Edna Aponte

Edna Aponte

Product Development Specialist

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Helping to customers and Business Partners to provide value to their business, keeping updated with continuous software innovation

  • Education

    • University Francisco José de Caldas.

      2011 - 2011
      Specialist in Engineering Project Management. Project Management
    • University Francisco José de Caldas.

      2001 - 2008
      ELECTRONIC ENGINEER ENGINERING

      Activities and Societies: Monitora Especialización Ingeniería de software

  • Experience

    • Delta IT solution

      Mar 2009 - Jul 2010
      Product Development Specialist

      Monitors all aspects of a product lifecycle, including long- and short-term development and marketing of Tivoli Storage Manager and Tivoling Monitorin. Stays abreast of trends in the marketplace to ensure the product's competitive position. Interfaces with project managers and clients to determine the product's future direction. Responsabilities• Implement a backup and Monitoring solutions• Install and configure IBM Tivoli Storage manager, IBM Provisioning and IBM Tivoli Monitoring• Develop management tasks tool• Train clients in using IBM tools Show less

    • Terasys S.A

      Jan 2010 - Jan 2012
      Presales Technical Consultant

      • Assigning a budget in order to negotiate some special deals, organize special promotions with the businesses, to boost sales and to build good relationships with the customers.• Overseeing all the aspects within his territory like that of ensuring sales are rising, general services as well as customer services are improving.• Overseeing product deliveries, accepting inventory and also requisitioning and looking after equipment maintenance.• Monitoring and administering of sales force, assigning of sales representatives to different key areas throughout the territory etc.• Working with less lucrative customers, prospective businesses along with the sales accounts since this would be required in their profession.• Ensuring that personal attention is paid to the customers and increasing the probability of sales.• Improving customer service with the application of a number of techniques in order to help the customers in the best possible way. Show less

    • IOGESTION S.A.S

      Jan 2013 - Dec 2013
      Sales Territory Manager

      • Prospects for new business, direct customer engagement, working with Multivendors to increase product knowledge and efficiencies, and whenever possible, leveraging relationships to drive sales into end user accounts. Manages indirect customer procurement and direct customer engagement model. • Responsible for all aspects of the sale from pricing negotiations to contract development to ensuring successful order fulfillment once the order has been received and processed. • Manage weekly forecasts against revenue targets and work closely with inside sales counterpart to manage the pipeline • Well versed in setting appropriate monthly and quarterly revenue expectations using defined CRM and forecasting tools with demonstrated competency. • Establish and maintain partnership with sales and service organizations and IT business executives within corporate environments • Typically responsible for midsized accounts, and/or a mid-size-sized quota/territory. • Assist in defining the proper inventory of e-Val appliances and improve pre-sales process to maximize return of investment of our resources Show less

    • Ingram Micro / AKTIO Latam Argentina - Uruguay

      Jan 2014 - Mar 2018
      Product Manager IBM Software, Business Unit Analytics

      • Manage key partners IBM Software and end users in Channel ecosystem Ingram Micro Company• Build revenue business plans partners.• Provide ongoing sales and technical trainings to partners.• Build marketing plans to drive incremental sales pipeline and revenues with development funds.• Develops and manages cross territory consisting of value-added to strategic partners, prospects and customers to increase IBM Software market share and revenue. • Partner with IBM and Ingram Micro marketing and engineering teams to drive revenue growth• Provide geographic channel coverage for the region • Carry quarterly and annual revenue targets. • Support the development and execute demand generation that is regional in nature, while supporting de development of local activities with local teams • Support the planning and development of Channel sales and pre-sales enablement programs • Support the development and execute demand generation that is regional in nature, while supporting de development of local activities with local teams Show less

    • Green Services and Solutions

      Apr 2018 - May 2018
      Directora Unidad de Negocio Big Data y Analytics
    • IBM

      May 2018 - now

      Helping to clients to provide new value to their business, keeping update their software subscriptions & support, driven by the benefits of continuous innovation

      • Embedded Solution Deal Maker CVL

        Jan 2024 - now
      • Partner Specialist Colombia

        Jun 2022 - Jan 2024
      • Subscription Annuity Sales Representative

        Aug 2019 - Jun 2022
      • IBM Sales Specialist Maas 360

        May 2018 - Jun 2022
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • ITIL FOUNDATION V3

      ITERA
    • IBM Certified Administrator - Tivoli Storage Manager V7.1.1

      IBM
      Oct 2016
    • Enterprise Design Thinking Practitioner

      IBM
      Nov 2019
      View certificate certificate
    • Enterprise Design Thinking - Team Essentials for AI

      IBM
      Nov 2019
      View certificate certificate
    • Social Selling Digital Practitioner

      Digital Marketing Institute
      Jan 2018
    • IBM Enterprise Content Management Sales Professional v3

      IBM
      Aug 2016
    • IBM Global Sales

      IBM
    • Technical Foundation for Sellers

      IBM
      Nov 2019
      View certificate certificate
    • IBM Security Systems Sales Professional v3

      IBM
      Jul 2014
    • Professional Digital Selling

      Digital Marketing Institute
      Jan 2019
  • Volunteer Experience

    • SUPPORT ENGINEER

      Issued by BT Let's Talk Latam on Feb 2008
      BT Let's Talk LatamAssociated with Edna Aponte