Suzanne Swanson

About Suzanne Swanson

With more than 25 years of senior leadership experience at private and public companies, Suzanne has a successful record of accomplishment in building and executing go-to-market plans, leading high-performance teams and consistently exceeding revenue targets.As Vice President of Global Partners at Trustwave, she leads Trustwave\'s global Channels and Technology Alliance teams, driving an integrated partner strategy to create leverage, reach and scale. Trustwave\'s partner ecosystem includes VADs, VARs, and Referral Partners as well as select leading cybersecurity vendors. Suzanne is currently also the acting Global Demand Generation leader, responsible for global events and digital marketing to drive brand awareness and lead generation.Prior to Trustwave, Suzanne served as Vice President of Worldwide Partners at Conga, a leader in SaaS solutions for contract lifecycle management and document automation. She built Conga’s worldwide partner team, launched partner certification programs and expanded their ecosystem of Salesforce partners to include global system integrators as well as regional specialists. Previous senior leadership positions include IBM, Symantec and Computer Associates.Specialties: Sales & Marketing Leadership | Scalable Go to Market Strategy | Global Team Development | Channel Programs | VAR, SI, MSP, OEM and Strategic Alliance Business Models | Worldwide Sales Operations | Demand Generation | Talent Management | Mergers and Acquisition Due Diligence and Integration

Experience

1. Vice President, Global Partners

   Rapid7

   Dec 2025 — Present

Education

• Harvard School of Extension Studies

  Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities

  2023

• The University of Kansas

  Computer Science

Skills

• Enterprise Software
• Sales Management
• Sales Process
• Managed Services
• Global Channel Management
• Integration
• Product Management
• Salesforce.com
• Sales Enablement
• Crm
• Customer Relationship Management (Crm)
• Go-to-Market Strategy
• Marketing
• Channel Partners
• Sales
• Sales Operations
• Professional Services
• Business Development
• Software as a Service (Saas)
• Saas
• Channel
• Enterprise Mobility
• Strategic Alliances
• Business Alliances
• Leadership
• Channel Sales
• Strategy
• Software Industry
• Vendor Management
• Strategic Partnerships
• Selling
• Start-Ups
• Management
• Team Leadership
• New Business Development
• Executive Management
• Solution Selling