Rich Palanza

Rich Palanza is an accomplished professional currently serving as the Director of Partner Development and WW Sales Leader for the Global Cisco Alliance at IBM since July 2019. Previously, Rich held the position of WW Head of Sales for the Watson Content & Internet of Things Platform and served as Integration Executive at The Weather Company, an IBM Business, from January 2015 to January 2022, where responsibilities included managing the integration of The Weather Company into IBM. Rich's career at IBM began in January 2005 and included roles as Business Unit Executive for Cloud Services and Client Unit Executive. Rich holds a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Master of Business Administration from Northeastern University.