Gavin Welch

Gavin Welch has a strong background in partnerships and channel management roles. Gavin is currently working as a Partnerships Manager at Zesty, where they focus on reducing cloud costs for companies through automated solutions. Prior to this, Gavin worked at Asana as a Channel Partner Manager for North America Solutions Partners.

Gavin's experience also includes significant roles at Cloudera and Hortonworks. At Cloudera, they served as a Senior Manager for Global Channels and Alliances, working closely with strategic partners such as Dell/EMC, HPE, Cisco, Pure Storage, NetApp, and Teradata. While at Hortonworks, Gavin held the positions of Manager of Channels and Alliances, where they managed global ISV, IHV, OEM, and reseller partners and achieved sales targets through the channel. Gavin also worked as a Regional Business Development Representative at Hortonworks.

Prior to their time at Cloudera and Hortonworks, Gavin gained valuable experience at Barracuda Networks, where they held roles such as Territory Manager, Associate Territory Manager, and Customer Accounts Representative. In these positions, they were responsible for managing customer accounts and promoting Barracuda's IT solutions in content security, networking and application delivery, and data storage.

Overall, Gavin Welch's work experience showcases their expertise in partnerships, channel management, sales enablement, and executing go-to-market strategies with strategic partners.

Gavin Welch attended San Jose State University from 2006 to 2010. During this time, they pursued a Bachelor of Arts degree in Humanities/Humanistic Studies.