Laurie is an experienced partner marketing leader with a 20+ year track record of launching and scaling channel and partner ecosystems at high growth startups such as Excel Switching (later acquired by Lucent Technologies), Acme Packet (later acquired by Oracle), and Axeda (later acquired by PTC). Laurie’s experience boasts a wide gamut of go-to-market models including OEM, resale, managed services, two tier distribution, and co-marketing with alliance partners. Laurie is a multi-year winner of CRN’s Power 100 Women of the Channel and a graduate of the University of Connecticut.