Ecosystem Aces is dedicated to helping partnership leaders unleash the full potential of their partner network. Whether you’re just getting started with ecosystem partners, or you’re looking for advanced strategies and tactics, this podcast is for you.Each episode features topics like: ecosystem partnering, co-selling strategies, co-selling with hyperscalers, building joint solutions with partners, attracting new partners and growing partner programs, go-to-market strategies, optimizing cros ...
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The Workspan Podcast takes on the day’s most pressing workplace issues with a healthy mix of insight, wit and irreverence. Produced and hosted by Tom Alexander and WorldatWork columnist Charles Epstein.
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Matt Gray: Generative AI’s Role in Transforming Partner Programs at Tealium
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In this episode of Ecosystem Aces, Matthew Gray, Global VP of Partnerships and Alliances at Tealium, joins Chip Rogers to discuss the evolving role of data integration, strategic partnerships, and the transformative potential of generative AI. Matt Gray reflects on his career journey, from early programming days to building scalable partnerships at…
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Manish Nair: Building Trust and Scaling AI with Strategic Alliances
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In this episode of Ecosystem Aces, Manish Nair, Head of Alliances and Channels for SAS in the India ASEAN region, shares valuable insights into SAS's thriving partnerships, AI innovation, and the critical role of trust in building successful partner ecosystems. Manish delves into how SAS, a 50-year leader in data and AI, collaborates with global sy…
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Ankur Sinha: Building a Global AI Partner Ecosystem
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In this episode of Ecosystem Aces, we’re joined by Ankur Sinha, Head of Partner Solutions & GTM at Domino Data Labs, to explore the intricacies of building a robust partner ecosystem tailored for AI and data science. Ankur shares his expertise in forging strategic partnerships and leveraging them to drive innovation and growth in regulated industri…
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Travis Clinger: Driving Innovation and Partnerships at LiveRamp
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In this episode of Ecosystem Aces, we welcome Travis Clinger, Chief Connectivity and Ecosystem Officer at LiveRamp. Travis shares invaluable insights on how LiveRamp is shaping the future of data connectivity and AI integration, enabling personalized customer experiences across global markets, and how he co-innovates with 170+ partners. Join us as …
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Justin Davis: How Partnerships Deliver Value in the Modern Marketing Tech Stack
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In this episode of Ecosystem Aces, titled “How Partnerships Deliver Value in the Modern Marketing Tech Stack”, we welcome Justin Davis, Global Strategic Alliances at Tealium. Justin shares his insights on the evolving landscape of strategic alliances and digital transformation and highlights Tealium’s innovative approaches and partnerships. As tech…
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Alan Chhabra: Driving AI and Partnership Excellence at MongoDB
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In this episode of Ecosystem Aces, titled "Driving AI and Partnership Excellence at MongoDB," we celebrate our 200th episode by welcoming Alan Chhabra, EVP of Worldwide Partners at MongoDB. Alan shares invaluable insights into the evolving landscape of AI applications and strategic partnerships. He explains how MongoDB empowers developers, navigate…
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Lee Moore: Building Success with AI at Google Cloud
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In this episode of Ecosystem Aces titled "Building Success with AI at Google Cloud”, Chip Rodgers, Chief Partner Officer at WorkSpan, sits down with Lee Moore, VP at Google Cloud. They discuss the transformative power of AI and Google Cloud’s pivotal role in its adoption across industries, highlighting the strategies and innovations driving success…
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Tony Li: Strategic Partnerships for Growth in Data Analytics and GenAI
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In this episode titled "Strategic Partnerships for Growth in Data Analytics and GenAI" we delve into the expansive growth and innovative partnerships that define Starburst Data's approach to enterprise data applications and open-source projects. Tony Li from Starburst Data offers a comprehensive look into the company's strategies and successes, par…
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Akseli Lappanen: Building Industry-Specific Solutions at Scale, GSI Partner Leader at Google
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In this insightful episode of Ecosystem Aces titled " Building Industry-Specific Solutions at Scale, GSI Partner Leader at Google”, we sit down with Akseli Lappanen, Google's GSI Partner Leader, to delve into the intricacies of building industry-specific solutions, the art of forming sustainable partnerships, and the innovative approach Google take…
