Vanessa Simmons leads a robust cloud partnership ecosystem managing strategic alliances with Google Cloud, Oracle, key ISVs and many others. A pivotal figure in Pythian’s history, she established the partner team over 12 years ago and most recently, Vanessa has pivoted Pythian’s channel strategy to the forefront of the AI revolution, driving brand evolution as a leader in enterprise AI adoption. With nearly 30 years in sales and business development, Vanessa focuses on aligning partner technologies with customer outcomes.