As the world increasingly migrates to the cloud, you may be wondering, "How can my company make money in this space?" In this podcast recorded at Arrow Technology Summit 2019, Adam sits down with our guests to re-cap everything discussed on the main stage during the “How Partners Grow and Make Profits from the Cloud" session. Listen to hear this group of cloud experts share tips on wrapping services around your cloud sales, leveraging data, AI expertise and more to make the cloud rain.
SPEAKERS:
Adam Catbagan
Technology Leader, Arrow
An accomplished technical sales leader, Adam Catbagan has been a driving force for creating cultures of technical accountability, discipline and sales excellence. Catbagan develops, implements and influences technical strategies that drive revenue, demonstrate operational efficiency, benchmark IT services, and help develop and drive go-to-market strategies.
Clay Davis
Data and AI Sales Leader, IBM
Clay Davis has been helping guide clients through their data and AI journey for seven years with IBM. With experience across all industries, Davis has seen the challenges clients face and how the evolution of technology can assist, no matter where clients are on their journey.
Derek Mitchell
Global Alliances Executive, Red Hat
Derek Mitchell is a global technology executive and cloud/open-source SME with C-Level presence coupled with diverse cross-industry experience in both federal and Fortune 500 markets. Mitchell has provided leadership to global partner sales organizations with a proven record of financial performance and a track record of partner success with global cloud providers, system integrators, OEMs and distributors.
Kyle Green
Director, Americas Hybrid Cloud Solutions, VMware
Kyle Green joined VMware in 2018 with more than 28 years of sales leadership experience in data center solutions from organizations including Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Data Domain, Comdisco, NEC and Brocade Communications. Green leads our Americas partner go-to-market efforts for hyper-converged and hybrid cloud solutions, prioritizing different routes to market, key partners, initiatives, campaigns and overall execution.
Sean Milner
Vice President of ECS Development, Arrow
Sean Milner is vice president of business development for Arrow’s enterprise computing solutions business. In this role, Milner oversees the evolution and execution of Arrow’s business model to drive incremental growth. This includes supplier recruitment; growing our emerging supplier lines and technologies; expanding our cloud business; and leading our presales team. Milner came to Arrow with 17 years of sales, business development and executive leadership experience that spans SaaS, cloud sales, managed services, IT infrastructure, data storage, backup and PS. In addition, he has held positions at three high-growth startups, where his contributions included building channel programs and sales processes along with driving double-digit growth. Milner received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado Boulder.