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  • How Technology Ecosystems Think and Organize Differently During These Exciting Times

    118 – How Technology Ecosystems Think and Organize Differently During These Exciting Times

  • My guest for this episode is Brent Combest, Microsoft's GM for National and Local partners and a three-time guest on Ultimate Partner®. In this episode, Brent takes us through his 5 Steps to Partner Co-selling and Positioning Your Company for Success.

    117 – Partner Co-selling, Positioning Your Company for Success, with Brent Combest

  • In this episode, Sanjay Mehta joins Ultimate Partner® to tell our listeners how Tackle.io is helping Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) accelerate meaningful revenue with their cloud providers.

    116 – Helping ISVs Accelerate Meaningful Revenue with the Cloud Providers through Marketplaces

  • My guest for this podcast episode is Oguo Atuanya, Microsoft’s US Leader for Global Scale Services Partners, who explains how his organization is creating value for customers and markets with innovative routes to market and precision industry and customer solutions.

    115 – MASTERCLASS – Creating Value to Innovative Routes-to-Market with Precise Industry and Customer Solutions.

  • My guest for this podcast episode is Bob Evans, a leader on a mission to provide customer-centric analysis about business technology and the digital economy. Cloud Wars ranks the most influential Cloud Vendors during this rapid transformation.

    114 – Cloud Wars Ranks the Most Influential Cloud Vendors During This Rapid Transformation

  • I've been watching the Tokyo Olympics and wanted to share this episode recorded back in December with World-renowned high-performance psychologist and industry visionary Dr. Michael Gervais. This is one of my favorites. I wanted to share it with those who missed it in December. Also, Michael is coming back to the podcast, I'm so excited to welcome him back later this year. So stay tuned and I hope you enjoy listening to this episode as much as I've enjoyed getting to know Dr. Michael Gervais

    Focus on High-Performance and Successful Partnerships [2020 Olympic Reprise]

  • My guest is a former colleague who leads Microsoft Consulting Services in the United States and has made a major commitment to the success of partners. Jim Lee is Microsoft's Vice President for US Consulting Services, also known as MCS. In this episode, Jim and I discuss how Microsoft Consulting Services is driving greater customer success with partners.
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    112 – MASTERCLASS – Microsoft Consulting Services Driving Greater Customer Success with Partners.

  • This special Leaders Series spotlights past episodes with amazing leaders as part of Ultimate Partner's Fifth Birthday Celebration. My guest for this episode of the podcast is Brea Starmer who joins Ultimate Partner for a far-reaching, big, and bold interview focused on how one leader inspires others to achieve what we all thought was just potential.

    How One Leader Inspires Others to Achieve What We All Thought Was Just Potential.

  • In the lead-up to Microsoft Inspire, we went back to the archives to rerelease this poignant interview with Rodney Clark. Recorded ten months earlier and in the midst of the pandemic, Rodney graciously joined Ultimate Partner to tell the story of a trailblazer focused on his business and his people. I hope you enjoy hearing from and learning from Microsoft's New Channel Chief, Rodney Clark.
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    Spotlight on Microsoft’s New Channel Chief, Rodney Clark [Episode 66 Reprised]

  • If you’re a technology organization looking to learn how a top ISV is investing to become a partner-led company, you’ll not want to miss this 105th Episode of Ultimate Partner. My guest is Jason Beal, the Senior Vice President of Global Channel and Partner Ecosystems at AvePoint.

    105 – Channel Focused Steps for AvePoint to Become a Partner-led Company

  • Sanket Akerkar has 20 years of leadership experience in the software industry. Most recently, he was the SVP of Fleet and Insurance at Nauto where he led their global sales, marketing, and services functions. Before Nauto, he spent 14 years at Microsoft in multiple senior leadership positions including VP Global Enterprise, Chief Evangelist of the United States, and Managing Director of Microsoft India. Sanket started his career at McKinsey & Co.

    104 – Acumatica Enables Partners and Customers as its “First Team.”

  • You will not want to miss this 103rd Episode of Ultimate Partner. I’m delighted to welcome a woman I’ve known for several years and with whom I partner to deliver transformation to several best-in-class partner organizations Erin Figer, the Founder, and CEO of Core Consulting.

    103 – Partners Optimize for Success to Get More from Core

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