We dive into a lot in this episode by recapping some great moments of 2022!

Amy Haworth advocates for what companies most need to succeed: people. She has held roles in leadership, transformation, change management, and user experience across tech consulting and consumer products and now specializes in coaching others to reach their fullest potential.

Maheen Mirza, Senior Director of Dell Technologies Channel Sales, leads the team responsible for the National Solution Providers (NSPs) for North America. In this role, Maheen is responsible for managing, retaining, and developing a team of high-performing Sales Leaders and Partner Account Managers responsible for driving performance through the partners. Her team is responsible for the partner strategy across Dell and the go-to-market leadership for the NSPs. Maheen relies on her extensive experience in the industry and at Dell to lead the team’s efforts to discover customer insights, define the value proposition, and determine appropriate sales and marketing strategies to maximize growth and minimize friction across the organization.

Honest Conversations Around Intentional Allyship with special guests Karla Rivera and Jason McLaurin of Cisco.

Join Liz Fuller and Special Guest Shelmina Babi Abji as they discuss “Finding a balance between your work and life can enhance each and help you scale new heights in both.”

How it makes sense to champion different perspectives, voices, and talents within a team for success.

Sarah brings over a decade of data center solution sales, marketing, and partner management experience, with skills in data analyzation, customer acquisition, and sales enablement.  She has assisted in building out solutions campaign practices, and developed materials to simplify the selling process around more complex concepts.  With leadership and professional development experience, she encourages teams to challenge themselves, identify effective ways to accelerate growth and adopt new programs and solutions.

Liz Fuller is the Vice President and General Manager of Global Marketing at Zones, LLC. As a top-performing, results-driven marketing leader, she has an established track record for driving successful engagements with corporate organizations and is a proven creative and strategic thought leader that translates industry and customer insights into integrated business strategies to drive profitable sales, increased market share, and brand equity through joint partner ecosystem engagement. When not working, she tries to spend as much time with her two boys and is the co-host and co-founder of the podcast “Women on Work.”

Liz Fuller, Vice President & GM, Marketing, Zones, LLC, hosted a fireside chat with Rha Goddess. Rha is the co-founder of nFormation. nFormation is a vetted yet welcoming membership community created by women of color for women of color that seeks to reimagine traditional power structures to not just help more women of color take their seats at the table but to change the way the table is formed.

"Finding Purpose and Passion in Your Career” with Guest Dawne Hanks

“Women: The Human Swiss Army Knife.” featuring Lorena Loeffelholz, Brand Manager, PPM-Microsoft Azure, Zones, LLC

Take a look back at some of the top teaching moments of ZWoT's 2021 year.

Brandee is the Director of HR Business Partners at Zones, LLC. The primary objective of her role is to help strengthen Zones ability to drive positive change in leadership, culture, and the employee experience. Brandee has 15 years of progressive Business Partner experience in high-performing Fortune 500 companies within the insurance, financial and IT services industries. Recognized as a visionary thinker, Brandee believes in building business partnerships and developing people strategies to drive employee engagement, productivity, and business profitability.

"3 Principles to Stay Centered in Your Career and Life" with Guest Carrie Brown

Kim Chau

VP & GM Marketing, Zones Kim is the Vice President and General Manager at Zones, LLC. As head of marketing, she is responsible for driving Zones' overall marketing strategy to develop the brand, generate demand for Zones' solutions, and collaborate with ecosystem partners to grow the pipeline and contribute to sales. She comes to Zones with over 20 years of scaling business, leading high-performance global teams, driving revenue growth, and delivering on technology adoption across channels and nascent markets.

Before joining Zones, Kim served as Senior Director for Sierra Wireless, Vice President for PCS, and Director for Microsoft, AT&T, and Ericsson. Her results included brand development, product marketing, channel partner management, and go-to-market (GTM) across B2B in the IT industry. She launched global product lines across NA/LATAM, EMEA, China, and APAC. Managed multimillion budget and international teams. Received industry recognition for MD&M Most Innovative Award and Spark Design Semi-Finalist.

She is passionate about building a brand and developing marketing programs leveraging a myriad of marketing strategies to drive execution excellence. Kim holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) from Texas A&M University, a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from California Southern University, and a Master Certification in marketing strategy for executives from Cornell University. She is also a Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) candidate.

She is the Director of Event Emerging Technology & Innovation at Dow Jones. Previously worked as an independent Innovation Strategy consultant and product designer with renowned Fortune 500 companies, artists, and institutions such as Ericsson, Childish Gambino, BBC, Unilever, Diageo, Cadbury, Hugo Boss, Audi, Julius Baer, SAP, V&A Museum, London Olympics and more.

Since graduating she has developed 3 trademarks in the areas of gender-neutral STEAM educational toys, reflective knitwear, and UV awareness jewelry. Her personal work has been exhibited and featured worldwide in museums, books, and publications including Elle magazine, BBC News, CNBC The Edge, Boston Science Museum, and more. Awards include the Royal Pitch@Palace named 2nd most disruptive business, Top3 Innovator of the year, winner of the Diageo Spark Award, NESTA Innovation award, and many more.

Elena is also a professional speaker at international conferences, from MIT Technology Review EmTech conference to TEDx and the international Cooperation Summit in China. She also mentors startups for the Meaningful Business initiative supporting impact entrepreneurs pro SDGs and contributes to the UNTIL United Nations Technology Innovation Lab.

“Being Courageous while Overcoming Imposter Syndrome” with Special Guest Jerica Huang 

Please welcome Julie Wagner, our host for this amazing conversation, as she welcomes our guest speaker, Luxy Thuraisingam, Head of Global Partner Marketing, Cisco.

Crystal Washington, CSP works with organizations that want to leverage technology to increase profits and productivity!

As a technology strategist and certified futurist, Crystal takes complex social media, app, and web topics and makes them easy to understand and accessible for everyday people.

Crystal’s clients comprise Fortune 500 companies including Google, Microsoft, and GE, and as a sought-after keynote speaker, she has entertained and educated audiences around the globe.

As one of Forbes’ 50 Leading Female Futurists, she has appeared in numerous publications including Entrepreneur and Bloomberg Businessweek. She is regularly called on by major television networks as a tech expert.

Crystal is the author of the books One Tech Action and The Social Media Why.

Hosted by: Kim Chau, VP & GM of Marketing at Zones

Please welcome Cait Espe and Julie Wagner, our co-hosts for this amazing conversation, as they welcome our guest speaker, Julie C. Bruha, Territory Vice President, Sales, North Central Region of Zones.

Please welcome Cait Espe and Julie Wagner, our co-hosts for this amazing conversation, as they welcome our guest speaker, Emily Ketchen, Chief Marketing Officer of Lenovo's Intelligent Devices Group.