With a new year just around the corner, exciting new beginnings are ahead for our Americas channel team. Beginning December 1, we welcome Efrem Z. Stringfellow as our Americas channel leader.

Hailing from Chicago, Efrem has more than 20 years of industry experience. In his previous role as Microsoft’s U.S. Services Sales Vice President, Efrem collaborated with a diverse team of professionals and built an impressive record of increased market share, a strengthened partner ecosystem, and improved satisfaction among both customers and employees.

“I believe in driving the right balance of accountability across sales, partner, technical, marketing and licensing,” he says. “My objective is to exceed the expectations of clients and partners.”

His track record of results is clear: his team was responsible for delivering more than $2.5 billion in annual revenue.

Efrem joined Citrix earlier this year to lead our WW Global System Integrators team. His impressive leadership created go-to-market strategies that will add incremental business of more than $100 million across the joint business environments.

“I look forward to continuing to empower my teams to deliver sustained business value across the spectrum for both our partners and customers,” he says.

After 12 celebrated years with the company, Rafael Garzon will be leaving Citrix to pursue opportunities inside and outside the tech industry. We are grateful for his service over the last decade and wish him well in this new chapter of his career. Rafael will remain at Citrix through the end of Q1FY19 to help Efrem transition into his new role.

Join us at Citrix Summit, where Efrem will be sharing his 2019 vision and priorities during the Americas channel breakout.