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title: Watch the August Webinar – So, you want to be a channel chief?
description: Watch CEO Diane Krakora and special guest Tracy-Ann Palmer from VMware in an interview about her channel career and the current state of partnering.
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# SO, YOU WANT TO BE A CHANNEL CHIEF?

If you ever dreamed of being a successful channel leader of an IT vendor, our summer programming is for you!  Watch the third and final session in our summer webinar series and Tracy-Ann Palmer talk about her path to leadership success.

Listen to Diane Krakora, CEO and Principal at PartnerPath, in a chat with Tracy-Ann Palmer, Vice President Partner Programs and Experience at VMware. The discussion covers Tracy-Ann's unique journey to channel leadership through Salesforce, Cisco, Rackspace and AWS – always solving complex problems and transforming complicated organizations.

### About Tracy-Ann Palmer

![Tracy-Ann-120](https://www.partner-path.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Tracy-Ann-120.jpg?width=97&name=Tracy-Ann-120.jpg)Tracy-Ann Palmer is a transformative leader. As VMware’s VP of Partner Programs and Experience she is accelerating the shift to a SaaS /Consumption model.

 

| ![Diane-Krakora-soft-120](https://www.partner-path.com/hubfs/Diane-Krakora-soft-120.gif) | Host [**Diane Krakora**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/dianekrakora/), *CEO at PartnerPath* |
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### Watch Diane & Tracy-Ann

![Emily-Narkviroj-120](https://www.partner-path.com/hubfs/Emily-Narkviroj-120.jpg)

## The Help We Needed

> “Working with the PartnerPath team on this project not only helped us speed up our route to program launch but helped us implement best practices across our industry. We would not be in the position we are in today, without the support from PartnerPath."

Emily Narkviroj** | **Director, Global Channel Programs

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