VP, Sales Strategy and Operations, Gartner Inc., Stamford, CT. Conceptualize, design, and execute programs end-to-end that increase sales productivity. Drive new business and increasing retention across sales organizations globally through close collaboration with other BUs including Services, Sales, Research, and Product. Identify best-practices which can be systematized and scaled across the business, including the development of additional sales programs. Establish pillar of Global Sales Strategy & Operation as a Center of Excellence for Gartner Technology Sales/Gartner Business Sales to pull on for problem-solving and strategic support of all sales related programs or process improvement. Drive complex projects aligned to high priority business objectives and workin