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RISING FEMALE STARS BY JENNIFER FOLLETT
Their to-do lists may vary, but all of the women on our inaugural 2020 Rising Female Stars list have one goal in mind: improving business for their company’s solution provider partners. These 100 women have garnered kudos from top executives, co-workers and partners for their laser focus, tireless work ethic and dedication to putting solution providers on the road to success. Our rising stars are not behind the scenes—they are front and center across the industry. Congratulations to these 100 women and the many more who make the channel the force it is today.
Kaela Loffler
Jennifer Bilby
Sanda Milovic
Ligeia Zeruto
Chelsie Ritarossi
VP, Marketing Accedian
Channel Account Manager Acer America
Partner Success Manager Acronis
Worldwide Public Sector Global Alliance Manager Amazon Web Services
Sr. Manager, Channel Marketing APC by Schneider Electric
Zeruto has provided strategic guidance to partner leaders to help achieve AWS’ goals and also dove deep into performing what is necessary tactically. She is known for doing so with confidence, grace and passion, inspiring those around her to do the same.
Ritarossi is moving up within APC’s channel organization, having been promoted to her current role this past fall. She has received kudos for continuing to achieve high performance in her everyday tasks while taking on enormous new responsibilities.
Loffler joined Accedian in 2018 and completely revamped the marketing team. She has been instrumental in supporting the performance analytics vendor’s global channel effort, from managing the MDF process to organizing joint channel events and communications.
Likened to an athlete who never takes a day off, Bilby is “always on,” from helping customers navigate Acer to participating with them in the field at events. She also helps marketing and sales better understand the channel partners they support.
In her first year at Acronis, Milovic has earned a reputation as a high-impact team member who is responsive, diligent and always willing to take on new responsibilities. She has spent time visiting with solution providers at various partner events to evangelize the Acronis story.
Allie Jo Voigt
Linda Peterson
Donna Lowe
Michele Stone
Kooper Macleay
Channel Account Manager, MSP Arctic Wolf
National Sales Manager Arrow Electronics
Channel Director, Western Region Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company
Sales Director AT&T
Sr. Marketing Manager AttackIQ
Stone joined AT&T in the second half of last year and quickly established strong relationships with solution provider partners as well as internal sales teams. She is known for her ability to achieve sales revenue and production goals while cultivating healthy team dynamics.
Macleay wins praise for accelerating her understanding of the channel as well as the key components required for developing a successful channel event. She is described as very detail-oriented and is credited with upscaling AttackIQ’s promotional efforts with each partner globally.
Voigt has earned the title of “rock star” at Arctic Wolf, where she turned heads by taking charge of the company’s MSP events, becoming a familiar face to attendees and improving enablement for partners to make them more successful.
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Peterson is described as a creative and passionate fie ld sales team leader responsible for Arrow’s largest and most strategic partners. She has focused on communication and planning to facilitate growth, as well as metrics to keep things on track.
Lowe delivers top-notch results for partners, exemplifying the Aruba culture of “customer first/ customer last.” She is lauded as a leader who brings tremendous value to her team and channel community.