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Chris Badger: Mastering Partner Unit Economics for Strategic Partnerships
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In this episode of Ecosystem Aces titled “Mastering Partner Unit Economics for Strategic Partnerships”, we delve into the critical role of partner unit economics in driving success within the partnership community. Chris Badger, Senior Director of Strategic Technology Partners at Anaplan, shares invaluable insights into why understanding partner un…
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Don Tirsell: Expanding Horizons: How Google Scales New Partner Ecosystems
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In this episode titled "Expanding Horizons: How Google Scales New Partner Ecosystems," we sit down with Don Tirsell, the Global Head of Partnerships and Business Development at Google. Don brings a wealth of experience and a unique perspective on building and nurturing partner programs that drive substantial growth. This conversation sheds light on…
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Neil Blecherman: Driving ROI Through Tech Partnerships
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In this episode of Ecosystem Aces titled "Neil Blecherman: Driving ROI Through Tech Partnerships," we dive deep with Neil Blecherman,Tech Partner Program Director, Nutanix into the intricacies of forming and nurturing technology partnerships. With a rich background that spans across industry giants like Nutanix and Intel, Neil shares his seasoned i…
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Udita Bhattacharya: The Art of Enablement: AWS’s Approach to Partner Growth
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In this episode of Ecosystem Aces titled "The Art of Enablement: AWS’s Approach to Partner Growth," we're joined by Udita Bhattacharya, AWS Global Partner Enablement Lead, who leads AWS's global partner enablement teams. Udita shares insights into AWS's dynamic enablement mechanisms, including personalized events designed to boost partners' busines…
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Alina Everett: Innovation Through Collaboration: Qualtrics, GSIs, and the Power of AI
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In "Innovation Through Collaboration: Qualtrics, GSIs, and the Power of AI," we delve into Qualtrics's pivotal role in transforming the tech and GSI landscape. Our guest, Alina Everett, Vice President of GSI Alliances - EY + Deloitte at Qualtrics, shares her journey at Qualtrics, focusing on the success of joint co-sell initiatives, experience mana…
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Patrick Piwowarczyk: How HP/Poly Work with Partner to Define the Future of the Work
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, the world underwent a drastic transformation. One of the areas that had to adapt the most was the physical working environment, which, for most organizations, had to shift entirely to remote work. This transition presented numerous challenges in ensuring that the working environment could effectively fit within the edg…
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Simon Ninan: Bringing Ecosystem Thinking to an $80B Industrial Juggernaut
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In our tech-driven era, relying on the outdated paradigm of "we can do it ourselves" is no longer sustainable for any company. To truly flourish in today's dynamic landscape, businesses need to embrace ecosystem thinking, mirroring the collaboration found in the natural world where diverse ecosystems cooperate towards common goals. In this episode,…
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Katie Landaal: Building and Leading Successful Partner Ecosystems
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Establishing and maintaining enduring partnerships is a task that undeniably transcends the capabilities of one individual. Yet, within their responsibility lies the capacity to be an effective leader—guiding the team in unison and ensuring a shared direction. This involves skillfully overseeing the team through consistent delegation, strategic pri…
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Jeff Mattan: The Critical Role of Partner Ops Driving Partnership Transformation
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Establishing partnerships is pivotal for business growth. However, the significance of not only cultivating these alliances but also ensuring their appeal to both prospective and existing partners is equally crucial as building the partnerships. In today’s episode, we are joined by Jeff Mattan, VP, Global Partner Programs and Operations at BeyondTr…
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Vanessa Sorenson: From Startups to Solutions: Insights from Microsoft's ANZ Chief Partner Officer
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Innovative minds, where new ideas and technologies constantly spark from, are scattered around every corner of the world. However, accessing capital and resources to bring these innovations to life is a bottleneck for a lot of individuals and startups. A potential answer to bridging this gap while generating revenue and value to customers is co-cre…
