Kirk Vespestad
- Role
- Director, Program Manager, Global Strategic Alliances at Kyndryl
- Location
- Mesa, AZ, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Kirk Vespestad
Visionary international leader with 30+ years of success driving worldwide business development programs that secure market share, drive sales revenues, and ensure IBM’s position as a global leader. Proven ability to create first-of-their kind management systems and teams with strong capabilities to leverage business partnerships that amplify marketing and sales results. Successfully manage budgets of as much as $100M. Repeatedly selected for the most challenging, high-profile leadership roles at IBM. Not only recruited but also offered cash incentive to develop and implement IBM’s ITS Business Partner Operations. Recognized for building highly successful teams from scratch to achieve specific goals in record time that consistently outperform the competition and dominate key business sectors. Trusted relationship builder credited with guiding technology sales growth and managing change by forging strong business partner and OEM relationships and building long-term lucrative alliances. Cross-Functional Team Leader & Collaborator skilled at assessing project and program scope, establishing roles, and clearly communicating resources, program timelines, benchmarks, and budgets throughout multiple global teams driving multimillion-dollar programs. Top Performer with more than 18 awards for outstanding leadership, innovation, performance, execution, and collaboration.
Experience
Director, Program Manager, Global Strategic Alliances
Jun 2022 — Present · Mesa, AZ, US
Implement & manage a Continuous Improvement Program with a closed-loop feedback system using an agile approach for Kyndryl Strategic Alliances and Partnerships. Participate in Agile squads to ensure that a CLF is designed into the new, simplified processes being developed globally for country deployment and execution. Ensure that the right Moments of Truth (MoT\'s) are incorporated into the processes/programs. Determine the most consistent and programmatic ways to ensure the MoT\'s are surveyed and ensure the aligned teams execute the surveys.
Education
Iowa State University
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1985 — 1988
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