Rick Filippo

Rick Filippo has extensive work experience in various roles and companies. Rick is currently serving as the Director, Channels and Alliances at Ascend Technologies since February 2021. Prior to this, they worked as a Regional Sales Manager at Blue Sentry from May 2020 to January 2021. Rick also served as a Digital Solutions Sales Principal at Hitachi Vantara from February 2019 to April 2020. Before that, they worked as a Business Development Director at Security Innovation from April 2015 to December 2018. Rick also has experience as a National Consulting Partner Manager, Cloud Solutions through CDW Corp. at Birch Communications (formerly Cbeyond) from July 2013 to March 2015. Rick worked as a Regional Sales Manager at Violin Memory from February 2012 to June 2013 and as a Senior Account Manager at Presidio Networked Solutions from February 2011 to January 2012. Rick also served as a Program Development Manager at Iron Mountain from September 2009 to January 2011 and as a Senior Account Manager at Verizon Business from May 2008 to September 2009. Rick started their career at Unisys as a National Partner Sales Manager, Enterprise Storage Solutions Group, where they worked from March 1994 to May 2008.

Rick Filippo has a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) degree from the University of Saint Francis, with a focus on Business Administration, Management, and Operations. Rick also holds various certifications including HPE Sales Certified - Hybrid Cloud Solutions from Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Gitlab Sales Certification from GitLab Inc. Rick has certifications from Amazon Web Services, including Amazon Web Services Business Professional Certified and Amazon Web Services Certified Business Professional - Cloud Economics & TCO analysis.