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“Jared is a multi-talented sales leader who really stepped up when the West Region asked for his help. He worked cross-functionally to lead the team and was an active and important contributor to the America Partner Leadership team. I look forward to continuing to work closely with and learning from Jared”
Brandon Sweeney, Vice President, Americas Partner Organization, VMware
“Jared was the very first person I hired upon joining VMware. He performed tremendously as one of only two partner managers on board to help VMware develop small partners and to drive partner recruitment. Upon successful completion of that assignment, Jared shifted roles to drive VMware’s key Solution Provider partners across the South West desert States. Not only did he again do a tremendous job, but he built out a Partner Business Manager tool kit to aid his colleagues with tools, critical information, and best practices to make their jobs easier while accelerating the on-boarding of new hires into the organization. Jared is a trusted professional to his partners and his colleagues as well as a great team player and asset to VMware overall! His efforts helped our partners, our team, and me to achieve great success.” - Steve Furtado, Director, West Partner Sales, VMwar
“I hired Jared while at VMware to run our SMB channels in the west. Jared quickly impressed his peers and superiors at VMware and has progressed nicely in the organization. Jared is well respected by the channel and produces results. Jared is a rising star in the industry and I wouldn’t be surprised to see him in the upper echelons of the industry in the near future.”
Steve Houck, VP WW Channels, VMware (Currently COO of Datacore Software)
“Jared is an experienced, highly motivated and energetic channel sales and business partner manager. He has a thorough and detailed approach to managing channel relationships and has proven to be a valuable resource for our organization. Jared is “always on” and is driven by performance metrics and success in the field. He is always willing to help develop relationships for his partners within his company and within customers in the market. As a valued part of our strategic partner and alliance strategy we have been fortunate to have Jared as a business partner manager over the last couple of years. I recommend Jared to other organizations who are looking to develop relationships and revenues through channel partnerships.”
Mark Dallmeier, Vice President, IT Partners
“I have had the pleasure of working with Jared Byrd for the past 1.5 years. Over the last year he has become a solid leader as Acting APD for the West. The success of his entire team is a direct result of Jared’s guidance, professionalism and his sincere passion for his job and the success of his team. I would recommend Jared without hesitation.” Violet Rapp, Partner Business Manager, VMware
“Passionate. Knowledgeable. Diligent. Inspiring. These are all words I would use to describe Jared and it’s truly what makes him such a great leader. Jared has an uncanny ability to build strong relationships with the business managers on his team, partners, and peers by understanding what their goals/challenges are and how he can help them reach/overcome those. He has always been able to offer great insight on any challenges/initiatives I’ve brought up to him and I know everyone else on the team feels the same way. He is a true thought leader and I highly recommend him!”
Nelson Wang, Partner Business Manager, VMware
“Jared is one incredibly creative sales manager. He truly thinks outside the box, is able to handle many different challenges at the same time, speaks well in front of partners & customers, can drive a sale to completion – and he knows how to guide partners and other Partner Business Managers to the right decisions. Jared always makes time to help his team and he is tremendously tech-savvy. I am proud to say that I have worked for Jared – and look forward to working with him in the years to come.”
Mike Sandsmark, National Partner Business Manager, VMware
“I’ve had the pleasure of working with Jared for the past 4 years at VMware. Every role that he has held at VMware he has come up with creative ways to increase productivity, communication and partner enablement. He recently stepped up to be our Acting Area Partner Director and he was always there when we needed him. He represented the partner team with the executive team with open communication. Because of his tech-savvy ways he came up with great ways for our teams to communicate, and was able to help with taking over the busy work so that we could spend more time with our partners. I would recommend Jared in a heartbeat!”
Debbie Guditus, Partner Business Manager, VMware
“Jared Byrd epitomizes what one would hope for in a great channel business manager. He is extraordinarily responsive, proactive and insightful. He prepares very useful resource guides and even tool sets for partners. He keeps close tabs of what is going on with VMware as an organization, with specific accounts and with the industry in general -and freely shares his knowledge. It is both a great benefit and pleasure to work with Jared.”
Steve Kaplan, Vice President Data Center Virtualization Practice, INX/Presidio
“Jared’s excitement for virtualization, VMWare’s market position, and cloud computing are absolutely infectious. He is a rare breed of man who understands both the technology and the business and that makes him a delight – for his partners, his customers, his team, and his colleagues.” August 16, 2010
Lauren Bailey,Owner, Factor 8
“It is my sincere pleasure to endorse Jared Byrd. As an SMB Sales Director, Jared was a key contributor to the organization’s revenue goals. He not only met revenue expectations, but he possessed the unique skill set of a seasoned sales professional and a technological engineer all in one. I credit Jared’s sales success to his ability to speak with Channel Partners on both a business and technical level. As Jared’s VP of Sales and Marketing I was regularly hearing from our Channel Partners how impressed they were with his knowledge of the marketplace and his dedication to them. Jared not only had the will to perform his job well, but he also had the skills necessary to achieve a high level of success. It was a loss to CA when Jared Byrd left the organization.” - Herb Siegel, Vice President of Sales & Marketing, CA (Currently VP at ePlus)
“Jared is an exceptionally bright individual who understands both business and technical aspects of selling in the IT market. I’ve found Jared to be a very focused, driven, hard working person with a strong business ethic. I would recommend Jared without hesitation”
Michael Ragusa, SVP Channels CA. (Currently SVP at ePlus)
“Jared distinguished himself immediately at VMware. He started up a new business unit and blew away every number we put in front of him. He also provided thought leadership as the business unit grew and over time, we had no choice but to give him more responsibility and promote him! He is a solid executive, able to fulfull multiple roles in a company. He also has a great attitude and is a lot of fun to work woth!”
