertise and options to broader environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting wants—a side that has turn out to be more and more vital for patrons and, likewise, vital for channel companions to assist tackle.
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