Ken Hammond

Ken Hammond has extensive experience in the technology industry, with a focus on channel sales and alliances.

Ken'smost recent role was as Vice President, WW Channel Sales and Alliances at Exabeam, a position they have held since September 2023. Prior to this, they served as AVP, Americas and APJ Channels at Exabeam from January 2018 to August 2023.

Before joining Exabeam, Ken worked at Carbon Black, Inc. as VP, WW Channel and Alliance Sales from December 2015 to December 2017. In this role, they led a team of 23 partner and alliance salespeople and achieved impressive results, such as exceeding channel-generated bookings targets and doubling revenues with key partners.

Prior to Carbon Black, Ken worked at Cisco in various roles, including Director, WW Channel Sales, and was responsible for leading Cisco's worldwide partner sales efforts for the Global Security Sales Organization. Ken successfully integrated Sourcefire's partner channel with Cisco's Security Partner Program and exceeded channel bookings goals.

Ken also has experience at Sourcefire, where they served as Director, North America Channel Sales, contributing to significant channel bookings growth and establishing partnerships with distributors.

Earlier in their career, Ken worked at Symantec as Sr. Manager, WW OEM Sales, and achieved notable accomplishments, including closing major deals with HP, Bank of America, Adobe, and Toshiba. Ken also worked at Secure Computing, where they were Sr. Manager, North America Distribution Sales, and successfully expanded sales through distribution channels.

Ken started their career as a Channel Sales GTM Consultant at Hammond Consulting, LLC, where they led the strategic sales effort for high-speed network security routing hardware. Ken'sbusiness plan was successful in attracting venture capital and the technology was purchased by investors.

Ken Hammond's education history includes studying Newspaper Journalism at California State University, Long Beach, where they earned a BA degree. Ken also pursued studies in Integrated Marketing Communications at the University of Washington. The exact start and end years for these educational experiences are not provided.