Donna Bauer

About Donna Bauer

AI, Digital and Data VP Sales/GTM and Solutions. Executive leader with E2E accountability with full P&L. Recognized as leader in large scale AI, digital transformations, Energy Transition, Industry 4.0/5.0 business turnarounds, PE/M&A Integration and organizational change. P&L experience - Rev of $200Mil + and over 900 employees. Energy Vertical Sales, OT/IT and Connected Digital Solutions. Consulting differentiation for Large Deals. Tech Vertical Consultant of the year. “Demystifying Consulting” -Creator of Design Thinking/Global design meets Agile Methodology for Cognizant.Specializes in originating and closing $1B+ deals that encompass next generation capabilities - AI, ML,Digital, IoT, hyper -personalization and transformational business model enablement. Author and Speaker: Value Creation leveraging AI - FWSIM Event, Result obtainment in AI- the reality - CVision with AWS, AI in IT - cycle time reduction implications to your operating model - CXO Institute, Best Practices in the AI Journey to Value - Data Connect Conference, Productivity Best Practices/Process Mapping-GE, Customer Focused Process Improvement-GE, High Performance Workforce- GE, LEAN-GE/Honeywell, Shared Services-BP, Art of the Possible-HR is not an App; its leadership and engagement of the total workforce, Transforming a Products Company to a Business Services Model- Oracle. Leveraging AI (ComputerVision) for Substations, Smart Meter Analytics to the Cloud-Eviden/Atos.Recognition. Consulting Magazine Woman Leader, Drexel University College of Engineering Advisory Board, Transformational Deal of the year and consultant of the year, Emerson Electric\'s CTO Advisory Board. Industry Week Author.Ms. Bauer has a BS in Chemical Engineering from Drexel University and received her MBA (Hon) from Sacred Heart University. Former Instructor at GE Management Development Institute- Crotonville, NY.

Experience

1. VP Sales Gtm - Ai, Digital and Data

   Rackspace Technology

   Jun 2025 — Present · Tampa, FL, US

   Accountable for Sales and GTM AI, Digital and Data. Developed and Implemented Value Driven AI motions - AI Customer Journey- Bootcamp, Targeting High Value Use Cases Leveraging Palantir, Democratization of AI, interactive design to accelerate production and adoption of high value use cases and created a sustainable AI First capability - strategy thru industrialization-Doubled Bookings in AI within 6 months -Increased pipeline 500% in PE, MFG, Renewable Energy, EPC, Transportation, Retail, Aerospace-Automotive, Financial Services-50% increase in new logo close rate-Developed/Expanded 5 ecosystem partners relationships- AWS, Palantir, Google, Sema4, Insight, Spearhead

Education

• Drexel University

  BS, Chemical Eng.

  1977 — 1982

• Sacred Heart University

  Master of Business Administration - MBA

Skills

• Outsourcing
• Erp
• Business Transformation
• Mergers
• P&L
• Strategic Planning
• Team Building
• Process Improvement
• P&L Management
• New Business Development
• Operations Management
• Cost Reduction
• Business Strategy
• Management Consulting
• Business Management
• Contract Negotiations
• Six Sigma
• Sales Management
• Mentoring
• Supply Chain Management
• Management
• Business Intelligence
• Cloud Computing
• Contract Negotiation
• Enterprise Software
• IT Strategy
• Integration
• Program Management
• Strategy
• Income Statement
• Mergers
• Saas
• Professional Services
• Business Development
• Leadership
• Business Process Improvement
• Vendor Management
• Enterprise Resource Planning (Erp)
• Software as a Service (Saas)