tyra luhrsen

Driving cloud sales by providing the power of enterprise cloud computing within reach of any-sized business. Selling all the advantages of a world-class data center without the investment in equipment and expertise. Senior Channel Manager responsible for advancing the companies sales from SMB to a larger corporate base in Illinois and extended geographies. -Developed relationships with strategic partners growing their products and services. -Trained agents in new product areas to expand their product offerings. -Provided Product Management feedback on pricing and offerings maximizing channel revenue.

* Responsible for indirect server and storage business in the Central Area twenty three states with a focus on Higher Education and Healthcare. Accountable for overall partner strategy and coordination of engagement plans with the Oracle Field teams and our key partners. * Advance relationships with Partner C-levels, as well as key individuals within each partner. * Overachieve revenue and margin targets. * Develop and communicate partner strategy.

* Managing HP's top Enterprise level Data Center Business Partners in the Midwest Area. Products include Enterprise Storage, Unix based Business Critical Systems, Industry Standard Servers, Services and ProCurve product lines. * 2008 averaged 133% of quota ranked 3/54 employees * 2008 Achievers Club for outstanding top 5% performance * 2009 130% of quota ranked 3/39 employees caring over a $55M quota

* Selling High Availability and Disaster Recovery Software and Services in a highly competitive technical marketplace. Managing company's resellers and driving new business sales in 8 States and 7 Province's in Canada. Responsibilities include managing partner relationships, training, marketing and selling to new business customers. * Closed the two largest banks in Canada replacing competitive solutions. * Brought on 4 new resellers (two from competitors) * Replaced 4 competitive installed accounts

* Managing company's largest IBM resller. Nation responsibilities include developing strategic partnerships with Independent Software Venders, on demand executive projects, strategic resource for 110 Account Executives, manage marketing budget, develop marketing programs and manage manufacturer business requirements. * Company Trip Winner "Punta Mita, Mexico" * 2002. * Grew Business from $30M to 120M. * Exceeded qutoa. * National Channels Partner and Marketing Manager * Manager responsible for starting and developing a new line of business for one of IBM's top resellers. Responsibilities included managing and hiring National Sales Executives, recruiting channels partners, managed top accounts, and developed sales approach and sales collateral. * Company Trip Winner "Big Island of Hawaii"- 1998. * Developed and grew business from $0-$100M. * Exceeded quota every year. * Sustained double digit growth.

I am currently seeking a Sales/Channel role that will leverage my experience representing technology solutions to solve customer problems and drive positive business outcomes. Comfortable in the C-suite as well as interacting with a technical audience and open to a variety of roles that would utilize my skill set.