aaron bazata
National Partner Manager - SHI at Proofpoint
national partner manager proofpoint
Proofpoint
https://www.linkedin.com/company/proofpoint
Austin, Texas Area
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National Partner Manager - SHI
Cisco
https://www.linkedin.com/company/cisco
Greater Chicago Area
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Mid-Market Territory Account Manager
Cisco
https://www.linkedin.com/company/cisco
Grow Cisco Security sales and build channel development by way of brand, campaign and sales trainings at Cisco's largest NDI, CDW Corporation, scaling nationally. As Cisco continues to make Security investments to increase the breadth of our portfolio through mergers and acquisitions, I contribute operationally towards the integration of new product and service offerings as a delivery method to our partners and customers.
Greater Chicago Area
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Security Business Development Manager
Cisco
https://www.linkedin.com/company/cisco
Cisco's globally recognized and award winning portfolio of products and services are the backbone for every successful company from the data center, through the network, to the endpoints. I'm responsible for the wallet-share Cisco owns and continues to grow in the Central Territory via our largest partner and fastest growing Cisco integrator, CDW. I align, enable and engage CDW sales reps to sell Cisco successfully through relationship building and driving brand awareness from the director level down. Understanding both organizations and communicating their needs effectively, I design and implement territory business initiatives to achieve and exceed them.


Drive Cisco sales via largest distributor, CDW, in the Illinois and Indiana markets.
Awarded CSA of the Quarter FY15Q3 and Top Performer from November 2014 to January 2015 growing a metric focus group of sales reps by a record 1,203%.
Grew West territory 56.7% from $26.5M to $39.9M in commercial sales from 2013 to 2014.
Train and enable approx. 150 sales reps on Cisco products, services and program platforms across 7 sales teams.
Design and coordinate bi-annual nationally recognized lead generation sales events in addition to monthly regional sales initiatives.
Greater Chicago Area
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Commercial Sales Associate
Trustwave
https://www.linkedin.com/company/trustwave
Consulted C-Level clients in Hospitality industry on compliance and security business practices.
Generated $1.5M of new pipeline growth in 5 months via prospecting and sales presentations.
Grew assigned territory by 600% from 2012 to 2013. 
Recognized for exceeding daily metrics, CRM management and time investments.
Facilitated project management between the client, product specialists, security engineers and provisioning.
Demonstrated an expert understanding of market needs, forecasted monthly/quarterly sales quotas and implemented a business development plan to achieve them.
Greater Chicago Area
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SME Consultant
Regency
https://www.linkedin.com/company/regency
Managed a $1.4M annual book of business of 60 accounts in 2 markets.
Conducted staff to C-Level business to business outside sales meetings in the Chicago and Milwaukee markets, consulting clients on the products and services of commercial print, corporate identity, promotional products, corporate apparel, marketing campaigns, office supplies, program shredding services and managed print services.
Delegated webinar presentations and 3rd party sales cycles between internal specialist, clients and vendors.
Contributed operational input and functionality to companywide CRM migration.
Greater Chicago Area
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Key Accounts Manager
Echo Global Logistics
https://www.linkedin.com/company/echo-global-logistics
Coordinated and negotiated transportation agreements domestically and internationally for business to business sales. 
Generated over $80,000 of revenue monthly and have exceeded corporate monthly quotas for over a year. 
Ranked 35th Top Sales Rep out of a companywide 500 reps in April 2011.
Selected into Mentor Program to train new hires how to acquire high net worth books of business.
Actively closed 3-5 new business accounts per month while maintaining 30-40 demanding current accounts. 
Utilized proprietary software and technology to present transportation solutions for medium to large scale corporate initiatives.
Conducted full sales cycle operations on a daily basis.
Chicago, IL
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Multimodal Business Development Representative
CDW
https://www.linkedin.com/company/cdw
Prospected and sold Information Technology products business to business in a specified territory. 
Attended weekly vendor trainings and webX's to provide the most up-to-date industry trends to clients as well as upsold out of date account hardware and software. 
Strengthened channel partner relationships to gain competitive advantages in product registration and enterprise opportunities. 
Navigated SPS (Sales Productivity Suite) to fulfill immediate product needs and to provide consultative product suggestions. 
Managed CRM (AS400) to organize daily multitasks and monthly initiatives for current and prospective clients.
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Account Manager
Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Psychology, Concentration in Communications
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The University of Kansas
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Adlai E. Stevenson High School
Health
Northern Illinois Food Bank
https://www.linkedin.com/company/northern-illinois-food-bank
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Volunteer
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Advanced Collaboration Architecture Sales Specialist
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Advanced Security Architecture
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Cisco CSE (Cisco Sales Expert)
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Cisco Data Center Unified Computing Sales Specialist
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Selling Business Outcomes
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Oceanside, CA
Chris LaPlante
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/tyleruteg
Greater Chicago Area
Tyler Uteg
Data-driven Business and Revenue Operations leader | Helping companies scale for growth | Driving efficiency through collaboration and technology | Problem solver | Swiss Army Knife
https://www.linkedin.com/in/karinstraehl
Greater Chicago Area
Karin Straehl
Customer Success / Experience Leader
https://www.linkedin.com/in/elyse-blumenthal-993a603
Greater Chicago Area
Elyse Blumenthal
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgeguidotti
Philadelphia, PA
George Guidotti
Product Manager at INVENT
https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-franco-82a13916
Greater Chicago Area
Peter Franco
VP of Product Management - Wealth Management Solutions at Invent.us
https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-feather-88550b2a
Greater Chicago Area
Adam Feather
Founder & CEO at The Wolf of Wrigley
https://www.linkedin.com/in/beck-harris-351b0a54
Austin, TX
Beck Harris
Channel Director at Sysdig
https://www.linkedin.com/in/susan-burrell
San Francisco Bay Area
Susan Burrell
Collaborating with Businesses to Solve their Toughest Security Challenges | Accounts Manager | Proofpoint.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-asaro
San Diego, CA
Mike Asaro
Sr. Named Account Manager-  Information Protection  at Proofpoint
https://www.linkedin.com/in/karadaniellewilson
Alpharetta, GA
Kara Wilson
Channel Enablement at Arctic Wolf
https://www.linkedin.com/in/gilbertlowechannelsales
Greater Chicago Area
Gilbert Lowe
Director, Channel Sales - CDW at Veeam Software
https://www.linkedin.com/in/dawnhowren
Austin, TX
Dawn Howren
Partner Account Manager at Citrix
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-kirchheimer-3130935
Greater Chicago Area
Tim Kirchheimer
National Partner Director at Rubrik, Inc.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/austinholverson
Saratoga Springs, UT
Austin Holverson
Channel Sales/Marketing and Car Enthusiast
https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewdejesus
Allentown, PA
Matthew De Jesus
Partner Manager at Scrum.org
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Aaron Bazata
Region Account Manager at CDW
Kansas Jayhawks Alumni Group
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Software as a Service - SaaS - Group
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Chicago Jayhawk Club
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