Cheryl Rodness, AVP, Strategic Growth Initiatives, Calix

Cheryl brings over 20 years global marketing expertise in both high tech and consumer goods. Her career has spanned across the marketing discipline with a focus on GTM strategy, persona-based marketing, insights & analytics and skills/training development. She has held international assignments in Japan and Netherlands and has trained marketing teams across 25 countries.

Cheryl has held executive leadership roles as Calix, Unisys, IBM, Juniper Networks and J. Walter Thompson. In addition, Cheryl has taught several marketing and organizational leadership classes at the graduate level as an adjunct professor and is often asked to speak at 3rd party and client events.

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