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Ashlyn McLean VP, Global Partner Experience eSentire

Lisa McLin Global VP, Alliances, Channel Unisys

Kaye McMillan SVP, Sales Development, Communities TD Synnex McMillan is focused on driving strategic trans- formation activities within the TD Synnex organization to create a more productive and efficient support model for partners. Leading the TD Synnex communi- ties remains her highest priority.

Kelli McMillan Director, Global Partners Five9 McMillan led the execu- tion of Five9’s business strategies for top TSB partnerships. Her positive attitude and extensive channel leadership expe- rience helped inspire sales teams and partners to surpass sales objectives. She also helped curate an extensive partner enable- ment program. Dolly Menashe Director, Partner Success Indico Data Solutions Menashe launched the Indico Data partner cer- tification and training for the company’s growing ecosystem of partners. Working collaboratively with partners, solutions engineering, delivery and others, she rolled out a workflow enablement track and has issued over 120 certifications to date.

Katie McPherson Director, Channel, Field Programs 8x8 McPherson has stream- lined 8x8’s channel programs to align to strategic visions and revamped the Marketing and Investment Fund Program for channel partners, creating clear guidelines and processes to drive efficiencies in funding reimbursements.

McLean led the launch of the global eSentire e3 Partner Ecosystem, focused on aligning partner engagement, productivity and experience to how business leaders consume best-in-class cybersecurity services. Since the launch, the number of partners has increased.

McLin has worked on advancing key alliances, creating a new TSB chan- nel motion and adding structure by laying the foundation for the new Unisys Partners Pillars for success. This is a trans- parent partner model that highlights what all part- ners can expect.

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Laura Merola Director, Channel Marketing DataBlend Merola developed the DataBlend Channel Partner Program to recruit new VARs and software pub- lishers into the DataBlend ecosystem. She also sought out new opportunities to partner with the company’s largest software publishing partner, Sage, to generate increased recurring channel revenue for DataBlend. Ellen Meekels Executive Director, Digital Transformation, Business Operations Ingram Micro Meekels was key to accel- erating Ingram Micro’s digital transformation and was part of the team to envision, execute and drive that change. With Ingram Micro Xvantage, the expe- rience with the distributor is now very human and very digital.

Lamia Megdiche SVP, Partners, Alliances Collibra Megdiche joined Collibra in 2022 and became an advo- cate for partners internally and externally. She priori- tized building a culture with partnerships at the core of how the company operates, especially empowering the partner engine to have an active role in how the com- pany builds product.

Candace Mehalko VP, Customer Experience, North America Arrow Electronics Mehalko led the organi- zation on its aim to deliver superior customer expe- rience. With self-service capabilities and greater engagement at the founda- tion, she deployed multiple toolsets and platforms that allow internal and external customers access to real- time relevant information.

Jamie Mendez VP, Partner Success Programs Pegasystems

Mendez launched the modernized Pega Partner program during a year of change in Pega’s strat- egy and resources. This change served as a grounding for the partners’ focus to ensure progres- sion in developing skills that drive greater customer satisfaction and value.

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Simone Mestanza Global Distribution Marketing Manager BitTitan Mestanza has built key channel partner relation- ships and a distribution marketing strategy. Her focus is ensuring that channel partners, whether distribution or otherwise, are successful. She also ensures budget is allocated for marketing dollars to spend on global campaigns.

Kelly “KiKi” Meyers VP, Marketing DNSFilter Meyers believes that connecting with channel partners, MSPs, MSSPs, VARs, resellers and chan- nel event producers is the foundation for building strong business relation- ships, communities and lifelong friendships that help each other’s busi- ness succeed.

Jessica Milbrandt Partner Development

Denise Millard SVP, Global Alliances Dell Technologies

Manager Dropbox

Millard zeroed in on lever- aging the power of the partner ecosystem by expanding it with a focus on public cloud providers and data center providers and facilitating multi-partner collaboration. She contin- ued to invest in building and delivering outcome-based industry solutions.

Teaching partners about the channel and growing it has been Milbrandt’s mission since she came to understand the value of it many years ago. In her current role, she is helping partners transition to the cloud and offering new SaaS products to their customers.

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