Infoblox’s Jessica Lay Featured on CRN’s 2021 Women of the Channel List
Santa Clara, Calif., May 10, 2021 — Infoblox Inc., the leader in Secure Cloud-Managed Network Services, today announced that Jessica Lay, Worldwide Partner Programs Manager at Infoblox, has been named by CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, to the highly respected Women of the Channel list for 2021.
The annual list recognizes the unique strengths, vision and achievements of female leaders in the IT channel. The women honored on this year’s list pushed forward comprehensive business plans, marketing initiatives and other innovative ideas to support their partners and customers, helping them through the uncertainty brought on by the global COVID-19 pandemic. CRN celebrates these exceptional women for their leadership, dedication and channel advocacy.
Over the past year, Jessica has made numerous contributions to the Infoblox BuildingBLOX partner program that are now driving success for channel partners. These include the execution of a partner SPIFF that resulted in a 40% increase of new business for Infoblox and its partners. She also built out partner operational strategies from cross-functional demand generation workstreams, system function enhancements to improved reporting; elevated the branding of Infoblox’s partner newsletter; and, transitioned partner communications to focus on SaaS. Jessica also transitioned Infoblox’s annual partner summit to a digital format featuring three world-class virtual partner summits in March and April 2021, which resulted in the largest attendance to-date.
“CRN’s 2021 Women of the Channel list acknowledges accomplished, influential women whose dedication, hard work, and leadership accelerate channel growth,” said Blaine Raddon, CEO of The Channel Company. “We are proud to honor them for their many accomplishments and look forward to their continued contributions to the IT channel.”
“Jessica has put a tremendous amount of effort toward making the Infoblox BuildingBLOX program the gold standard by identifying new ways in which we can effectively utilize the channel, and earn our partners’ business by enabling them to keep their customers protected and connected,” said Sandy Janes, Senior Director of Global Partner Programs and Operations, Infoblox. “Congratulations to Jessica on this well-deserved honor and thank you to CRN for recognizing so many talented and dedicated women, like Jessica, whose contributions are moving the channel forward.”
Partners interested in more about the Infoblox BuildingBLOX Partner Program can contact their channel account manager or channelprograms@infoblox.com. The 2021 Women of the Channel list will be featured in CRN Magazine on May 10th and online at www.CRN.com/WOTC.