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Dan Hod: Building Bridges: How Amdocs Collaborates with Hyperscalers to Deliver Customer Value
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In the ecosystem world, being forward thinking is crucial — if you are building partnerships when you need them, and not when you anticipate the needs of your customers and the trends of the market, you won’t be on the cutting edge. In this episode, we are joined by Dan Hod, VP, Global Cloud Partnerships and Business Development at Amdocs, as he ta…
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Amit Sinha Roy: How Tata Communications Co-Innovates with Partners for Customer Value
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Competition is an inherent trait of all industries' marketplaces. However, when strong partnerships are built, collaboration allows business leaders to address customers' specific needs more efficiently, whether it is by multi-dimensional engagements or single product-based solutions. In today’s episode, Amit Sinha Roy, VP Global Head of Strategic …
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Nick Otto: Strategic Partnerships in the Age of GenAI
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The idea of succeeding alone in today's global market landscape is becoming obsolete. Addressing intricate challenges demands a profound shift in approach—one rooted in strategic collaboration. By investing in robust partnerships and recognizing the unique capabilities each party brings, the tech industry can address highly complex problems, delive…
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Madhuri Chawla: How Kyndryl and SAP Co-Innovate to Deliver Value to Customers
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Today more than ever, digital transformation is necessary to optimize process and system efficiency to keep up with fast moving changes in the market. Achieving this with partner ecosystems is the best solution to advance quickly and deliver value to customers. Today’s guest, Madhuri Chawla, Vice President, Global Head of SAP Strategic Partnership …
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Allison Munro: Transforming Ecosystems From Transactional to Integrated GTM
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When marketing is done right, it’s an integrated approach that builds value and demand, captures that demand in-market and delivers on a brand promise with an excellent experience. According to Allison Munro, Chief Marketing and Ecosystem Officer at Vena, ecosystems aren’t much different. Over the past few years, Allison has played a significant ro…
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Episode 59: Interviewology, the New Science of Interviewing,
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Anna Papalia gives us a sneak preview of her book, Interviewology, the New Science of Interviewing, published by Harper Collins and out this coming January. Anna is a career influencer with over 1.5 million followers across social media platforms and has coached over 10,000 clients to interview better. She discusses why conventional interviewing ad…
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Episode 58: A Deep Data Dive on EAP Outcomes with Dr. Mark Attridge
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Dr. Mark Attridge is President of Attridge Consulting, Inc., which focuses on workplace mental health and employee assistance programs. He joins us to discuss four studies he led that measured EAP outcomes based on over 50,000 users of EAP over five years. The studies focused on: EAP-driven clinical and work outcomes; EAP and coaching; EAP and its …
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Meredith Stowell: Building Partnerships for Global Growth
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Over the past decade, a digital transformation has sparked an organizational evolution causing companies to shift to virtual enterprises. While the shift to virtual quickly escalated with no sector immune to the changes, there has been one source of sustainable, successful growth: ecosystems. Open platforms and ecosystems offer new avenues for grow…
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Episode 57: Highlights from WorldatWork's 2023-2024 Salary Budget Survey
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Our conversation focuses on WorkatWork’s just published 2023-2024 Salary Budget Survey, which organizations have come to rely on to design competitive compensation plans that attract and retain high-performing employees. Joining us are Liz Supinski, Director, Research & Insights at WorldatWork, and Michaela Leo, Head, Compensation & Benefits for Ip…
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Episode 56: Payscale's In-House Employment Counsel Weighs in on Pay Transparency
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Lulu Seikaly, in-house employment counsel for Payscale, joins us to discuss pay transparency: the law recently passed in Hawaii and how it’s different, varying levels of stringency by state, benefits to employers, unintended consequences and trends employers need to be on the watch for.
