Sam Svitenko

Sam Svitenko is director of Worldwide Channel Marketing and Strategy at Nimble Storage. His responsibilities include Sarbanes-Oxley oversight for a $4m annual budget, global strategy delivering business value to customers through Fortune 500 partners, and developing programs for strategic partners. Prior to Nimble, Sam held executive sales, business development, and product management roles at Cisco, EMC and McAfee. Over 25 years of service, Sam was a C-5 instructor pilot, an ANG commander and Stan/Eva l IMA in the USAF Reserves. Sam retired in 2015 and has an MBA with honors and a minor in Russian.

Education

• BS U.S. Air Force Academy (1986.06 — 1990.05)
• MBA Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (1996 — 1997)
• US Air Force Air University (2011 — 2012)
• Air Command and Staff College US Air Force Air University (2006 — 2006)
• NA US Air Force Squadron Officer School (1996 — 1996)
• El Toro High School

Companies

• EVP, Operations/COO, Co-founder ParaCloudAI (2022)
• Worldwide System Integrator (SI) Practice Lead--Storage Amazon Web Services (AWS) (2020 — 2022)
• Consulting Partner Practice Lead--Global ISV Partners Amazon Web Services (AWS) (2019 — 2020)
• Senior Director, Global Partner Programs Palo Alto Networks (2018 — 2019)
• Senior Director, WW Channel Sales and Marketing Nimble Storage, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (2014 — 2018)
• Guest Lecturer USC Marshall School of Business (2016 — 2016)
• Officer and Instructor Pilot US Air Force/Reserve/Air National Guard (1990 — 2015)
• Global Sales Business Development Manager Cisco (2010 — 2014)
• Business Development Manager, Cloud Computing Platform Computing (2008 — 2009)

Skills

The most important

• Software as a Service (SaaS)
• Sales Presentations
• Cross-functional Team Leadership

Other

Sales, Global Business Development, Sales Management, Partner Management, Professional Services, Security, Management, Virtualization, Leadership, Selling, Program Management, SaaS, Solution Selling, Business Development, Sales Operations, Strategic Planning, Data Center, Sales Enablement, Strategic Alliances, Product Management, Business Alliances, Strategy, Channel Partners, Strategic Partnerships, Enterprise Software, Cloud Computing