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Becky Beane
Director of Worldwide Channel Management
AMD
Years in position: 2 months
Years in channel: 15
Goals for this year: "My team and I are working to gain a better understanding of partner needs. We plan to identify targeted opportunities, and then provide programs that are supported by communications and enablement, which will ultimately allow partners to reach their goals and receive rewards from AMD . We also want to make sure that partners understand the advantages of working with AMD during the economic slump. AMD works hard to offer partners a valuable investment for the future because of the longevity of technology, easy upgrades and less complicated/expansive software integration."
Executives you admire: Larry Ellison: "He was, and still is, the visionary for his company. He knows his strengths and weakness and used that knowledge to surround himself with strong operational people. It's amazing that he was able to turn 40,000 people at Oracle to move in the right direction to reach the goal he was after."
Female role models: Ann Richards, former governor of Texas: "I would like to have met her before she passed away. She had energy, vitality and an ability to push through and make things happen." Also, Meg Whitman from eBay for "her strong vision and innovation; she was able to change how we buy and sell through the Internet."
Julie Bennani
General Manager, Partner Program, Worldwide Partner Group
Microsoft
Years in position: 2
Years in channel: 11
Goals for this year: "I hope to successfully land the next version of the Microsoft Partner Program with our field and partners in a way that supports and helps them extend their business. I'm also looking to work more closely with our product groups to clarify market growth opportunities and how to pursue them for our partners."
Executives you admire: Anne Mulcahy and Ursula Burns, from Xerox , for "how they are managing leadership development and transition. Also, a "toast to A.G. Lafley who just retired from P&G.
Female role models: "There are many amazing women executives out there and I greatly respect my boss, Allison Watson, and the work she has done to drive and embed the partner-led model externally and internally at Microsoft with unending energy, passion and endurance. I tend to lead quietly and fortunately there are many other strong executives within Microsoft to model from: Lisa Brummel, Maria Martinez, Mich Mathews, Debra Chrapaty and Kathleen Hogan, to name a few."
Laurie Benson
Former CEO
Inacom Information Systems
Years in position: 25
Years in channel: 25
Goals for this year: "Now that my employees and customers are cared for, I am going to focus on community outreach."
Executives you admire: Juniper's Frank Vitagliano, Everything Channel's Bob Faletra, Ingram Micro 's Greg Spierkel
Female role models: Neil Merlino, "how to really think big! I would have to say that the women leaders in IT in the channel have gone out of their way to support me and others. I feel that any one of us would help each other through any crisis or opportunity. Great minds and big hearts. These women are my friends."
Madeline Biskintaoui
Manager, North America Channels and Alliances
Talend
Years in position: 2 months
Years in channel: 10
Goals for this year: "Establish a world-class channels organization at Talend."
Executives you admire: Ann Winblad, software industry entrepreneur and technology leader as well as co-founder and a managing director at Hummer Winblad Venture Partners
Female role models: Michelle Obama
Aileen Black
Vice President, Federal Sales
VMware
Years in position: 4.5
Years in channel: 25
Goals for this year: Black hopes to work with customers to implement the best practices for cloud computing and continue expansion of VMware's virtualization solutions in the government. VMware's technology provides a return on investment in about six months.
Executives you admire: Colin Powell: Black is inspired by his philosophies around having a dream and then dedicating a lot of work and sweat to make that dream a reality.
Female role models: Her mother. "She was married to a two-star general and found herself living in strange locations raising five girls. Her ability to roll with the punches and adapt to change is evidenced in the success and balance all five daughters have found in life."
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