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Paul Schroeder helps lead new business development and strategic partnerships at ChannelAssist, a company dedicated to driving engagement with partner sales teams across the IT channel. ChannelAssist helps technology vendors build sustained, long-term relationships with partner sellers through a combination of a robust incentive management platform and managed services designed to elevate brand visibility and capture partner sales mindshare.

With more than a decade of experience in the channel ecosystem, Paul has helped technology companies design, launch, and scale B2B partner incentive programs that drive measurable revenue growth and partner engagement.

Rebecca Jones is a growth executive known for combining strategic vision with disciplined execution to help companies scale with clarity and confidence. She architects growth engines that combine AI innovation, go-to-market strategy, and partner ecosystems to help companies scale smarter. With two decades in technology and professional services, she has driven transformative growth for global tech and telecom leaders across marketing, product, and partner organizations. At Bridge Partners, she leads services and solutions innovation, ecosystem expansion, and full lifecycle engagement. She brings a distinctive perspective grounded in strategic clarity, operational excellence, and ecosystem-driven growth.

David brings over 18 years of experience in partner marketing, working closely with technology vendors, agencies, and partner ecosystems to drive revenue through indirect routes to market. He has supported organisations in recruiting, enabling, and activating partner networks while aligning vendor and partner goals through data-driven demand programs and measurable outcomes. INFUSE operates a dedicated Channel division, purpose-built to support partner-led growth through co-funded demand generation, MDF optimisation, partner activation, and pipeline acceleration.

Caleb Harry is the founder of Partner+, with over 15 years’ experience in channel marketing and partner-led growth. He believes that effective partner ecosystems are driven by clear behavioral incentives, strong enablement, and aligned commercial outcomes. Partner+ runs some of the largest partner and incentive programs across Australia and the Asia-Pacific region. The team specializes in designing and operating scalable partner ecosystems that drive measurable behavior, engagement, and growth. By aligning incentives, technology, and commercial outcomes, Partner+ ensures partners are motivated, enabled, and equipped to succeed within complex channel networks, bringing a practitioner-led perspective to the Impartner Advisory Board.

Michelle Morgan is the Director of Partnerships at TiER1 Performance. TiER1 Performance focuses on helping companies fuel transformation by supporting strategy definition, organizational alignment, people engagement and plan implementation. When it comes to the tech stack, Michelle and the team at TiER1 support their customers in identifying the most effective and efficient ways to leverage infrastructure – people, processes, technology, and data – to drive strategy, allowing teams to focus on the inherently human aspects of their work. With 15 years of experience in partnerships, including her time at National Instruments as an Impartner customer, Michelle is passionate about fostering relationships built on mutual success.

Beyond her work in partnerships, Michelle is a dedicated health and fitness enthusiast and a Certified Personal Trainer. She embraces Colorado’s outdoor lifestyle, enjoying adventures alongside her husband and three young boys.

Sherry Foster, President and Co-founder of AscendX Digital, is a dynamic leader with over 30 years of experience in the technology industry. She excels in guiding organizations through change, disruption, and digital transformation, leveraging her expertise in global marketing, sales, and operations. At AscendX Digital, she empowers companies and their partners to develop and implement modern marketing strategies that thrive in today’s digital economy. Sherry’s career includes executive roles at HP Inc., Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, and StarTech.com, as well as consulting engagements, giving her deep insights into channel dynamics and direct, indirect, and online go-to-market models.

Matt Karst is a technology industry veteran for over 35+ years whose career includes working in many aspects of the supply chain including vendor, VAR, ISV, wireless carrier, satellite broadcast carrier, emerging tech cloud start up, and distributor. Matt currently serves as TD SYNNEX’s Vice President – New Vendor Acquisition in North America. His team is responsible for engaging with new vendors to the TD SYNNEX ecosystem and developing a winning GTM strategy for growth. Prior to the TD SYNNEX acquisition of Westcon in Sept 2017, Matt was the Senior Director – Cloud for Westcon Comstor in North America. Prior to TD SYNNEX, Matt was DISH Network’s VP of Alliance Management and National Accounts.

Before joining DISH Network, Matt served as VP of Sales for Centennial Wireless (acquired by AT&T) and has led successful sales organizations in the wireless telecom industry and the hardware/software industry, including a start-up internet company funded by ICG (Internet Capital Group). Matt started his career with numerous sales and management positions with IBM in the Southeast Region. Matt graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Miami (FL) and has been an active board member of Junior Achievement and is an avid mountain biker, skier, golfer and artist. He resides in Castle Pines, CO with his wife, Katie. They have 3 children.

Bob Moore is Co-Founder and CEO of Crossbeam, an Ecosystem-Led Growth (ELG) platform that helps companies use their partner ecosystems to generate leads, close deals, and grow faster. Moore previously co-founded Stitch (Acquired by Talend in 2018) and RJMetrics (acquired by Adobe by way of Magento Commerce in 2016). He is the National Bestselling author of Ecosystem-Led Growth.

Bob serves as a Trustee of The Franklin Institute, and has previously served as the Board Chair of Philly Startup Leaders and Board Member of Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technologies (PACT).

Outside of work, Bob is an improv comedy performer, where he has performed over 100 shows as a member of the Philadelphia-based improv team Big Baby.

Rod Baptie is President and Founder of Baptie & Co., the world’s leading provider of Channel best practice and how-to information for executives in the technology and telecom industries. Baptie’s communities and events, including their flagship Channel Focus event and their Cloud Services Community, provide invaluable insights through peer-to-peer interaction. Involved with the technology industry since the early 1980s, Baptie was Managing Director at WBN, a leading hi-tech agency where Baptie was responsible for the successful launch of over 20 major technology companies into the European market. Baptie is also a popular speaker at conferences and seminars worldwide and is widely recognized as one of the leading thinkers in the IT/Telcom channels industry.