CDN Women of the IT Channel Ecosystem 2014: Sales & Marketing Mavericks

 

CDN WOmen of IT Channel Ecosystem Sales & Marketing Mavericks

 

CDN Women of the IT Channel Ecosystem 2014

CDN’s fifth annual list of Women in the IT Channel Ecosystem selected top personalities from all sectors of the channel.

These senior women executives are shaping the economy of IT in Canada. This year CDN broke down its list into sections to properly represent each area of the channel. They are leaders, channel chiefs, distributors, trusted advisors and a special category called mavericks, which features executives in sales and marketing roles. There are 23 returning executives from 2013’s list.

There are just three non-Canadian born executives who made the cut. As for the Canadians, some hold worldwide roles, while others have a specific North American responsibility.

Our third category is: Sales & Marketing Mavericks

 

Leyland Brown VP Enterprise Sales, HP Canada

Leyland Brown

VP Enterprise Sales, HP Canada

Leyland Brown plays a prominent role in the Printing and Personal Systems Group at HP Canada in Mississauga, Ont., leading the Enterprise Sales team. In 2014, HP made a major decision to split the organization into two separate companies. Brown’s unit will be branded HP Inc.

Read more: HP Canada has to be laser focused more than ever before


 

Colleen Browne Director of NA Sales, Viewsonic

Colleen Browne

Director of NA Sales, Viewsonic 

Colleen Browne continues to be a mainstay on CDN’s list of top women executives in the channel. Browne is responsible for channel sales growing the reseller base for Viewsonic significantly in 2014.

Read more: ViewSonic makes Canadian connection with new VDI client


 

Lynn Hargrove Director of marketing &  Consumer Sales, Symantec

Lynn Hargrove

Director of Marketing & Consumer Sales, Symantec Canada

In 2014, Lynn Hargrove didn’t just travel the country selling Symantec solutions. She also brought out the important issue of protecting people from online threats as a spokesperson for a cause rather than selling a point product. Also in 2014, Symantec decided to split the company in two and Norton will now be on its own.

Read more: HP and Symantec announce Disaster Recovery beta program

Susie Ibbotson VP Marketing and Alliances, Navantis

Susie Ibbotson

VP Marketing and Alliances, Navantis

Board Member, Canadian Channel Chiefs Council

Susie Ibbotson is considered a marketing maven in the channel in Canada. Through her work, Navantis has been recognized as multiple Channel Elite and Microsoft Impact award winners.

Ibbotson is also the Treasurer of the Canadian Channel Chiefs Council.

Read more: The CDN CEA gold winners

 

Renee Lalonde Country Manager & VP of Sales, CA Canada

Renee Lalonde

Country Manager & VP of Sales, CA Canada

CA in 2014 has gone through its own business transformation. The company is working to enable customers and channel partners to capture more of the application market in a secure way. Lalonde is working to develop better planning and development programs for this transition. With that the company introduced new DevOps solutions to further this strategy.

Read more: CA Canada’s new channel chief was an NFL/CFL football player

 

Rebecca Leach Channel Sales Leader & Partner Advisor, Cisco

Rebecca Leach

Channel Sales Leader & Partner Advisor, Cisco

Rebecca Leach is a rising star inside Cisco’s Canadian subsidiary. Leach, who was tasked to run the important Partner-Led strategy for the networking giant, moved from mid-market and national director integrators to channel sales leader for the Canadian operation.

Read more: A first look at Cisco’s Project Squared

 

Elaine Mah Director, Intel Canada

Elaine Mah

Director, Intel Canada

After a one year absence from the CDN Women of the IT Channel Ecosystem list, Mah returns with a bang. She built the Canadian small business advisory board for Intel Canada. Mah is also a noted industry blogger and has a loyal following on Twitter.

Read more: Intel Canada boss says country is ready for PC refresh beyond XP

 

Staci Trackey Meagher VP of Enterprise and Partner Group, Microsoft Canada

Staci Trackey Meagher

VP of Enterprise and Partner Group, Microsoft Canada

One of Staci Trackey Meagher’s strategic missions for 2014 was to tell Microsoft story for the converged infrastructure market opportunity.

The Rochester, N.Y. native is always looking for new ways to help enterprise customers innovate and push boundaries in the hyper-converged space through channel partners.

Read more: Microsoft Canada $20 million makeover

 

Petrina Wong Director of Small & Mid- Market Sales, Avaya Canada

Petrina Wong

Director of Small & Mid-Market Sales, Avaya Canada

Petrina Wong was promoted to lead the all-important mid-market segment for Avaya Canada in 2014.

Wong served as SMB channels director for the Canadian subsidiary since 2012. Wong is now responsible for developing the sales strategy along with Avaya’s go-to-market plan with the channel in Canada.

Read more: Avaya wants to put an end to fragmentation


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