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Donna McAllister
vice president, alliances
"Our work with our affiliates, consultants, resellers and technology partners is a strategic component of the Kinaxis vision, and is essential to our success in scaling the business and serving our customers to the fullest. As the industry trends of volatility and complexity intensify, so does the need for companies to effectively and efficiently respond to change across global supply chains. With the support of our partners and affiliates, we can better reach those companies that are looking to achieve urgent operations performance breakthroughs."
Donna McAllister joined Kinaxis™ as vice president, alliances in November 2007.
Bringing more than 20 years of enterprise systems sales and strategic alliances experience to the Kinaxis management team, Donna manages the Kinaxis Partner and Affiliate Programs.
Developing and executing Kinaxis partner initiatives, Donna aligns the company with the industry's most prominent consulting and services firms. Supported by a strong ecosystem of partners, Kinaxis can enable its market leading customers to fully leverage their investment in RapidResponse™ on a global basis.
As well, Donna established and manages the Kinaxis Affiliate Program, an innovative referral initiative whereby IT or management consultants, independent contractors and software companies can diversify their respective businesses by offering added business value to their customers through an introduction to the Kinaxis RapidResponse service. When these introductions lead to a Kinaxis RapidResponse customer, the affiliate receives an attractive referral fee.
Over the course of her career, Donna has held positions with IBM, Nexiant, Vitria, Vertex and Coopers & Lybrand. Prior to joining Kinaxis, Donna spent over six years with i2 Technologies, a leading provider of enterprise software solutions focused on supply chain. In the role of vice president, global alliances for i2, Donna managed over 20 systems integrator (SI) and OEM relationships, including a very strategic relationship with IBM Corporation.
Donna attended the University of Madrid and holds a bachelor's degree in Business Communications with a minor in Fine Arts from the University of Southern California.
