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2010 Women Of The Channel

By CRN Staff
July 23, 2010    4:00 PM ET

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Lynn Smurthwaite-Murphy
Lynn Smurthwaite - Senior Vice President, U.S. and Canada, Westcon Group
Years At Current Position: 1
Years In Channel: 23
Westcon Canada realized double-digit growth in revenue and margins and was awarded the fastest-growing Cisco business year-over-year in 2009. Smurthwaite-Murphy plans to build a more-consistent framework.

Lydia Smyers
Vice President, Oracle
Years At Current Position: 2
Years In Channel: 8
Smyers was key to Oracle Partner Network Specialized, conducting a communications campaign to execute the launch, including traditional, online and social methods. She will conduct a global survey on the partner experience.

Barbara Spicek
VP of Worldwide Channel Sales, Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.
Years At Current Position: 1
Years In Channel: 19
Spicek continued to enhance the Alliance Partner Network programs. She will roll out new designations for partners that sell SAN and IP products.

Jan Spring
VP Channel Development, eFolder Inc.
Years At Current Position: 3
Years In Channel: 18
Spring attended 22 channel conferences and eFolder maintained 25% per quarter growth in partners, storage and revenue. On tap for eFolder is the launch of a channel-only, brandable, SaaS BDR product and giving partners the best channel experience.

Donna St. John
Director, Partner Experience, McAfee
Years At Current Position: 2
Years In Channel: 16
McAfee launched an enhanced SecurityAlliance Partner Program, including new margin advantages. St. John's focus for next year is executing on the company's core philosophy: simplicity, predictability and profitability.

Sonia St. Charles
Chief Executive Officer, Davenport Group
Years At Current Position: 8
Years In Channel: 8
Highlights include last year's Women of the Channel and the Fast Growth 100, in addition to being named to Compellent's Partner Advisory Council and Everything Channel's Board. She aims to double the customer footprint.

Brenda Stallings
President, Matrix Integration
Years At Current Position: 31
Years In Channel: 30
Matrix had its most profitable year since 1979, and Stallings implemented a Balanced Scorecard and a Performance Management Process. Next year is all about CRM--choosing the right tool and then implementing it.

Dana L. Testa
Director of Channel Marketing, SugarCRM
Years At Current Position: 1
Years In Channel: 15
Among SugarCRM's achievements were a host of Everything Channel awards, some specific to cloud computing, and a SugarCon annual user and partner conference. Testa aims to recruit 100 new solution providers.

Andrea Jeanne Thomas
Director, Channel Development, Enterprse Networks Division, ADTRAN
Years At Current Position: 3
Years In Channel: 11
Adtran won Everything Channel's 2009 ARC for SMB networking hardware. To begin 2010, Thomas worked with Everything Channel's IPED on enhanced partner management.

Luanne Tierney
Vice President, Worldwide Partner Marketing, Cisco
Years At Current Position: 2
Years In Channel: 14
Tierney launched Partner Marketing Central, a global co-marketing engine that lets partners easily engage with Cisco on co-marketing efforts. This year Cisco is investing in functionality and demand generation.



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