Ryan Squires

About Ryan Squires

Dynamic Sales leader and Product & Partner Manager with experience in leading high-performing teams to success, strengthened by a disciplined and competitive mindset developed through collegiate athletics. I bring extensive expertise across B2B, OEM, M2M, and channel management, leveraging a solution-based sales approach and customized ROI-value proposal generation to deliver measurable, scalable results. With a highly technical foundation in IT hardware, software, services, and electro-mechanical solutions, I specialize in developing and expanding small, medium, and large global Fortune-level accounts, elevating brand awareness, and building long-term strategic partnerships. A dedicated team leader, mentor, and coach, I’m passionate about developing talent, fostering collaboration, and helping my teams win together through shared goals, clear strategy, and continuous skill growth. I consistently exceed sales targets and have been recognized with multiple awards for top-tier performance and quota achievement. Additionally, I competed as a college athlete in golf, bringing focus, precision, and performance-driven discipline to every role or challenge I take on.

Experience

1. Leader, Cisco Partner Sales Product & Partner Management

   CDW

   Aug 2022 — Present · Lincolnshire, IL, US

   Leader of a National Cisco Brand Team, yielding +4 Billion dollars in annual revenue, serving various CDW sales sectors including: Commercial, Public Sector, Financial Services, Nonprofit, Healthcare and Federal business. Primary focus areas include-Enhancing/Enabling go-to-market strategies-Development and promotion of programs to enhance Cisco’s relevancy-Accelerate a frictionless partnership to achieve positive market share gains-Growth of a multi-billion dollar partnership between Cisco/CDW sales organizations-Promote a solution sales/services mindset keying in on customer outcomes and operational value.

Education

• College of Lake County

  Business

  2007 — 2008

• Indiana University Bloomington

  Bachelor of Science, Business Administration and Management

  2008 — 2011

Skills

• Sales
• Cold Calling
• Salesforce.com
• Solution Selling
• Customer Service
• Account Management
• Sales Process
• Software
• Hardware
• Direct Sales
• Selling
• Sports
• B2b
• Sales Operations
• Saas
• Promotions
• Channel Partners
• Time Management
• Sales Management
• Marketing
• Sales Presentations
• Social Media Marketing
• Email Marketing
• Marketing Strategy
• Product Marketing
• Networking
• New Business Development
• Inside Sales
• Business Development
• Team Building
• Building Relationships
• Crm
• Online Marketing
• Cloud Computing
• Marketing Communications
• Management
• Market Research
• Team Leadership
• Key Account Management
• Customer Retention