Sharon Barnes

About Sharon Barnes

I completed a post graduate program in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning from The University of Texas at Austin. I plan to apply the knowledge to simplify enablement activities across all Sales and Technical roles.I have extensive education experience in the Technology Industry. As a strategic leader, I collaborate with executives and other stakeholders to develop a worldwide strategy for the growth and acceleration of corporate education; providing continuous enablement and high customer satisfaction both internally and externally. I enable my team to drive initiatives that transform our organization from a traditional instructor-led delivery model to a digital learning subscription platform that sustains >45% margin. Our goal is to “tell the story” of how our products, solutions, and services align to the needs of customers and partners; ensuring a highly effective and efficient Enablement organization empowering cross-functional teams. I value diversity and inclusion. A diversified strategy requires a massive amount of change involving relationships, metrics, infrastructure, and communications. Diversity and inclusion allow me to bring together people from various cultures, with different opinions and levels of expertise and education, to collaborate and generate innovative solutions. Diversity = Profitability = Success.I define winning as being a leader who mobilizes my team for positive strategic change. As an advocate of change, I value shifting the mindset and inspiring others to face challenges proactively. Growth is the gift inside every challenge. It is a lifetime of learning and continuous improvement. Growth enables self-awareness and ensures we bring our best authentic self to every challenge or meeting. I am passionate about developing and growing our future leaders and future generations through coaching and mentoring.

Experience

1. Staff Technical Enablement Architect

   Broadcom

   Dec 2021 — Present · Austin, TX, US

   Supporting the EUC Sales and Technical Enablement Team across Customer Success, Professional Services, Global Support, Customer, and Partner.Supported the Broadcom | VMware Worldwide Readiness, Assessment, Certification & Enablement (WWRACE) Team for M&A Integration, Marketing Communications, VMware Learning & Customer-In. Own and assemble the overall plan for Technical and Solutions Enablement strategies and Learning Paths at level 300+ for post-sales GTM functions, customers and partners focused on Multi-Cloud and Application Modernization solutions.

Education

• Executive Master Business Administration - Strayer University

  Master's degree, Executive MBA

  2016 — 2017

• Great Learning

  Artificial Intelligence

• Texas McCombs School of Business

  Post Graduate Program in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning: Business Applications

• Analytics Vidhya

  Agentic AI, Agentic AI Pioneer Program

• The University of Texas at Austin

  Business Administration/Management

Skills

• Storage
• Business Strategy
• Vmware
• Disaster Recovery
• Training
• Servers
• Professional Services
• Hp
• Leadership
• Social Media Communications
• Channel Partners
• Data Center
• Virtualization
• Program Management
• Project Management
• Strategy
• Executive-Level Communication
• Management
• Vendor Management
• Cloud Computing
• Saas
• San
• Solution Selling
• Storage Area Networks
• Enterprise Software