John Edmunds

About John Edmunds

Global executive experience spanning strategy, business development, product, and engineering over 15+ years. Demonstrated track record of exceeding sales objectives, meeting established budgets and optimizing organizational cost structures. Successfully created multiple go to market strategies that supported business growth within a $3B+ segment- Business Development - Sales and Consulting - Engineering

Experience

1. Vice President - Cloud and IT Solutions

   Verizon Business

   Jan 2015 — Present

   Built Western Region go to market sales and consulting organization responsible for IT solutions within a $3B revenue segment- Established subject matter experts across IT stack (infrastructure, cloud, SaaS, managed services)- Directed sales and engineering effort target at entire customer base, centered on delivering positive business outcomes for customers- Expanded the customer base through targeted marketing, effective engagement of channel partners and via specific, purpose built campaigns- Leveraged Six Sigma principles to improve cycle times, reduce waste and accelerate quote to cash

Education

• UW Foster School of Business

  Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Skills

• Ip
• Business Development
• Channel
• Cloud Storage
• Saas
• Sales Operations
• Professional Services
• Wireless
• Executive Management
• Solution Selling
• Internet of Things
• Strategic Partnerships
• Direct Sales
• Managed Services
• Integration
• Salesforce.com
• Big Data Analytics
• Management
• Hadoop
• Product Management
• Cloud Computing
• Mpls
• Strategy
• Vendor Management
• Security
• Enterprise Software
• Sales Management
• Unified Communications
• Telecommunications
• Voip
• Data Center
• Sales
• Private Cloud
• Hybrid Cloud