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Carlos Aragon: Powering the 5G Revolution - Enabling Partners for Success
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No company can build everything all the time. What they can build is a high-value multi-partnering ecosystem that will provide invaluable solutions to end customers while benefiting each partner in the ecosystem. In a world where tech is developing at lightning speed and innovations like 5G spark industry-erupting shifts in systems and priorities. …
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Episode 55: Tactical, Practical Sabbaticals: how companies can benefit from well-tailored employee sabbatical policies.
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Rich Fuerstenberg, a Senior Partner with Mercer, works with clients on their healthcare and group benefit programs, connecting dots for employers and employees helping them reduce cost and risk while improving the benefits experience. The focus of our conversation is employer-sponsored sabbaticals – the different types, why they’re offered, ways th…
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Rob Spee: The Challenges of Transforming Your Organization to an Ecosystem Model
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The hardest part of creating an ecosystem environment is making sure all of the players understand the broader vision. Successfully building this innovative environment can create loads of new opportunities in addition to new forms of data analytics. Transforming your organization to an ecosystem model requires that you first have an idea of where …
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Episode 54: The Challenges of Executive Retiree Incentive Compensation: with Zayla Partners
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We’re joined by the two co-founders of Zayla Partners, an executive compensation and corporate governance consulting company: CEO Chris Crawford and Managing Partner Ian Keas. Our conversation focuses on solving the challenge of executive retiree incentive compensation: why more older employees are working past age 65 than the prior generation, the…
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Episode 53: Total Rewards Optimization: a Conversation with uFlexReward President Steven Brink
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Steven Brink is President and Chief Revenue Officer of uFlexReward, providers of a digital total reward platform to improve the employee experience and enhance the organization’s global understanding of the total reward spend. He joins us to discuss total rewards optimization: the challenges/benefits of consolidating the various benefits silos, how…
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Paul Dumke: Building a Resilient Semiconductor Ecosystem: Intel’s Strategies for Collaboration
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Often, you don’t know how much your business depends on its partners until there is an issue. Born out of the chip shortage a few years ago, Paul Dumke’s external ecosystems team began closing gaps that previously weren’t even realized. By focusing on the external supply chain of their customers and suppliers, the team has been able to streamline p…
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Episode 52: Making Compensation Management a Strategic Advantage
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Sunil Vatave is the U.S. product advisor to DarwinBox, an HCM platform that helps build better workplaces. He brings a broad perspective to the topic of compensation, having been an employment lawyer, Vice President of HR, and HR technology provider. He joins us to discuss how to make compensation management a strategic advantage.…
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Susan Tommy: Driving Seamless Integration and Value for Microsoft Users with Vena
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A great foundation in ecosystems and alliances can supercharge your growth and create cohesion across a broad range of functional areas. Without this alignment, organizations can struggle to thrive. In this episode, we speak with Susan Tommy, Director of Strategic Partnerships at Vena Solutions, a self-proclaimed generalist and ultimate partnership…
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Episode 51: A Podcast of Supreme Importance with Employment/Labor Attorney Jon Hyman
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Jon Hyman is a nationally recognized employment and labor attorney, author, speaker, blogger, and most importantly, a friend of the Workspan pod. He joins us to discuss the three landmark decisions recently handed down by the Supreme Court on religious accommodations, affirmative action, and LGBTQ rights. He is just the guy to tell us what it means…
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Episode 50: A Total Rewards World Tour with Mario Ceron
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Mario Ceron, Managing Partner & CEO, Zereon Associates, gives us a global perspective on total rewards, workforce mobility, digital transformation, leadership and team development, and executive compensation. He also discusses emerging compensation trends, the impact of AI on total rewards, and how leadership must evolve to meet the challenges in t…
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Dana Vickey: Partnering for Success: How Eightfold’s Ecosystem Drives Innovation and Growth
