Teresa
Clarkson
- Engagements
typically fell into three areas. 1)
Broad market and trend analysis 2)
Specific company evaluations 3)
Channel sales and partner program evaluation and recommendations.
- Attended seminars and stayed current with video,
messaging, UC and networking market trends.
- Maintained relationships with Tandberg, Cisco,
Polycom, Lifesize and Vidyo contacts.
- Conducted research on company positioning. Provided analysis on product line
comparisons.
- Evaluated company managements and go to market
strategies. Recommended sales
channel alignments and best practices.
- Required knowledge and ability to understand and
discuss technology, business processes and corporate financial concepts
with MBA level clients.
- Managed a team of 8 commercial CAM’s (Boston,
NYC, NJ, Philly, Reston, Atlanta) and 3 Federal CAM’s covering the Maine
to Miami region. Traveled weekly
throughout the territory.
- Built executive relationships with Tandberg’s
largest VAR, SI and Service Provider partners including BT/Wire One, IVCi,
VSGi, AVI-SPL and Providea.
- Attended weekly staff meetings with the direct
sales VP and Regional Managers.
- Demonstrated effective matrix management
skills. Partnered internally with
Channel Marketing to develop broad lead generation programs and partner
specific marketing campaigns. Partnered
with finance to insure prompt payment of receivables by partners. Helped plan and host the annual partner
meeting.
- Built relationships and met regularly with the
Cisco CAM and Federal management teams including Duross, Graling, LaTour,
Purcell, Anderson, Young and Blake.
- Coordinated quarterly reviews with Cisco and NG
executives. Presented monthly
program status to Dr. Brammer and the NGIT technology council.
- Coordinated relationship building and account
planning between NG sales and Cisco BD reps.
- Attended annual Cisco Partner Conference. Evaluated new product and service offerings. Created internal introduction
strategies.
- Prepared for and managed the Cisco audit process
with 3rd party auditors.
Tracked and managed Cisco certifications for approximately 100
Northrop certified professional services engineers.
- Personally passed Cisco Sales Expert and Cisco
Wireless Sales exams.
- After closure of the division holding the Gold
certification, I built and executed the plan to recertify with Cisco at
NGIT Sector. Worked with a sister
division to create the required call center. Achieved certification with no loss of
benefits to NGIT.
- Developed mindshare for Cisco and Northrop by
creating a monthly internal newsletter highlighting key Cisco wins and
announcements.
- Attended weekly sales VP meeting. Built discount approval process to insure
achievement of gross margin targets.
Partnered with inside sales to insure renewal of all Smartnet
contracts.
- Designed internal training meetings and
coordinated attendance at external classes and seminars.
- Established a creative channel coverage program
utilizing a 3rd party marketing company which saved Avaya over
$2 million per year.
- Implemented a weekly team forecast program. Reduced the quarterly hockey stick by
22%.
- Travels the USA and Canada weekly to meet with
customers. Acted as a main contact
point for key channel partners understanding their goals, account plans
& critical issues.
- Negotiated multi-million dollar deals each
quarter with key distributors ScanSource and Wescon .
- Hands on leader that traveled the territory
constantly, built successful customer relationships and personally oversaw
all key deals.
- Created the region go-to-market strategy for
competing directly against Cisco Systems and Extreme Networks identifying
targets, tactics and required resources.
- Responsible for presenting the region forecast to
the CEO on the first Saturday of each month.
- Generated revenue growth of 58% in 2001.
- Grew revenue from $120 million in 1996 to $200
million in 1999.
- Held a TOP SECRET clearance. Traveled extensively to meet customers
throughout the USA, Germany, Italy and the UK.
- Demonstrated the ability to recruit, lead and
retain a high performing direct sales team in a fast growing and demanding
environment.
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