At a company where core values include “be real, think big, move fast, keep growing, and customer obsessed” it is no surprise that great leaders and boundary pushers emerge. In an industry where only ~27% of the workforce are women, GoTo employs more than the industry average of women—from individual contributors all the way up to executive leadership teams. It is important to recognize and celebrate women who are making great strides and significant contributions in the tech industry. The Women of the Channel award, presented by CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company is one group that continues to honor individuals with their Women of the Channel award.
GoTo, for the second year in a row, boasts 8 CRN Women of the Channel winners. These women represent the best minds from North America, Brazil, Europe, and Australia and bring creativity, unique marketing and sales strategies, and leadership to foster and grow a strong partner network.
To learn a bit more about each of our winners, we asked them about their proudest moment of the last year and their current “GoTo” plan to celebrate this recognition! Check out what our leaders are thinking:
Vanessa D’Angelo, Head of Marketing for Latin America- Partners
Vanessa’s proudest moment of the past year:
“Knowing I belong to a team that really contributes to the growth of our partners' and customers' businesses.”
How Vanessa will celebrate this recognition:
“This recognition is an honor, and I will celebrate with the GoTo LATAM team, which is part of all this, and also my family.”
Amanda Jardine, Vice President of Partner Marketing
Amanda’s proudest moment of the past year:
“Seeing the growth and contribution amounts that our team provides to the overall business is a great accomplishment and makes me so proud of my team and our channel organization.”
How Amanda will celebrate this recognition:
“Planning to get more facetime with the team in the next few months, in some cases meeting some international team members for the first time. Looking forward to getting to celebrate in person with these folks and strengthening those relationships.”
Kristi McCaslin, Senior Director of Partner Management, West
Kristi’s proudest moment of the past year:
“Working side by side supporting my team of Partner Managers every day and witnessing their outstanding contributions to GoTo and our Partner Community”
How Kristi will celebrate this recognition:
“I will celebrate with my team and these inspiring women at GoTo that I share this recognition with”
Yvette McEnearney, Director of Channel Sales, APAC
Yvette’s proudest moment of the past year:
“Driving the team to expand our Partner Ecosystem to include all products within our portfolio and achieving double digit growth in our market and receiving glowing feedback from our partners on how much they love working with us!”
How Yvette will celebrate this recognition:
“Bringing the team together to celebrate in person and acknowledge how far we have come and getting as much face-to-face time as we can with our partners to continue our growth.”
Nicci McKenzie, Director of Partner Marketing, EMEA
Nicci’s proudest moment of the past year:
“Holding our very first UKI Partner Event at Frameless Gallery in London which was a huge success. First time in my career an event had 100% attendance. Fantastic feedback from all of our Partners that attended who all said GoTo’s events are some of the best in the industry”
How Nicci will celebrate this recognition:
“I can’t wait to celebrate with the full Partner team in a couple of weeks at our next Partner Advisory Board event"
Erin Skoch, Senior Director of Partner Management
Erin’s proudest moment of the past year:
“Contributing to the growth and success of our Partner Program. Working with our partners to build mutual success and leading an amazing team that continues to show growth and expertise.”
How Erin will celebrate this recognition:
“I am excited to celebrate this recognition with my entire team and peers. Success and evolution is always a team effort, so the celebration should be as well.”
Jessica Stark, Senior Partner Marketing Manager
Jessica’s proudest moment of the past year:
“Contributing to the success of the ANZ business and driving positive business outcomes through our regional partner programs. Seeing the campaigns drive impact with our partners and sales team is a highlight.”
How Jessica will celebrate this recognition:
“I’m excited to celebrate this recognition with the local channel team as well as our fearless channel leader Yvette McEnearney.”
Melissa Van Dover, Senior Director, Partner Marketing
Melissa’s proudest moment of the past year:
“Being able to fully utilize our data structure to fine tune our activities to make them more impactful, higher producing and fully demonstrate our contributions to GoTo organization. Resulting in the collective success of GoTo’s Partner Program."
How Melissa will celebrate this recognition:
“I’m excited to celebrate this recognition with my team, GoTo’s Partner Organization and our Partners. Many of which I’ll see in person during our upcoming Partner Advisory Board!”
Learn more about the GoTo Partner Network.