Joel Davis, VMware Partner Sales Director (Currently VP Sales, Atlantis Computing)
“It is with great pleasure that I offer a recommendation on behalf of Jared Byrd. Although Jared and I worked in parallel business units, our success depended on regular dialogue between our teams and constant communication. Jared is recognized as a leader by his co-workers and peers and known for his communication skills. Jared is enthusiastic about his work and is respected by many known for his motivational data protection presentations”
Jeff Gregorec, Written while VP Sales Sage Software
“Jared is a very well rounded sales manager with both technical and business saavy. While at CA Jared went the extra mile to create multiple sales guides and tools that were instrumental in helping manage our internal partner business as well as promote CA solutions throughout the channel community. Jared is a valuable asset to any organization he joins and I would recommend him without hesitation!”
Shawn Giordano, Director of Channel Sales, CA (Currently VP sales at Programmers Paradise)
“Highly recommended. Bright, intelligent, motivated. Continually seeks
improvement. Tireless. Exceptional client management & customer satisfaction skills. Dynamic in front of large audiences. Motivating leader with good vision. A data protection strategist.”
Tom Orcutt, Ingram Micro, Technical Manager
“I respect Jared’s talents and capabilities in sales as well as his technical ability. Jared knows how to use the tools of the trade to create programs, content and messaging that drives sales. With the experience that I have personally had with him he is on my short list of top sales people & public speakers that I have worked with.”
- Seth Faber, Iomega Storage Engineer
“Jared is the ultimate team player. Always willing to go the extra mile to to what was right for the business. Jared and I had a lot of success selling enterprise level solutions and I know I could not have been as successful as I was without his assistance. I know if I ever get the chance to work with Jared again, I will jump at it.”
JR Jung, Mainline Information Systems
“Jared Byrd is a very tenacious, visonary, and follows through with every
commitment. His work ethic is beyond the norm… He has showed great
commitment and perseverance over the years in very tough and trying
situations. Always seems to find the right solution for customers, both large & small.
Jared is a true winner”
Joel Anderson, Mainnerve Sales Director (Currently at Symantec)
“Jared is a strong sales professional with an intimate knowledge of his product, company, and where it all fits within the market. He has exceptional follow up skills and is always extremely responsive. He has helped my company solve many problems and has always served as a strong advocate for many of our business initiatives. It was a pleasure working with Jared.”
Rich Guisti, Sales VP, S2 Business Solutions (Currently at Masergy)
“I have known and/or have been working with Jared for over 10 years in the IT industry.In short, Jared is personable, hard working and extremely reliable. In addition, Jared is very well-rounded in both sales & technical knowledge. I would recommend placing Jared in front of any size customer or audience and let him talk about
what he knows best, data protection.”
Rob Macintosh, Sr. Sales Director (Currently at CA)
“Jared inspired me to thrive in my sales skills. He demonstrates a genuine passion for sales excellence and truly represents his product effectively!”
Joel Mitchell, Sales Executive, Asigra
“I would recommend Jared Byrd without hesitation, and would eagerly work side by side with him again in any venture. Jared’s involvement and insight in the growth and development of our business project was critical. Jared played a central role in the company in numerous functional areas including: sales, strategy, technology selection, business development and business operations”
Mike Houghton, SVP Marketing, Direct Alliance Corporation
Mike is currently a VP of Solutions Marketing at Avnet.
“Jared was one of the most innovative people I have ever had the pleasure to work with. He has the uncanny knack of breaking down a system into a simple flow and finding ways to improve with little effort. He is also an exciting salesman who can captivate an audience.”
Zach Bowling, SAP Data Analytics Director (Zach is currently a Director at Microsoft)
“I’ve worked with Jared at CA in Phoenix, AZ. Great guy!!! He is always thinking of new ways to improve the organization he is involved in. Jared is extremely creative and is someone I enjoy working with.”
Steven Nekava, Insight Sr. Systems Engineer
“Jared was responsible for sales management/project management while I worked in sales. He was highly technical and had great presentation skills. He understood the applications and the customers very well, which was a great benefit for everyone on the team.”
Ian Vondrasek, SAP, Sales Executive