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Impartner Summit.

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Impartner Summit.
Masterminds to know in the partner ecosystem.

Say hello to
Impartner Summit.

The people that elevate ecosystems, everywhere.
Together with Impartner, this prestigious group of partner ecosystem trailblazers is positioned to shape the trajectory of global and regional partnership landscapes.
Meet the partner ecosystem thought leaders, advisors, and trendsetters.
Our advisors bring way more than just fancy titles, they’re the masterminds behind the curtain, providing revolutionizing insight into the inner workings of channel partner operations.

Rod Baptie
President and Founder, Baptie & Co.

Gina Batali-Brooks
President,
Is Inspired

Jessica Baker
Chief Program Officer, AchieveUnite

Meredith Caram
Chief Revenue Officer,
The JS Group

Cassandra Gholston
CEO,
PartnerTap

Donagh Kiernan
CEO,
Tenego Partnering

Diane Krakora
CEO and Founder,
PartnerPath

Brian Galicia
Sr. Director, Global Biz Apps ISV Sales, Microsoft

Jane Lowe
President,
Partner Perspectives

John Lojek
Strategic Product Partnership Development, Google

Peter O’Neil
Research Director, Research in Action

Tom Perry
Founder and CEO,
Sherpa Marketing UK

Patricia Rush
President,
Rush to Channel

Raegan Wilson
Managing Director, Channel Strategy and Channel Automation, Spur Reply

Kristine Stewart
Founder and CEO,
The Lexington Group
Shareworthy resources from our advisors.
From thought-provoking insights to practical tips and tricks, our advisors’ content is the kind that you don’t want to keep to yourself. Share it far and wide and spread the knowledge.
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Rod Baptie
President and Founder, Baptie & Co.
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.
Gina Batali-Brooks
President, Is Inspired
Jessica Baker
Chief Program Officer, AchieveUnite
Meredith Caram
Chief Revenue Officer, The JS Group
Cassandra Gholston
CEO, PartnerTap
Donagh Kiernan
CEO, Tenego Partnering
Diane Krakora
CEO and Founder, PartnerPath
Brian Galicia
Sr. Director, Global Biz Apps ISV Sales, Microsoft
Jane Lowe
President, Partner Perspectives
John Lojek
Strategic Product Partnership Development, Google
Peter O’Neil
Research Director, Research in Action
Tom Perry
Founder and CEO, Sherpa Marketing UK
Kevin Rhone
Channel Acceleration Practice Lead, ESG
Patricia Rush
President, Rush to Channel
Kristine Stewart
Founder and CEO – The Lexington Group
Kristine is a partner strategy and success thought leader with an in-depth understanding of the unique needs of today’s evolving, channel focused companies. The Lexington Group is a consulting firm focused on channel partner experience and driving strategy and agile execution. She guides clients to transform their go-to-market strategies for the changing business environment, including supporting recurring revenue business models and ensuring that partners serve as profitable brand and sales extensions of the vendor’s customer experience objectives.
An excellent collaborator, Kristine is adept at assisting our clients to build alignment with key stakeholders and across internal organizations to drive successful outcomes. She is an IT industry veteran in the unique position to have held numerous executive leadership roles across sales, channels, business development and marketing organizations. Previously in her career, she ran Cisco’s Worldwide Commercial Solutions team and led its Emerging Markets Commercial Sales organization responsible for a multi-billion-dollar sales theater. She also served in a variety of executive roles at Western Digital, Hitachi and SMC.
Kristine studied computer science and marketing and holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Pepperdine University. In her free time, she enjoys travel, golf, photography and hiking the beautiful mountains of Colorado.