
As a result, our channel activities are globally and functionally in sync with all activities across the business,’ the spokesperson said. ’The functional areas that previously reported to Donna are now part of the respective global teams managing Palo Alto Networks field sales, technical training, worldwide sales and marketing operations and corporate communications. The company has shifted her responsibilities to other people within the channel organization, the spokesperson said. A Palo Alto Networks spokesperson confirmed St.
#SPLUNK VETERAN TRAINING REGISTRATION#
She also set up systems to support the automation of custom marketing campaigns and launched a new deal registration program, which partners say has been highly successful. She automated processes to help create closer ties to Palo Alto Networks sales strategy. John is credited with developing the company’s partner program compliance methodology and helping partners by overseeing a modernization of the security vendor’s back-end infrastructure that supports the channel. She led channel marketing at SurfControl (acquired by Websense) and later led worldwide channel programs at McAfee before being named senior director of worldwide channel marketing and programs at Palo Alto Networks in 2012.Īt Palo Alto Networks, St. She has been a security industry marketing executive for more than a decade, having begun at Web security vendor Finjan.

John was named to CRN's Women of the Channel Power 100 list in 2014 consisting of the industry's influential female channel executives, a designation she has also carried in previous years. Her role will be similar to the one she played at Palo Alto Networks, strengthening the Splunk sales and marketing processes to support a broader channel operation. John reports to Emilio Umeoka, vice president of global alliances and channels at Splunk. Its impact on the SIEM market is evident with HP making ArcSight product improvements to address competitive pressure felt by Splunk.Ī Splunk spokesperson said St. The San Francisco-based company has been praised for its log management and alerting capabilities with an anomaly detection engine that pits it against traditional security information event management systems sold by IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Intel Security (formerly McAfee), LogRhythm, RSA and NetIQ.

Splunk has gained attention for being able to do heavy analysis of large machine data sets to aid business intelligence and operational improvements. John left Palo Alto Networks in November to spearhead the development of Splunk’s channel program. John its senior director of worldwide partner programs and development. Splunk, the data analysis platform gaining attention for its growing security capabilities, added a former Palo Alto Networks executive to lead its worldwide channel programs.
