Dean Parker

About Dean Parker

I\'m an experienced Group Product Manager and product leader with a 20+ year track record…

Experience

1. Director, Cloud Services, Kyndryl and Ibm

   Kyndryl

   Jun 2018 — Present · Research Triangle Park, NC, US

   Global Practice Leader for Kyndryl’s (formerly IBM) Private Cloud Services. Achieved breakthrough 30% on premises signings growth in FY25, to provide strong foundation to Kyndryl’s turnaround to revenue growth.• Incubated advanced technology Cloud Services, such as AI and data platform services, self-service automation services, and sovereignty assessments, based on technology from suppliers such as Dell, HPE, NVIDIA, Red Hat and IBM.• Created and successfully launched first managed private cloud infrastructure as a service offering. Achieved $700M+ in services signings in first 2 years. • Developed unique offering terms for private clouds – combined pay per use and as-a-service terms with SLAs and low commitment contract terms to mimic public cloud experience. Drove OEM supplier programs to support similar back-to-back terms so Kyndryl has significant financial flexibility.

Education

• Union College

  Master of Business Administration - MBA

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  Bachelor of Science - BS

Skills

• Product Launch
• Product Marketing
• Enterprise Software
• Business Alliances
• Multi-Channel Marketing
• Competitive Analysis
• Storage Virtualization
• Storage
• Enterprise Storage
• Go-to-Market Strategy
• Marketing Management
• Channel Partners
• Data Center
• Saas
• Integrated Marketing
• Professional Services
• Product Lifecycle Management
• Lead Generation
• Product Management
• Cloud Computing
• Management
• Sales Enablement
• Channel
• Pre-Sales
• Crm
• Solution Selling
• Marketing
• Strategy
• Demand Generation
• Strategic Partnerships
• Business Development
• Cross-Functional Team Leadership
• Marketing Strategy