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Building solutions to bring to market in a partnership requires a solid integration strategy. Where you want to go and the best way to get there relies on one simple question: what value can you and your partner bring to clients? We speak with Dana Vickey, Global Vice-President, Alliances and Partners at Eightfold.ai about successful partnerships a…
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Episode 49: Sales Compensation Design and Implementation
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Joe DiMisa, Senior Client Partner and Korn Ferry’s Global Sales Force Effectiveness Leader joins us to talk about designing and implementing sales compensation solutions that increase sales and profits. We discuss how to set pay levels for sales roles, where to get reliable data, and how often you should benchmark, among a host of timely topics.…
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Episode 48: The One-Stop Resource for Everything You Need to Know About Pay Equity, Pay History and Pay Transparency
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Brett Christie, WorldatWork's Digital Content Manager and Strategist joins us to discuss an exciting new development – the eagerly awaited unveiling of a newly updated and expanded online resource for anyone in the total rewards and comp fields. Members (and non-members) now have easy access to every pay equity law, salary history ban law and pay t…
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Monica Aggarwal: The Power of Partnerships in ISV Ecosystems
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When you look at the ISV ecosystem, it's all about working with partners like ISVs, MSPs and MSSPs. Our guest today refers to this relationship building and management as build motion — it's all about helping partners embed software into their commercial solutions to take to market successfully. In this episode, we’re joined by Monica Aggarwal, Vic…
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Neeti Gupta: VMware's Winning Formula to Maximize Co-Selling with Microsoft
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When you bring a solution to market with another company, you have the potential to shape relationships that will compound benefits far beyond the initial product and subsequent customer value. But co-selling isn’t always straightforward, especially when you’re working with large companies and market leaders. Our guest Neeti Gupta, Head of Hypersca…
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Episode 47: The ROI of Lived Experience: why more companies are embracing apprenticeships
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Julie Lammers is Senior VP, Advocacy and Corporate Social Responsibility, American Student Assistance (ASA). Julie has broad and extensive public sector experience (from the House of Commons to the US Senate) and was recently widely quoted in a #evolve article titled, “Apprenticeships are a Growing, Attractive Solution for U.S. Employers” - the top…
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Manish Harsh: How Nvidia Collaborates with ISV Partners to Build Valuable Customer Solutions
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Leaps in innovation in AI and a dramatic shift towards cloud and digital have propelled a community-centered approach in partnerships and business ecosystems. While relationships were once somewhat limited geographically or to those within immediate circles, the world of modern business and tech has exploded with opportunities. On this episode, we’…
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Episode 46: Twists and Turns on the Road to DEI and What’s Ahead
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Arthur Woods is co-founder of Mathison, a technology platform equipping employers with everything they need to manage their diversity hiring, analytics and training. He is also partner at Plenty Search, an executive search firm for venture-backed startups with a strong track record on diversity. Over a year ago he joined us to discuss the latest in…
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Kim Sterkendries: Understanding and Addressing Partner Needs: A Key Ingredient to Customer Success
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Partnering with the right organizations can set you up for success, but only if both parties are in alignment. In a great partnership, both partners receive the benefits of genuine value from one another. On this episode, we’re joined by Kim Sterkendries, Global Strategic Partner Ecosystem Enablement - Commercial Client Division at Intel Corporatio…
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Episode 45: So You Thought You Knew Everything About ESG: a Conversation with ESG Expert Dr. Hermann Stern
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ESG is a very hot, not to mention, controversial topic – you’d think it just emerged on the scene, but it’s been around for a while. Dr. Hermann J. Stern, managing owner of the financial research company Obermatt, is an ESG expert who works primarily with Swiss and German companies. Few are better equipped to discuss the origins of ESG, how compani…
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Joseph Landes: The Evolution of Cloud MSPs and the Future of the Industry
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Managed Service Providers (MSPs) are changing. Worldwide, MSPs are modernizing and becoming increasingly interwoven with the cloud — and bringing their customers on the journey.In this episode, I’m speaking with Joseph Landes, Chief Revenue Officer at Nerdio, about all the ways he’s helping MSPs modernize. Join us as we discuss: The evolution of MS…
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