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Kenna Petersen Fischer

Kenna Petersen Fischer

St. Petersburg,FL

Summary

Accomplished field enablement leader, known for achieving exceptional business outcomes that consistently surpass expectations. Leadership, sales adoption, and enablement status-quo disruptor. Relentlessly committed to advancing skillsets in the field by executing outcome-based programs. Expertise encompasses steering sales enablement programs that help sellers develop the right skills, knowledge, and high-performing habits, resulting in customers exceeding their business goals faster. Passionate about advocating for sellers, learners, and programs. Professional mantra: communication and trust are the lifeblood of a thriving sales career but routinely gets overlooked, underdeveloped … those that focus on developing these skills establish the true competitive differentiator in any market, business sector.

Skills

Strong collaborator with exceptional communication skills (written, verbal)

Authentic, trustworthy leader & teammate, strategic thinker, innovator and change maker

Engaging and effective presentation & facilitator skills, aligned to communication psychology

Communication and selling skills developer with a treasure-trove of proven, effective content

Empathetic listener who focuses to understand versus heard

Selling, sales engineering, quota-carrying experience in services, hardware, software

Account planning, forecasting, pipeline and SFDC accuracy, hygiene proficient

Storage, SaaS, Cloud, Data, MFST, IP Telephony Fluent

Certification

· Franklin Covey Business Transformation, Leading at the Speed of Trust, etc. Certified Facilitator.

· Myers Briggs, DiSC, Fascinate, StrengthFinders Facilitator.

· Challenger Sale, Sandler, and other sales methodologies certified.

· Disney certified presenter, public speaking professional, facilitator, trainer, content developer.

· Microsoft, Cisco, SaaS, and several other technical certifications.

Work History

Leader, Global Sales and Services Enablement

EMC, VmWare, Dell Technologies
10.2015 - Current
  • Leader, Global Sales, and Services Enablement 10/2015 – Current EMC, VMWare, Dell Technologies – NY - Tampa, FL
    • Responsible for driving Global Sales Enablement Programs for sales teams supporting Public and regulated sectors (US Federal government, NATO, Healthcare, etc.)
    • Partnered with Sales Leaders to embed customized enablement programs that routinely drive positive impact metrics on goals and objectives.
    • Designed, facilitated, operationalized, measured, and coached multiple soft skills programs.
    • Highlights: * 88 NPS for overall program * Business Partner of the Year Award * High Performer Award x2

Leader, Global Channels & Services Enablement

Polycom
09.2010 - 10.2015
  • Leader, Global Channels & Services Enablement, 09/2010 - 10/2015 Polycom – NY - Tampa, FL
    • Developed, facilitated, and executed a best-in-class digital-transformation-focused Channels & Services Enablement Program, designed to develop key skills & competencies for sellers and field representatives.
    • Pioneered and launched skills development programs to previously untouched sales territories in the Middle East, APAC, South Africa.
    • Highlights: * Presidents Club x2

Account Manager, Sales Support Specialist

ShoreTel/Mitel Networks
12.1998 - 10.2010

Account Manager, Support Specialist Services Sales & Engineering, 12/1998 – 10/2010 Mitel/ShoreTel Networks– Miami, FL
• Global services sales and engineering manager responsible for connecting solutions to customer language, business processes and buyer personas.
• Created new, global market share by driving, launching, and immersing in a new sales campaign with (then) state-of-the-art technology.
• Highlights: * Presidents Club x7 * Top 10 territory producer x 9

Solution Architect, Training, Project Manager

The Walt Disney Company
09.1990 - 12.1998

Solution Architect, Trainer, Program & Project Manager, 09/1990 - 12/1998 The Walt Disney Company – Orlando, FL
• Solution architect, trainer, behavioral skills program manager for Disney Resorts and Parks Division.
• Facilitated all new hire, federal compliance training programs.
• Developed and implemented Train-the-Trainer programs for The Walt Disney Company Resorts (China, Paris, California, Florida).

Work Availability

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Education

Completed, 5th Year, Ducktrate/Doctrate Prog - Business Development, Sales Psychology

Walt Disney Co., Exec Business Dev University
Orlando, FL

Completed, 4-Year Mouseteers/Masters Prog - Leadership, Marketing, Selling & Org Performance

Walt Disney Co, Exec Leadership Dev University
Orlando, FL

Associate of Science - Management

State University of New York
New York, NY

No Degree - International Business

International Studies
Copenhagen, Denmark

Timeline

Leader, Global Sales and Services Enablement

EMC, VmWare, Dell Technologies
10.2015 - Current

Leader, Global Channels & Services Enablement

Polycom
09.2010 - 10.2015

Account Manager, Sales Support Specialist

ShoreTel/Mitel Networks
12.1998 - 10.2010

Solution Architect, Training, Project Manager

The Walt Disney Company
09.1990 - 12.1998

Completed, 5th Year, Ducktrate/Doctrate Prog - Business Development, Sales Psychology

Walt Disney Co., Exec Business Dev University

Completed, 4-Year Mouseteers/Masters Prog - Leadership, Marketing, Selling & Org Performance

Walt Disney Co, Exec Leadership Dev University

Associate of Science - Management

State University of New York

No Degree - International Business

International Studies

About ME

  • Split residency between Tampa, FL and Midtown Manhattan, NY
  • Hobbies include boating (17' Boston Whaler, 45' Jersey Yacht), fishing, animals, travel (all 50 states, 43 countries and counting)
  • Volunteer as Breast Cancer Patient Advocate (Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL); Companion Animal visits (Pinellas County, FL Memory Care Centers)

Overview

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years of professional experience
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Kenna Petersen Fischer